GLENN MILLER In the mood REACTION - The music and style of the day was incrdible!

[@miketracy1064]

Glenn Miller was bigger than The Beatles in his day and age.His music was worldwide

[@Jerseybytes2]

there's a small museum in his hometown of Clarinda Iowa and they have a yearly festival in june

[@PeterFusco]

I don't know about being bigger than the Beatles even during Glen Miller's era, but certainly he and his band turned out great music.

[@jimmys50]

Glenn Miller produced 16 # 1 and 69 top 10. More than the Beatles and Elvis in their careers. @@PeterFusco

[@PeterFusco]

@@jimmys50It was a completely different era and number one hits were calculated on a much different and smaller scale. My family was in the broadcasting industry for several decades and I can tell you that by measures of each era, there is no adequate comparison between how the number one tunes calculated in the 1930s through the late 1940s could be considered proper measures one versus the other. The Beatles have sold over 600 million records and counting. The comparison isn’t even close.

[@jimmys50]

I did not mention number of records sold. I said he charted 69 top 10 songs the Beatles did not. I didn't say anything about who was more poplar @@PeterFusco

[@janyshendrickson3833]

Not only is Big Band music great to listen to, it is even better to dance to.

[@bradleyanderson247]

Until you listen to some Stan Kenton.

[@Mustapha1963]

After my Dad died of cancer, Mom and I had the opportunity to talk about their lives during and after WW2. I knew that Mom played a pretty mean boogie-woogie piano, but I had absolutely zero idea that Dad was quite the jitterbugger. I still cannot picture him dancing.

[@charlesfaulkner2883]

@@bradleyanderson247 I loved Kenton . A good buddy played with him for a few years. Much of Stan's music was not really meant for dancing. I led and played in a band in Albuquerque for several years. We played several Miller tunes but no Kenton. They let me know up front that they were a DANCE band,, not a jazz band. We played for a dance every month at a War Memorial. BTW, I have been watching Kenton on You Tube the last 2 nights.

[@airbourne2]

Darn. I'm 62 and you're making me cry for missing my Dad. He played trombone and loved Glenn Miller.

[@heatherbegs]

64 and loved listening to this with my dad gone 24 years.

[@Templar451]

Miss my Dad too. He played trombone for a short while with the Tommy Dorsey band after the war and loved Glenn Miller.

[@christineobrien7707]

Great memory you've got there sir👍

[@emmysdaddyguy1083]

Crying here too, and I’m 76! My favorite recollection is my Mom & Dad jitterbugging to Glenn Miller music in the kitchen c. 1956! It was the music they grew up with - I’m beaming ear to ear😂

[@stephenrosenberg6153]

You have to see I Millers band with the Nicolas Brothes in Orchestra weivez6

[@bravepa.9538]

Miller also played a major role in WW2 as an army intelligence operative. He played a major role in gathering intelligence and spreading misinformation during WW2. His plane went down in the north Atlantic on Dec. 14 1944 on a return trip to England from Europe, 6 months after the Normandy Invasion. His plane was never found. A True American HERO!

[@meyerhave]

@bravepa.9538: "His plane went down in the north Atlantic on Dec. 14 1944 on a return trip to England from Europe, 6 months after the Normandy Invasion." His plane went down in the English Channel on December 15, 1944 on a flight from England to France. 50 Reply

[@charlesspringer4709]

@@meyerhave Bad weather, pilot inexperienced in plane type, advised not to go till the weather cleared, possibly overloaded. Stuff like that happened every day or more during that war.

[@sherryzmezzo]

I didn't know any of that. Thanks for sharing it.

[@matta5498]

@@charlesspringer4709 One theory is that bombers returning from a failed mission (still had their bomb loads) dropped them in the English Channel before landing. The theory is that they accidentally bombed his plane.

[@charlesspringer4709]

@@matta5498 Yes. There was a crew who reported seeing a small plane go down. But the last I heard they had decided it was a different plane and maybe a different time. The last I heard the bombers would not be there due to weather and time of day which was approaching darkness if I recall. The problem is that these things were not talked about at the time. There were so many friendly-fire, mid-air collisions, and plain mistakes that everyone knew it was better to not spread them around and complain. The entire war was steady learning experience in every way. I have the personal log of a P47 pilot I knew when I was a boy. He flew 105 missions from Duxford. They had a group captain everyone liked who vanished on their first mission. This pilot told me the same story. He just didn't return. A Times of London clipping said the same thing. But penciled in the log is "Coln Pete shot down by our bombers". Another guy flew into the ground on gun practice. They call it "Target Fixation". The letter to his family said he was lost in combat. (That is a hell of a difference compared to the Boomers in Vietnam screaming about every little screwup. The WWII types, their parents, complained plenty to each other but it didn't really go further. I recommend reading some Ernie Pyle for journalism of the time.)

