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 Breakin' Me Down" is a musical composition by Miller with cornetist, composer, and bandleader Red Nichols. There are no known recordings. The song was performed by Red Nichols and His Five Pennies. "Tomorrow's Another Day" is a song Miller composed in 1935 for the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. Miller copyrighted the song with the U.S. Library of Congress on January 23, 1935. The Dorsey Brothers released the song as an A side 78 single in 1935 on Decca Records. The B side was "I've Got Your Number" written by Bonnie Lake. The song, arranged by Glenn Miller, was recorded on February