Pennsylvania 6-5000 (song) Pennsylvania 6-5000 (song) "Pennsylvania 6-5000" is a 1940 swing jazz and pop standard with music by Jerry Gray and lyrics by Carl Sigman. It was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra as a Bluebird 78 rpm single. Many big band names played in the Hotel Pennsylvania's Cafe Rouge in New York City, including the Glenn Miller Orchestra. The hotel's telephone number, PEnnsylvania 6-5000, inspired the Glenn Miller 1940 Top 5 "Billboard" hit of the same name, which had a 12-week chart run. The music was written by Jerry Gray and the lyrics by Carl Sigman. The instrumental was recorded
Glenn Miller discography for its cigarettes. The song was performed live by Glenn Miller on March 8, 1939 and broadcast on the radio from a remote at the Meadowbrook Ballroom in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. "Sold American" was released as a single in the UK paired with "Moon Love" on the HMV label as BD5854. "Solo Hop" was a Top Ten hit from the summer of 1935, according to the official Glenn Miller Orchestra web site. Miller composed this for a pick-up band when he started recording for Columbia Records. "Solo Hop" included Bunny Berigan on trumpet, Claude Thornhill on piano, and Charlie