[@jkgannon1049]

I'm 73 and Mom's Glen Miller 78s were a staple in our home. She was a great dancer, too. Wonderful memories!

[@judithmellet6858]

I turned 75 a few days ago and I'grew up to the same music in Cape Town in South Africa... as well as Pat Boone, Slim Whitman, Chet Atkins and a myriad others. So well I remember my mother's little yellow plastic portable radio on the windowsill in the kitchen - and to this day I still know the lyrics to songs which are older than I am. Were we not fortunate to have music-loving parents, hey?

[@user-dj8nc9ov4x]

Growing up there wasn't a day that went buy that at didn't have at least some swing song playing. Good days to remember.

[@phyl1042]

That's Glenn Miller on the trombone, wearing glasses.

[@papagarth]

So I can add this to my " Trombone" playlist ( As a once and future trombonist, it is natural my favorite instrument)

[@caroleathenacosta-songwrit9193]

I haven't been able to confirm this story but I've heard it was true. In the movie "The Glenn Miller Story" there is a scene where they are playing "In the Mood" for the troops during WWII and there is an air raid with bombs dropping everywhere, soldiers running for cover, total chaos but the band keeps play through the raid and when the song ends at the same time the bombing stops, the troops cheer like crazy!

[@maragore3478]

The era of the Big Bands was amazing, those musicians were incredible. Take a piece of music and spread it across the musicians and comes of it all, all them playing and how the music comes together, there will never be the Big Band anymore.....just something everyone needs to hear and to really hear what music is.....

[@thomassherer5962]

"Big Bands" used to exist in nearly every town in their High School Band Department. The students who could qualify for the 'Dance Band' would practice all year long preparing for the Jr & Sr Proms (and hopefully, for a few side gigs to make some spending money.) How many Schools still have their bands playing Big Bands Musid I wouldn't know. As we have had some great Music since, the Band Directors do have to plan tunes these 3rd generation-afterwards will like. Yet, still, some of the biggest fans of Swing are in High School bands still.

[@dagmar.6954]

"In The Mood" is their most famous song. They had a lot of hits such as "Pennsylvania 6-5000", "A String Of Pearls", "Moonlight Serenade", "At Last", "(I've Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo", "American Patrol", "Elmer's Tune", etc. Sadly he died in 1944 in a plane crash. The 1954 movie about his life starring Jimmy Stewart is worth watching ("The Glenn Miller Story").

[@realtruth716]

Thanks friend i was in Indiana Pa and went to the Jimmy Stewart museum and some of the movie things were in there..

[@davidpanetta6400]

I loved that movie and I was only 10 yrs old when I watched it in 1969. If only kids these days would watch these classic movies and fall in love with this beatutiful music.

[@thomastimlin1724]

loved Saint Louis Blues March

[@007ndc]

Chattanooga Choo Choo and Moonlight Serenade too

[@Lazmanarus]

Moonlight Serenade not Moonlight Cocktail.

[@davidpanetta6400]

I was 10 yrs old in 1969 when I woke up one night and watched the Glen Miller Story on the tv I received for my birthday. I loved the songs of the 60s, but now I appreciated the music of the 40s and 50 as well. I wish young people these days would listen to all music before passing judgement on these great old classics.

[@thomastimlin1724]

I became a music teacher, and totally agree. I was 13 in 1969, loved the Beatles and played Glenn Miller type stuff in the school jazz band in high school, loads of fun. But young people listening to all music before judging also goes for watching color movies vs black and white movies....some of them act like they are going to catch VD if they watch a black and white movie like it was originally presented. lol

[@davidpanetta6400]

@@thomastimlin1724 LOL

[@Davidsmusicselection]

I was 10 in 69.

