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1. May 08,  · In , Glenn Miller joined the United States Army Air Forces and was commissioned as a captain as well as being appointed as the branch's band director. Miller jettisoned most of his civilian band's musical library. "ven the famous Miller sound exemplified in 'Moonlight Serenade' was only heard occasionally from the AEF Band.".

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2. Nov 11,  · After a slight pitch correction, and some heavy video creating, yours truly Brew Lite proudly presents a complete broadcast by the Army Air Force Band, under the direction of Captain Glenn Miller.

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3. Miller entered the University of Colorado in , but soon dropped out to concentrate on his music. In at the age of 38 and while at the peak of his career as an accomplished and well-known musician making as much as $15,$20, a week, Miller joined the U. S. Army Air Force initially as a Lieutenant with an eye towards modernizing.

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4. Between and , Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released singles on the monaural ten-inch shellac 78 rpm format. Their studio output comprised a variety of musical styles inside of the Swing genre, including ballads, band chants, dance instrumentals, novelty tracks, songs adapted from motion pictures, and, as the Second World War approached, patriotic music.

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5. In , RCA Victor released an ambitious, if imperfect, five-LP set that focused on U.S. performances by Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Band; all of the material, which spanned July June , was recorded before the orchestra moved to England. That five-LP set drove Miller's hardcore fans wild; they were thrilled to get their hands on a lot of recordings that had not been commercially 8/

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6. From January to June the Glenn Miller AAF Band made hundreds of live performances, "I Sustain the Wings" radio broadcasts, while previously-unreleased recordings by the former civilian band scored another 10 Top Ten hits in the year Miller took his band to Britain in June

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7. Jan 18,  · Glenn Miller is second to Amelia Earhart as the most famous missing person in aviation history. His fame in life as the hit-making big band leader behind swing classics like “In the Mood” is.

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8. Jan 14,  · On Dec. 15, , famed American bandleader Glenn Miller walked across Twinwood Farm airfield in southeast England, climbed into the passenger seat of .

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