Hotel Pennsylvania during the three years of Miller's great popularity as a major bandleader of the Swing Era. Glenn Miller and his Glenn Miller Orchestra broadcast multiple live radio performances from the Café; some were recorded by RCA Victor. Gray, Shaw's principal orchestrator from 1937–39, was immediately hired by Miller as a staff arranger when Shaw deserted his band; it was during Miller's 1940 engagement at the hotel that Gray wrote the popular instrumental tune that immortalized the Hotel's telephone number. The hotel's telephone number appears in the title of one of his best-known songs, "Pennsylvania 6-5000". Les Brown's band, with its
Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story" Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story" Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story" is a 1954 compilation album by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. The collection contained songs featured in the 1954 Universal-International film "The Glenn Miller Story" starring James Stewart and June Allyson. It was the first Glenn Miller album to be certified Gold in the U.S. The 1954 10" album "Glenn Miller Plays Selections from the film "The Glenn Miller Story"" was number one for eleven weeks on the "Billboard" albums chart in 1954, released on LP as RCA