[@Kat-gx3se]

I married into a large Italian family. At literally every wedding this was played and everyone's favorite uncle would dance to it with his 3 daughters and nieces,(he taught all to swing dance). It was tradition. He was quite the dancer.....and it was what I always looked forward to at the weddings. Since he passed just not the same. LOVE THIS! And might I add......damn that piano player is fine!

[@biketech60]

That actor as the piano player is John Payne who played the lawyer in Miracle on 34th Street who saved Santa Claus for Christmas .There were so many real musicians in this movie !!!

[@doloresschultz6804]

The young woman is a champion ice skater Sonia Heinz. John was not actually playing the piano. Glen miller’s plane was shot down as he flew into the war zone to entertain the troops. We were told Hitler had him shot down ❤ Ted Beneke (sp?) became band leader (sax player). Listen to Tex on Chattanooga Choo choo Tommy Dorsey (and Sinatra) Artie Shaw, et al, and terrific female singers

[@Kat-gx3se]

@@doloresschultz6804 I actually got to see Tex Beneke at an outdoor concert at UCI (University of Irvine ), in the 80's . I knew of him through my parents and it was wonderful. Everyone was sitting on quilts on the lawn with our picnic baskets. I knew the story of Glen Miller....such a loss. The skater is Sonja Henie. John Payne may not have been playing the piano but he still looked amazing in those scenes don't you think?

[@user-ni4nd4fr6j]

Great music. My dad loved it. And he was a smooth dancer too

[@thorstambaugh1520]

@@doloresschultz6804 Sonja Henie

[@constantina7396]

No matter what your musical preference is, you can’t listen to this piece without getting totally caught up in the amazing rhythm, arrangement, and artistry. Music at its best. Pure magic.

[@missourimomofthree]

One of my sweetest memories was watching my parents dance to Glenn Miller in the living room. it was over 70 years ago.

[@MarionFeltham]

Mine did that too! Isn't it a special memory.

[@gulfgypsy]

When my husband was courting me, our first fancy date was for dinner then dancing at this little club that had a jazz trio - Our first dance was to Duke Ellington's Satin Doll --- A few months before we married he bought me an antique crank up Victrola and some 78's of Glenn Miller We married in the Victorian we lived in - Our first dance as husband and wife was to Glenn's Moonlight Serenade, playing on a 78 on the Victrola he bought me Funny the way certain songs carry such intense memories. Over the decades we had a number of songs that were 'our song' --- From Satin Doll to Moonlight Serenade, to 'Honey Honey' that he'd sing to me some mornings and 'Unchained Melody' - Which was the last song we ever danced to, though we didn't know it at that moment. Sometimes hearing those songs makes my heart ache, then I remember how blessed we were to have shared a lifetime together and I smile. I can still remember how it felt to feel my husband's arms around me as we danced.

[@charlesfaulkner2883]

Well I’m 81 and remember seeing this in a movie. It has been colorized. This is the actual band but a movie script. The piano player is John Payne a well known actor-not a musician. I would recommend The Glenn Miller Story starring James Stewart and June Allison. You get to hear a lot of the music.

[@JimNorkas-qx4nt]

I remember the scene where the band was playing at a military convalescence hospital in rural England. German bombers attacked, and the band kept on playing.

[@russskinner]

I Think you will find the movie which as you say has been colorized i Sun Valley Serenade.( I have the Black and White version)

[@celestecampbell564]

That's correct,​@@russskinner

[@steveforbes7718]

Colorizing the B&W classics should be considered a crime!@@celestecampbell564

[@petercraw8188]

John Payne-The Restless Gun. I remember watching that western in the late fifties. Memories.

[@stevehaug5469]

I’m 76 and I remember my mother dancing in the kitchen to this. This was her favorite of all time. Thanks for the memory.

[@SnowLady_164]

Glenn Miller, died December 15, 1944 (age 40 years), far too young. What a great talent. He is known as the father, of the modern U.S military band.

[@cathyholcombe4674]

The young woman at 3:26 was Sonja Henie, the Norwegian Olympic Figure Skating champion in 1928, 1932 & 1936 and after she stop competing, she got into acting. Many of her movies featured her skating talent.

[@aliciahager2961]

How can anyone not be in a good mood after listening to this music? The Big Band music always takes me back to my parents, grandparents, and their friends. What a lufe I've had!

[@Sniklers905]

It warms my heart when I see that younger generations appreciate the music I grew up with!

