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D 20027CD
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The latest edition in the Jazz Collector's Edition 2CD-set series presents Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, the American swing dance band formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. Arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, and three other saxophones playing harmony, the band became the most popular and commercially successful dance orchestra of the swing era and one of the greatest singles charting acts of the 20th century. While he was traveling to entertain US troops in France during the second World War, Miller's aircraft disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel. Alton Glenn Miller (1904-1944) was the American big-band trombonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was the best-selling recording artist from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best-known big bands. Miller's recordings include "In the Mood", "Moonlight Serenade", "Pennsylvania 6-5000", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "A String of Pearls", "At Last", "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo", "American Patrol", "Tuxedo Junction", "Elmer's Tune", and "Little Brown Jug". In just four years, Glenn Miller scored 16 number-one records and 69 top ten hits -- more than Elvis Presley (38 top 10s) and the Beatles (33 top 10s) did in their careers.
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