Hotel Edison Hotel Edison Hotel Edison is a historic hotel building in Midtown Manhattan, New York City and is part of the Triumph Hotels collection which is owned by Shimmie Horn and Gerald Barad. It was constructed in 1931. Thomas Edison turned on the lights when it opened. It accommodated 1,000 guests on 26 floors and offered three restaurants. It attempted to mimic the telephone number PEnnsylvania 6-5000 of the Hotel Pennsylvania by using the telephone exchange name CIrcle 6-5000. Herbert J. Krapp was the architect, and Milton J. Kramer was the original owner. It is located on 47th Street, west of
Glenn Miller discography performed, recorded, and broadcast on the "I Sustain the Wings" radio program, Program No.15, on May 5, 1944 and on November 10, 1945. Larry O'Brien and the Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded the song on the 2006 album "Steppin' Out". "I Sustain the Wings" was composed by Glenn Miller, Chummy MacGregor, Norman Leyden and Bill Meyers. This was the theme music for the radio program that was broadcast weekly on Saturday on NBC from June 1943 to June 10, 1944 by the Army Air Force Band under the direction of Captain Glenn Miller. The radio show was on CBS. Miller was