[@iandowney4630]

Big Band Jazz is fantastic! Like many others who’ve commented, my father was a huge jazz/ music fan.

[@ericarachel55]

beautiful, can see my parents listening to this music, the greatest generation at its best and this carried them into and through WW2

[@larrydewein]

I was born in 1940 so Big Band, Glenn Miller and all of that era was a MAJOR part of my life and upbringing! Now when I hear ANYTHING from that era, music or otherwise , it takes me back to my childhood which was happy and absolutely wonderful. Many times I wish, like Scrooge, I could look through a window and watch MYSELF, FAMILY AND FRIENDS again. But through the internet, with people like yourself reacting to those times, I get close enough to that wishful thinking. Thanks for sharing that era!!

[@francesmeyer8478]

"In the Mood" One of the best!

[@lulugurl6547]

It’s perfect! ❤️

[@dagmarrauh3651]

The best.

[@beatlejim64]

MASSIVE hit for Glenn Miller in 1939...13 weeks at #1 on the charts!

[@HarriBestReactions]

Wow! 13 weeks???

[@Lakeshore14]

It was a different time, for sure. People dressed up for everything, including sporting events. So classy. Love this music even though it was before I was born. Thanks Harri for this fantastic big band sound. 👏👏🥰🇨🇦

[@garyk4017]

I believe the video clip is from the movie "Sun Valley Serenade" (1941).

[@josephhyland8904]

I knew it was from a movie, but I wasn't sure which one. Thanks.

[@mwflanagan1]

Yup. I recognized John Payne immediately. Good video clip.

[@johntiggleman4686]

@garyk4017 probably, but the music in this video is not the original, sorry to say. It's in stereo, and that was not around in 1941. I suspect it was provided by the more recent Glenn Miller Orchestra. Or it could be The United States Air Force "Airmen Of Note."

[@garyk4017]

@@johntiggleman4686 You're right. The video seems to be from the movie (and it was colorized), but the music is not the same as in the black and white clip from the movie.

[@dbitgood1]

​@@garyk4017yes. The audio is not vintage 1940s movie audio but has been "dubbed " in from a much more recent recording.

[@jburnett8152]

The big band era. I'm 74 and remember my father played Glenn Miller all the time.

[@rescuelover7891]

Im 72 but love Big Band Music. This has always been my favorite. Hope you enjoyed it, Harri.❤

[@carbine5378]

I LOVE Glen Miller.

[@michelefaucher4180]

My father was a great dancer who taught me how to do the jitterbug to this great stuff ❤❤RIP dad.

[@pilang6172]

Ooooooh, the Jitterbug! What a bunch of fun that must have been.

[@susanworkman529]

This video is from the movie, Sun Valley Serenade. This is the Glenn Miller Band with Glenn playing the trombone ( yes wearing the glasses). The guy playing at playing the piano is actor John Payne and the gal who came in and stood up is gold metal Olympic skater Sonja Henny. I'm not sure when she won the gold medal...(30's or 40's) If you watch the movie you will see herbskate. Its very basic and a far cry from how they skate today. She was a cutie though.. Chattanooga Choo Choo is another Glenn Miller.song ( with vocals from The Modernaires) that's in this mivie. You may want to check it out. Its grest! This is swing music st its best. Glenn. Miller's band had its own distinct sound, unlike any other big band of the time. Thanks foe reacting to this great music.

[@geritheobald7768]

Thank you for saying who the actors were. I knew I'd seen this but could not remember their names.

[@aliciahager2961]

I thought I saw Fred McMurray playing on one of the horns just to the left of John Payne. Now I have to check up on this movie! Thanks for the info!

[@cjinasia9266]

It also featured the stunning Dorothy Dandridge with the amazing Nicholas Brothers. One of the best dance acts of the era.

[@ldcraig2006]

Sonja Heine.

[@jethro1963]

Not to say I agree but great artists like Artie Shaw weren't enamored with the Miller band. The accusation was that they were safe and not risk takers in regards to the music and that the financials were more important than the music. But I'll say this about Glenn Miller, his music defined a generation like no other. They may have made a larger historic imprint on their generation and it's remembrance than the Beatles did in theirs. You think 40's music you think Glenn Miller.

[@nadineerickson-lo3gx]

The world missed out when we lost him too soon. Have to wait till I get to Heaven to hear the rest of his talent.

