PEnnsylvania 6-5000 imposed on all of New York City, including calls within the same area code. Letters from the original named exchange prefixes are occasionally spotted on old signage in the city, but are increasingly rare. Many big band names played in the Hotel Pennsylvania's Café Rouge, including the Glenn Miller Orchestra. The phone number became the inspiration for the Glenn Miller 1940 Top 5 "Billboard" hit of the same name. The number was used in the Milli Vanilli song, "Baby Don't Forget My Number", near the end. The number also inspired the pun title "Transylvania 6-5000", used separately as titles for
Glenn Miller discography wide-angle, mobile camera shot used to film the scene, known as a boom shot. The arrangement is by George Williams. The Jack Million Band recorded it on the album "In the Mood for Glenn Miller, Vol. 2". "Boom Shot" was included on the 1959 double LP released by Twentieth Century Fox entitled "Glenn Miller and His Orchestra", TCF 100-2, which included music from the "Orchestra Wives" and "Sun Valley Serenade" movies. In May, 1959, "Boom Shot" was released as a 7" vinyl 45 single by the British Top Rank label with "You Say the Sweetest Things, Baby" by the Glenn