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 2005.] "Boom Shot" was composed by Glenn Miller with Billy May. May is credited as his first wife, Arletta May, because he had signed an exclusive composer's contract with Charlie Barnet that forbade him for writing anything for Miller under his own name. This song was written in 1942 and recorded for the Twentieth Century Fox movie "Orchestra Wives". "Boom Shot" is shown in two scenes, once on the jukebox in the soda shop, then during the dance scene with Harry Morgan and Ann Rutherford although it is uncredited on the soundtrack for the film. The title comes from the