[@jimpowell1802]

When my dad first heard the song there were lyrics. He was working as a clerk for the C&O railroad before the war. He kept singing the song all the way home and woke up his little brother to sing this brand new song to him.

[@starlaryer4165]

I am so fortunate to have grown up with parents that turned me on to their music. Dad was a WWII Veteran and they live as young adults during these years of the Big Band and we just listened to it all of the time. There is a song called Stardust by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra that you must listen to. Both of my parents had me play this at their memorials. There are versions with lyrics and mom & dad knew all of the lyrics. I do know Hoagy Carmichael did lyrics, Sinatra, Nat King Cole as well.

[@Lisa-lq8xz]

My dad used to dance with my sisters and I,when we little, to Glenn Miller.

[@thomastimlin1724]

"Stardust" is a 1927 song composed by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics later added by Mitchell Parish. It has been recorded as an instrumental or vocal track

[@bernadinesackinger7115]

I’m 68 and have been listening to Big Bang since my 20’s

[@gladysseaman4346]

This was the music my mother loved. I'm 81, and she played his music often. His plan disappeared over the English Channel during WW2.

[@gregpeterson4348]

Glenn Miller in his day was so popular the Germans would tune him in. Note that this was before amplifiers made it possible to fill a dance hall without a large orchestra.

[@PaulJR-hp2qm]

Brit here🇬🇧, Glenn Miller, one of America’s finest 🇺🇸😎

[@Shermanite0623]

I used to listen to a lot of big band music back in the 50's, including this one.

[@paulafowler5099]

This has always been one of my favorite Glenn Miller tunes. I own all his tunes and love every one of them. Hope you watch the Glenn Miller story starring Jimmy Stewart...amazing movie. If you search KZbin, there is a video of the Glenn Miller band playing for the soldiers overseas, during their gig the bombs start falling. Everyone pretty much took cover....not Glenn or his band. They stood up and played on like nothing happened. Gave me goosbumps and a few tears. Amazing guy, amazing talent. Thank you for sharing.

[@davidpanetta6400]

Have you ever seen The Glenn Miller Story with Jimmy Stewart? If not, you should watch it. DVD players are still available from Amazon in case if you have no other means of watching it. I gave up paying for cable tv, satellite tv, and all these apps for movies. I prefer movies from the 40s thru 90s the most.

[@tmancour]

One of my favorite performances of all time.

[@paulafowler5099]

Don't forget the awesome ending. So soft then it builds...goosebump time.

[@texaspatriot4215]

My mom was born in 1926 so a part of the "greatest generation" this was her favourite song, she passed in 2012 and when I hear this I think of her. Thank you for your reaction.

[@dalesouders4136]

This is LEGENDARY 🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵

[@BobGeogeo]

They moved air and moved people. As a kid I heard my 7th grade band playing the theme from Hawaii Five-oh. Nothing like live.

[@abrax_7]

Truly one of the greatest examples of music in all history .😊

[@jeansalzman2.012]

Glen Miller.... amazing. Your reaction makes me smile, as always!

[@kohedunn]

Sonia Henie the ice skater escorted to the table .. "Sun Valley Serenade "..

[@teniahayzlett5988]

There's a movie about Glenn Miller with James Stewart playing Mr. Miller.

[@lindaartz3297]

I just missed this era. I was born in ‘47. I had good music too but loved the big bands, going to elegant restaurants all dressed up❤

[@RoryVanucchi]

1939 peak of swing era Clip from a movie Music from stereo rerecord after Miller died, probably 50s Orchestra Wives and Sun Valley Serenade the two Miller movies

[@clemson1889]

My favorite era of music. I'm 57.

[@sally7210]

This clip is from the 1941 movie “Sun Valley Serenade” with Sonja Henie and John Payne. That’s actually Glenn Miller leading his band. John Payne is playing piano, which he obviously did not know how to do! 😂 The song was released in 1939, was a hit, and the song started climbing back up the charts after this movie.

[@Marcus-Oh-really-yes]

This was one of my late dad's favorite songs. (I am more partial to Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (which you have already reacted to 🙂). Both songs are included in the 1941 black-and-white movie "Sun Valley Serenade." This movie scene has been colorized for sure. Such a fun and swinging song. That's lead actor John Payne ("Miracle on 34th Street") fake-playing on the piano as part of Glenn Miller's band, and the blonde woman standing up at her table and smiling is the Norwegian-born three-time-gold-medal-winning Olympic skater-turned-actress Sonia Henie as John Payne's love interest.

