Glenn Miller Miller. The University of Colorado, Boulder, has an extensive Glenn Miller Archive that not only houses many of Miller's recordings, gold records and other memorabilia, but also is open to scholarly research and the general public. This archive, formed by Alan Cass, includes the original manuscript to Miller's theme song, "Moonlight Serenade", among other items of interest. In 2002, the Glenn Miller Museum opened to the public at the former RAF Twinwood Farm, in Clapham, Bedfordshire, England. Miller's surname resides on the "Wall of Missing" at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. There is a burial plot and headstone for
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