PEnnsylvania 6-5000 PEnnsylvania 6-5000 PEnnsylvania 6-5000 is a telephone number in New York City, written in the 2L+5N (two letters, five numbers) format that was common in the largest US cities from approximately 1930 into the 1960s. The named "Pennsylvania" exchange served the area around Penn Station in New York. The two letters, "PE", stand for the numbers 7 and 3, making the phone number 736-5000, not including the later area code 212 for Manhattan. The number is best known from the 1940 hit song "Pennsylvania 6-5000", a swing jazz and pop standard recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Its owner, the
Glenn Miller discography in 1951 as a Decca 45, 27869, and as a 78, from the album "A Tribute to Glenn Miller". Larry O'Brien and the Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded the instrumental on the 2006 album "Steppin' Out". The Jack Million Band recorded the instrumental on their album "In the Mood for Glenn Miller, Volume 1" in 2006. "Annie's Cousin Fannie", which is sometimes listed as "Annie's Cousin Fanny" or as "Annie's Cousin Fannie is a Sweetie of Mine" from 1934, was written for the Dorsey Brothers Band and was recorded three times, first on June 4, 1934 in New York when Glenn