[@pattieturtle4451]

I’m 73 now. I used to play this on my mom’s old 78RPM record player. And we danced and danced. Thanks for the memory.

[@wheels2fun526]

But this is not Glenn Miller and his orchestra playing.

[@sarahcushing939]

If you want something that really swings listen to Benny Goodman's Sing, Sing, Sing.

[@nollaeel5697]

Harri reacted to Sing, Sing, Sing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnfSeaWAjsiVZq8

[@Kat-gx3se]

In an episode of the Golden Girls they enter a dance marathon contest. Rose does a solo dance to Sing Sing SIng that is fabulous and soooooooooo funny.

[@RealTechZen]

"Sing, Sing, Sing" was Louie Prima's song that Benny Goodman recorded in 1937 with a sort of all-star gathering of top musicians supplementing his band. Among others, it has the legendary Gene Krupa on drums, and as a result features the first drum solo ever recorded. Before that landmark event, drums were never considered worthy of a feature performance.

[@sisterhoney61]

I grew up listening to the Big Band era music. My father played in big bands in the military during WWII. This song is my favorite one from that time.

[@TheGamecock366]

Glenn Miller was my dad's favorite big band leader.

[@alanshepherd4304]

My Dad loved Big Band Jazz. Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman to name a few. I'm now in my 70's and often enjoy a blast of swing!!😂🇬🇧

[@mjeffn2]

…and Stan Getz. Absolutely, Stan Getz and his Orchestra as well as The Stan Getz Trio.

[@billofalltrades2633]

I'm 53 I was in orchestra in school. Love the big band era ! Love this music!

[@lisajudge6320]

I played in a swing band from high school thru college. This was one of my favorites to play!

[@capttheo1]

Your love of big band makes me feel a little less alone. Many thanx.

[@pilang6172]

We're on the same wave length. This is my favorite of his. So much so that I learned to play it on the organ (by ear) and drove my neighbors crazy with it. The rhythm was uncanny .... and if you'll notice, those who have to keep tapping their foot to stay in line .... never seem to be tapping to the same rhythm (something from outer space, perhaps).

[@stellaz2595]

I am too young to have heard the original Glenn Miller orchestra, but I was fortunate to have heard the G.M. Memorial Orchestra in the 1960's. What a great time we had dancing the night away!

[@JB-Deadskins]

String of Pearls!

[@rogeriofernandes138]

Amazing choice, Harri!! I recommend you listen to Henri Mancini performing the song Peter Gunn. Greetings from Brazil!

[@webbtrekker534]

This was the original. Also this was from a movie called Sun Valley Serenade from 1941 (this clip was colorized) The woman is world famous Olympic ice skater Sonja Henie. The guy playing the piano is an actor names John Payne. Somebody has modified the clip since the sound track doesn't match the film any longer. You can tell since the audience reaction is totally missing.

[@cameraman655]

I too a man out of time and Glen Miller’s catalog of music merely reinforces that feeling.

[@dretety1]

In the mood a Joe Garland tune and record that was based on a riff played by Wingy Manone on tar paper stomp that in turn was born from a cornet break by Freddie Keppard with the Doc Cooke orchestra on the 1926 version of high fever.

[@realtruth716]

I played this for my father's birthday some years ago as his walk on....I still have my 'Jive Bunny and master mixers' c.d....thanks pal..

[@sheldonrudolph482]

I agree. I am not a big fan of big bands but Glenn Miller's band was simply the best. When I started dating my wife she came to my home and I was listening to Glen Miller, Her immediate reaction was to ask me "HOW OLD ARE YOU?"

[@Stogdad1]

From ELO to Glenn Miller, I love your journey!

[@reneeparker7475]

Glenn Miller is my favorite Big Band of that era. Loved him so much I wrote a term paper about him and his sound.

[@brianmccullough5764]

What a wonderful video! When you consider that Miller was lost over English Channel during WWII, the quality here is astonishing.

[@marieross6231]

My mom and dad loved glen miller. He was the sound of their generation. I remember my dad dancing me around the livingroom to this music. I was born in 52 and I never found a man who could dance like my dad. But i have a wonderful life with my husband and our daughter. 😊

[@sharongaskell]

I was born in 45..what a soundtrack to my life.

