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Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	In The Mood	The Chesterfield Broadcasts	RCA Victor	Today's show is a birthday tribute to Glenn Miller!
Ben Pollack band members	Sweet Georgia Brown	The Legendary Earl Baker Cylinders	Jazz Archives	This Jan 1926 private recording is the first known recording of both Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman, who were members of the Ben Pollack orchestra at the time. Miller was 22 and Goodman 17
Ben Pollack & His Californians	He's The Last Word	Victor 20425-B	Victor	rec 1926, Glenn Miller's and Benny Goodman's first professional recording. arranged by Glenn Miller
Bennie Goodman's Boys	Room 1411	The Young Benny Goodman 1928-1931	Timeless Holland	rec 1928, cowritten GM and BG. "Room 1411" refers to the apartment suite Miller and Goodman were sharing at the time, along with several other members of the Pollack orchestra. Work apparently dried up at this time and Goodman arranged this recording session so they could make a little money. He came home and said "I've got a recording date with Brunswick. We can get some money, buy some food, eat!"
Mound City Blue Blowers	Hello Lola	Coleman Hawkins: The Essential Sides Remastered	JSP	rec 1929, Coleman Hawkins is the featured performer but there's a nice solo by GM

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	Solo Hop	The Complete Brunswick, Parlophone and Vocalion Bunny Berigan	Mosaic	rec 1935, GM's first session as bandleader. These were lean years for Miller, he started a band then had to disband it due to lack of funds twice
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	Sunrise Seranade	The Popular Recordings 1938-1942	Bluebird	rec 1938, at this point the band is starting to sound much more like GM's distinctive style, but he still wasn't successful at this time
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	Moonlight Serenade	The Popular Recordings 1938-1942	Bluebird	reec 1938. This song was originally titled "Miller's Tune" and was written while he was studying music with Dr. Schillinger. A heavily fictionalized version of writing & arranging this song is a plot point in the movie THE GLENN MILLER STORY
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	Little Brown Jug	The Chesterfield Broadcasts	RCA Victor	rec 1939. The Chesterfield radio program was a huge boost to Miller's career, and caused a huge rift with Tommy Dorsey, who also wanted the job

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	Tuxedo Junction	The Chesterfield Broadcasts	RCA Victor	rec 1939. this song written by Erskine Hawkins became a huge hit for Miller
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	Pennsylvania 6-5000	The Popular Recordings 1938-1942	Bluebird	rec 1940 the title was (and still is) the phone number of the Pennsylvania Hotel in NY, where Miller was living when he worked for Ben Pollack and when he married his wife Helen. Trivia: according to the hotel it's the oldest phone number in continuous use in all of New York
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra v/ Ray Eberle	Moonlight Cocktail	The Popular Recordings 1938-1942	Bluebird	rec 1941 by this point Miller was the top bandleader in the country. Eberle was his frequent male vocalist at this time.
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	A String of Pearls	The Popular Recordings 1938-1942	Bluebird	rec 1941 another huge hit for Miller

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra v/ Ray Eberle and the Modernaires	Elmer's Tune	RCA Original Masters	RCA	rec 1941
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	It Happened In Sun Valley	Christmas Songs From World War II		rec 1941 for the film SUN VALLEY SERENADE
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra v/ Tex Beneke, Dorothy Dandridge and the Nicholas Brothers	Chattanooga Choo-Choo	Big Band Legends		rec 1941 for SUN VALLEY SERENADE, this is the extended version that appeared in the movie

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra v/ Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires	Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (with Anyone Else But Me)	RCA Original Masters	RCA	rec 1942 note the wartime focus of this and many of Miller's recordings at this point
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra v/ Ray Eberle	Serenade in Blue	RCA Original Masters	RCA	rec 1942 for the movie ORCHESTRA WIVES the introduction to the song was written by Billy May
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra v/ Tex Beneke	(I've Got A Gal) In Kalamazoo	The Popular Recordings 1938-1942	Bluebird	rec 1942 for the movie ORCHESTRA WIVES
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra v/ Ray Eberle	Skylark	More Greatest Hits	RCA	rec 1942 Legend has it Miller fired Eberle in 1942, after Eberle had been his primary vocalist for years, because Eberle got stuck in traffic and was late for a rehearsal. I don't know if this is true or not but it's a wild story
Glenn Miller and Paul Douglas	Interview	Paul Douglas	otr-cat.com	1944 interview clip. Douglas would later be a film star

Glenn Miller's Band of the Training Command	American Patrol	I Sustain the Wings	otr-cat.com	1944 radio transcription
Glenn Miller's Band of the Training Command	Song of the Volga Boatmen	The Lost Recordings	RCA Victor	1944 radio transcription
Glenn Miller and The American Band Of The Allied Expeditionary Force v/ Johnny Desmond	All The Things You Are	The Lost Recordings	RCA Victor	1941 radio transcription for The Wehrmacht Hour, a propaganda show broadcast into Germany. Note Desmond singing in German
Glenn Miller's Band of the Training Command	Jeep Jockey Jump	I Sustain the Wings	otr-cat.com	1944 radio transcription
unknown announcer	Glenn Miller Lost	BBC Radio broadcast	otr-cat.com	Miller was lost at sea Dec 15 1944. This announcement Dec 24 1944

Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Training Command Orchestra	St. Louis Blues	Classic V-Disc Big Band Jazz Sessions	Mosaic	rec 1944 Miller's most famous song with the military band