''The Glenn Miller Story'' is a 1954 soundtrack album released on Decca Records with songs from ''

The Glenn Miller Story ''The Glenn Miller Story'' is a 1954 American biographical film about the eponymous American band-leader, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their second non-western collaboration. Plot The film follows big band leader Glenn ...

'', the film biography of Glenn Miller, starring James Stewart and June Allyson. The collection had eight songs from the film recorded under the direction of Joseph Gershenson. An album of Glenn Miller's own recordings of those heard in the film was issued by RCA Victor as LPT-3057.

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The 1954 10-inch album ''The Glenn Miller Story'' movie soundtrack LP, Decca Records DL 5519, spent 10 weeks at number one in the US on the Billboard albums chart in 1954. It was recorded by the Universal-International studio orchestra, conducted by Joseph Gershenson. A 1956 version was of the collection was a 33 1/3 RPM vinyl LP album with James Stewart and June Allyson on the cover as Glenn and Helen Miller respectively. This collection consisted of new studio recordings of the songs by an orchestra under the direction of Joseph Gershenson. The album was re-released by Decca in an expanded stereo version in 1956 as DL78226 with two additional songs by Louis Armstrong and the All Stars, " Basin Street Blues" and " Otchi-Tchor-Ni-Ya" or "Dark Eyes".

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;Side 1 #"

Moonlight Serenade "Moonlight Serenade" is an American swing ballad composed by Glenn Miller with subsequent lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It was an immediate phenomenon when released in May 1939 as an instrumental arrangement, though it had been adopted and perfo ...

" - (Glenn Miller) #"

Tuxedo Junction "Tuxedo Junction" is a popular song written by Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, and Julian Dash with lyrics by Buddy Feyne. The song was introduced by Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra, a college dance band previously known as the Bama State Collegi ...

" - (Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, Julian Dash) #" Little Brown Jug" - (Traditional, Arranged by Billy Finegan) #"

St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the ...

-March" - (W.C. Handy) ;Side 2 #"

In The Mood "In the Mood" is a popular big band-era jazz standard recorded by American bandleader Glenn Miller. "In the Mood" is based on the composition " Tar Paper Stomp" by Wingy Manone. The first recording under the name "In the Mood" was released by ...

" - (Joe Garland) #" A String of Pearls" - (Eddie DeLange, Jerry Gray) #" Pennsylvania 6-5000" - (Carl Sigman, Jerry Gray) #"

American Patrol "American Patrol" is a popular march written by Frank White (F.W.) Meacham in 1885. It incorporates both original musical themes by Meacham and melodies from American patriotic songs of the era such as " Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," "Dixie," ...

" - (Frank White Meacham, Arranged by Jerry Gray) The 1956 expanded stereo re-release had two additional songs by Louis Armstrong and the All Stars: *" Basin Street Blues" - (Spencer Williams) - Louis Armstrong and the All Stars *" Otchi-Tchor-Ni-Ya" - (Russian Folk Song, Yevhen Hrebinka, Florian Hermann) - Louis Armstrong and the All Stars

Personnel

The Universal-International Orchestra consisted of: *Double Bass – Rollie Bundock # *Clarinet – Willie Schwartz # *Drums – Ralph Collier *Guitar – Dick Fisher *Saxophone – Art Smith, Babe Russin #, Blake Reynolds, Karl Leaf, Lyman Gandee *Trombone –

Joe Yukl Joseph William Yukl (March 5, 1909 – March 16, 1981) was an American jazz trombonist. Early life Yukl learned to play violin before switching to trombone as a teenager. Career Yukl relocated to New York City in 1927, where he took a posit ...

, John Stanley,

Murray McEachern Murray McEachern (August 16, 1915 – April 28, 1982) was a Canadian jazz trombonist and alto saxophonist, perhaps best known for having played trombone for Benny Goodman from 1936 to 1937. McEachern is also remembered for playing both the trombo ...

, Paul Tanner # *Trumpet –

Conrad Gozzo Conrad Joseph Gozzo (February 6, 1922October 8, 1964) was an American trumpet player. He was a member of the NBC Hollywood staff orchestra at the time of his death. Early life Gozzo was born in New Britain, Connecticut on February 6, 1922, ...

, Gene LaFreniere, Ray Linn, and

Zeke Zarchy Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy (June 12, 1915 – April 11, 2009) was an American lead trumpet player of the big band and swing eras. Early life Zarchy was born in New York City on June 12, 1915. He first learned the violin, "but after a stint as bugler wit ...

# *Conductor was Joseph Gershenson. "#" indicates a former member of the civilian and/or AAF Glenn Miller bands The selections were recorded on December 1, 1953. The All Star Band consisted of: *Double Bass –

Arvell Shaw Arvell Shaw (September 15, 1923 – December 5, 2002) was an American jazz double-bassist, best known for his work with Louis Armstrong. Life and career He was born on September 15, 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri. Shaw learned to play tuba in high ...

*Clarinet – Barney Bigard *Drums – Kenny John *Piano –

Billy Kyle William Osborne Kyle (July 14, 1914 – February 23, 1966) was an American jazz pianist. He is perhaps best known as an accompanist. Biography Kyle was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He began playing the piano in school and ...

*Tenor saxophone –

Bud Freeman Lawrence "Bud" Freeman (April 13, 1906 – March 15, 1991) was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer, known mainly for playing tenor saxophone, but also the clarinet. Biography In 1922, Freeman and some friends from high sc ...

*Trombone – Trummie Young *Trumpet – Louis Armstrong the former Glenn Miller Orchestra pianist

Chummy MacGregor John Chalmers MacGregor (March 28, 1903 – March 9, 1973), better known as Chummy MacGregor, a musician and composer, was the pianist in The Glenn Miller Orchestra from 1936 to 1942. He composed the songs " Moon Dreams", " It Must Be Jelly ('Cau ...

and Miller's manager Don Haynes were advisors on the production.''The Glenn Miller Story''. Australian release. Discogs.
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*Simon, George Thomas (1980). ''Glenn Miller and His Orchestra''. New York: Da Capo paperback. . *Simon, George Thomas (1971). ''Simon Says''. New York: Galahad. . *Schuller, Gunther (1991). ''The Swing Era:the Development of Jazz, Volume 2. 1930–1945''. New York: Oxford University Press. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Glenn Miller Story Glenn Miller albums 1954 soundtrack albums Decca Records soundtracks Jazz soundtracks

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