It seems like just about every country in the world had its own release of The Glenn Miller Story soundtrack. Not to be left out, here’s a look at the one from Belgium. The cover shows Jimmy with Louis Armstrong…
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The Glenn Miller Story – Soundtrack (Spain)
Eight songs from the soundtrack of the film were issued in Spain on two 7-inch, 45 RPM EP’s. Columbia CGE 60.024 The first track on the a-side is Little Brown Jug and on the b-side is Moonlight Serenade. Columbia CGE 60.025 The a-side songs are In the Mood and String of Pearls. On the b-side…
Louis Armstrong – The Glenn Miller Story Recordings
In the blog, “The Glenn Miller Story – Part 2,” we covered the Louis Armstrong Decca single with songs from the film’s soundtrack. Now, here’s some more of the Armstrong releases around the world. First, there was also a 10-inch, 78 RPM disc issued in the U.S. The picture sleeve was very similar to that…
A Tribute to Glenn Miller
As discussed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Jack Cullen had a show on CKNW, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, called Sunday Special. The show was 90-minutes in length. On one Sunday in 1971, he dedicated the entire program to Glenn Miller. He played lots of Miller music and talked with people who had been involved…
The Glenn Miller Era
The Glenn Miller Era was an NBC Special aired on October 17, 1954 – 61 years ago today. As described in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, this 90-minute show is not available. What we know about the show comes from information found in several newspaper previews. The first of these is from the Amarillo Sunday…
The Glenn Miller Story – Part 2
Besides the actual soundtrack recordings discussed in the first blog, there were also a number of related releases which we will discuss here. First, Decca issued an EP featuring Louis Armstrong’s two songs from the film. The sleeve even carried the now familiar photo of Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson. Decca ED 2126 (1954) –…
The Glenn Miller Story – Soundtrack
Tracing the recording history of The Glenn Miller Story is a very big project, one which will be spread over two blogs. In the first part, presented here, we will take a look at the actual soundtrack materials. Here is another soundtrack on which Stewart doesn’t appear vocally, but his photo does appear on all…
