Glenn Miller 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' should have died." Clarinetist Buddy DeFranco surprised many people when he led the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the late sixties and early seventies. De Franco was already a veteran of bands like Gene Krupa and Tommy Dorsey in the 1940s. He was also a major exponent of modern jazz in the 1950s. He never saw Miller as leading a swinging jazz band, but DeFranco is extremely fond of certain aspects of the Glenn Miller style. "I found that when I opened with the sound of 'Moonlight Serenade', I could look around and see men and women weeping
Glenn Miller discography 1933 when Miller worked with vocalist Smith Ballew. It is score #62 in the Glenn Miller musical score library. The song was performed by Smith Bellew and His Orchestra in 1933 but not recorded. "Let's Give Them a Break" was performed once in October 1937 but was not recorded. The lyrics were published in a Minneapolis newspaper on 3–30 October 1937. The song was presented to the local Community Fund organization. "SHAEF Presents" was written as a theme for the "American Band of the AEF" program which aired on the Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme (AEFP) radio network in 1944. It