REMEMBERING GLENN MILLER

Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, May 23, 2009

GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA (6-25-38)  Excerpt. Remote broadcast from the Paradise Restaurant on Broad­way in New York City, with vocals by Ray Eberle and Gail Reese. Selections include “Why’d Ya Make Me Fall In Love?”, “Down South Camp Meetin’,” and “At Your Beck And Call.” George Hicks announces. NBC-Red (15 min)

CHESTERFIELD MOONLIGHT SERENADE (12-27-39) Glenn Miller and his Orchestra and the Andrews Sisters are featured in the first broadcast of the series from New York City. Tunes played include “Little Brown Jug,” “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon,” “In The Mood” and one of Glenn’s famous “Something, Old, New, Borrowed and Blue” Medleys. Announcer is Paul Douglas. Chesterfield Cigarettes, CBS. (22 min)

GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA (11-23-40) “Here’s music in tempo with the heartbeat of dancing America…Glenn Miller’s Friday night Moonlight Serenade for NBC lis­teners coast to coast,” from Cafe Rouge of the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. Selections include “Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand,” “Along The Santa Fe Trail,” “Anvil Chorus” and “A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square.” Vocals by Marion Hutton and Ray Eberle; Alan Robinson announces. Sustaining, NBC-Red. (27 min)

CHESTERFIELD MOONLIGHT SERENADE (3-4-41) Glenn Miller and the band, vocalists Dorothy Claire, Ray Eberle and the Modernaires are heard in this broadcast from the stage of the Shubert Theater in Cincinnati, Ohio. Musical numbers include “Frenesi,” “A Stone’s Throw From Heaven” and “Song of the Volga Boatmen.” Announcer is Larry Bruff. Chesterfield Cigarettes, CBS. (14 min)

SPOTLIGHT BANDS (11-22-41) Glenn Miller and his Orchestra are the featured “Spotlight Champion of Champions” with the best-sell­ing record of the week, from New York City. Tunes played include “The Kiss Polka,” “Elmer’s Tune,” “Sunrise Serenade” and “Chattanooga Choo Choo.” Al Helfer announces. Coca-Cola Company, MBS. (30 min)

THE GERMAN WEHRMACHT HOUR (Recorded 11-27-44; broadcast 12-13-44) World War II broadcast to German troops fea­turing host “Ilse” (Ilse Weinberger), and Major Glenn Miller and the American Band of the AEF. All announcements are in German; Sgt. Johnny Desmond also sings “All The Things You Are” in German! Other titles played include “Jeep Jockey Jump,” “Body and Soul,” and “Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar” sung by Sgt. Ray McKinley. Recorded in London and beamed to German troops over ABSIE (The American Broadcasting Station in Europe). (27 min)

CHESTERFIELD MOONLIGHT SERENADE (9-24-42) Excerpt. Glenn Miller’s farewell broadcast for Chesterfield prior to his joining the United States Army. The band plays “Juke Box Saturday Night;” guest Harry James (Glenn’s Chesterfield replacement) is heard, and Glenn bids farewell to the audience. Mel Allen announces. Chesterfield, CBS. (6 min) OUR SPECIAL GUEST is big band historian KARL PEARSON, who will talk about the band that most influenced his interest in the music and the era.