Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller Lyrics

Alton Glenn Miller was born in Clarinda, Iowa on March 1, 1904. He started his musical career when his father brought home a mandolin. As soon as possible, he traded the instrument for an old horn, which he practiced diligently.

During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Miller managed to earn a living working as a freelance trombonist in several bands. His first band was formed in 1937 but failed to distinguish itself and eventually broke up.

Following the break-up of his first band, Miller realized that he needed to develop a unique sound, and decided to make the clarinet play a melodic line with a tenor saxophone on the same note, while three other saxophones harmonized. With this sound combination, the Miller band that became the most popular was born in 1938. After a shaky start, it made his new band a nationwide hit.

In 1942, Miller joined the United States Army Air Forces where he continued his musical career with the Army Air Force Band.

On December 15, 1944, Miller w...
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Tagged: 40s, Big Band, Jazz, Oldies, Swing

Glenn Miller Songs:

(gotta Get Some) Shut-eye (there’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White C... A Cabana In Havana A Handful Of Stars A Little Old Church In England A Million Dreams Ago A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square A Pink Cocktail For A Blue Lady A Stone’s Throw From Heaven Along The Santa Fe Trail Always In My Heart An Angel In A Furnished Room And The Angels Sing Angel Child Angels Of Mercy April Played The Fiddle At Last At The President’s Birthday Ball Baby Me Back To Back Be Happy Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar Below The Equator Bless You Blue Evening Blue Moonlight Blue Orchids Blue Rain Blueberry Hill Bluebirds In The Moonlight Boog It But It Didn’t Mean A Thing Can I Help It? Careless Chapel In The Valley Chattanooga Choo Choo Cinderella (stay In My Arms) Ciribiribin Conchita, Marquita, Lolita, Pepita, Rosi... Crosstown Cuckoo In The Clock Day Dreaming Dear Mom Dearly Beloved Delilah Devil May Care Ding-dong, The Witch Is Dead Do You Know Why Don’t Cry Cherie Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree (with Any... Dreamsville, Ohio Elmer’s Tune Ev’rything I Love Faithful Forever Faithful To You Five O’clock Whistle Fools Rush In (where Angels Fear To Trea... Fresh As A Daisy From One Love To Another Goodbye, Little Darling, Goodbye Guess I’ll Go Back Home (this Summer) Happy In Love Hear My Song, Violetta Helpless How I’d Like To Be With You In Bermuda Humpty Dumpty Heart I Beg Your Pardon I Do, Do You? (do You Believe In Love) I Guess I’ll Have To Dream The Rest I Just Got A Letter I Know Why I Wouldn‘t Take A Million I’d Know You Anywhere I’ll Never Smile Again I’m Old Fashioned I’m Sorry For Myself I’m Stepping Out With A Memory Tonight I’m Thrilled I’ve Got A Gal In Kalamazoo Imagination In An Old Dutch Garden (by An Old Dutch ... In The Mood Indian Summer Isn‘t That Just Like Love It Happened In Hawaii It Happened In Sun Valley It Was Written In The Stars It’s A Blue World It’s Always You Jingle Bells Jukebox Saturday Night Knit One, Purl Two Let’s All Sing Together Long Time No See, Baby Love With A Capital "you" Lullaby Of The Rain Make Believe Ballroom Time Melancholy Lullaby Moments In The Moonlight Moon Love Moonlight Becomes You Moonlight Cocktail Moonlight Mood Moonlight Serenade Mr. Meadowlark My Last Goodbye My Melancholy Baby My Prayer My Reverie My! My! Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! Oh! You Crazy Moon On A Little Street In Singapore On The Old Assembly Line Ooh! What You Said Orange Blossom Lane Our Love Affair Out Of Space Over The Rainbow Papa Niccolini (the Happy Cobbler) Perfidia Polka Dots And Moonbeams Rendezvous Time In Paree Ring, Telephone, Ring Romance Runs In The Family Say "si, Si" Say It Serenade In Blue Shadows On The Sand Shake Down The Stars She’ll Always Remember Shhh, It’s A Military Secret Sierra Sue Skylark Sleep Song So Many Times Soldier Let Me Read Your Letter Somewhere Speaking Of Heaven Spring Will Be So Sad (when She Comes Th... Stairway To The Stars Starlight And Music Starlit Hour Sweet Potato Piper Sweeter Than The Sweetest That Old Black Magic The Airminded Executive The Angels Came Thru The Booglie Wooglie Piggy The Call Of The Canyon The Cowboy Serenade The Cradle Song The Day We Meet Again The Gaucho Serenade The Humming Bird The Lady’s In Love With You The Lamp Is Low The Lamplighter’s Serenade The Little Man Who Wasn’t There The Man In The Moon The Man With The Mandolin The Mem’ry Of A Rose The Nearness Of You The One I Love (belongs To Somebody Else... The Rhumba Jumps The Sky Fell Down The Story Of A Starry Night The Woodpecker Song This Changing World This Is No Laughing Matter This Time The Dream’s On Me Three Little Fishes To You Twilight Interlude Under Blue Canadian Skies Vagabond Dreams Wanna Hat With Cherries We Can Live On Love We’re The Couple In The Castle Wham (re-bop-boom-bam) What’s The Matter With Me What’s Your Story Morning Glory When Johnny Comes Marchin‘ Home When That Man Is Dead And Gone When The Roses Bloom Again When The Swallows Come Back To Capistran...