[@michelleortega1514]

My mom and dad's song.They so loved this man and his music

[@coyotej4895]

Nothing today is as Dynamic or real.

[@larrydewein]

You got that right! It all turned into screamers, pig callers and instrument bashers!!

[@channelthree9424]

That’s why it is good that we have the Internet that we can listen to these classic sounds from long ago.

[@marilynaicardi1860]

I am 82. I grew up with the ‘big band’ music … Glen Miller, Benny Goodman. That was incredible, wonderful music. What a wonderful era for music!

[@bzGNR]

Great reaction, Harri! Completely agree with you. I'll be second in que to go back.

[@tonyg1958]

I became a Glenn Miller fan as a kid in the 60's after watching "The Glenn Miller Story" staring Jimmy Stewart on TV while staying with my Grandmother. His music just lifts you up and makes you want to dance!

[@RealTechZen]

Glenn Miller was a perfectionist. When he rehearsed the band, instead of stopping and restarting constantly, they played every piece all of the way through and he would record it on wax disks that they reviewed afterwards to correct errors or make improvements. Then they would melt the rehearsal disks to make new blanks. On rare occasions, a rehearsal disks would catch a "too perfect" performance, one that was too hard to repeat consistently in performance, or that had a musician sitting in who wouldn't be with them on tour. Glenn kept those disks just for his own personal enjoyment. When his family were sorting through his estate after the war, they found his treasury of special recordings, including one of "American Patrol" with the absolutely legendary Gene Krupa sitting in on the drums and adding a solo. kzbin.info/www/bejne/enyQnXWfatdpgM0si=jIhL7o1u_0F4XuQw

[@thomasjacques5286]

That's the music that got America through WWII.

[@thomasdorsey6197]

This is from the movie. The Glenn Miller story. Great reaction to o great musician RIP MR MILLER YOUR MUSIC ROCKS 80 YEARS LATER

[@MrsSeaHag]

One of my favorite songs! My parents used to go to NYC back in the day and he would tell me that they would have 2 big bands on revolving stages and would dance all night.

[@theresapike4065]

I grew up listening to Glenn Miller due to my grandparents. This is from a movie called "Sun Valley Serenade".

[@antionettehairston]

In 1967 a Sears drapery installer working at our home told me he played in the Glenn Miller Band during WW2 in Europe.

[@edmaurer5059]

My dad played this song every Sunday morning to wake us up for church...from 1956 to 1967. I hear it when I think about it.

[@jeansalutz8422]

During WWII my father had guard duty for a Glen Miller show & listened to the music all afternoon.

[@jeanettecameron7530]

Oh, to hang out at a club like that, drrss up, sip cocktails, hear these killer bands. I was definitely born in the wrong era. Love the 40's.

[@donnatoye7915]

Memories my mom would dance to it back in the 60s and this band was my dad's favorite band. My dad served in ww2. I'm 68 I miss my parents.❤ they made a movie about Glen Miller his life.

[@brmam1385]

If you haven’t become acquainted with Glenn Miller, you haven’t scratched the surface of Big Band music. I heard & performed with my high school marching band Glenn Miller music in about ‘64-‘66. Glenn Miller’s music was magical!

[@laurathornton1456]

You and me both! In the my phonering tone! Love me some Glenn Miller!

[@ocheltree1]

I'm 60 but I learned about Glenn Miller and all the fabulous big bands, in the kitchen with my Grandma, cooking and listening to KJLA The Music of Your Life (well, her life) and I loved every single second. It felt familiar to me even as a kid. I'm with you Harry, born during the wrong time (though the 60's and 70's music scene wasn't too damn shabby, lol)

[@larrycork49]

Keep the classics coming, Harry!

[@lexloose2112]

the instant that bugle blared brought every hair on body to attention, shivers. I'm 60yrs old now and sure my soul resides in the 40s and 50s.

[@amputeeright]

My maternal grandfather loved Glenn Miller's music. "In the Mood" was the first song played at my sister's wedding reception to honor hom, since he had passed away.

[@albertopa58]

Just incredible music. I love the style of the clothes and music of the big band era. So elegant.

[@lindashipman8253]

My parents met in 1943, married in 1945 - this is the music they danced to! The opening of this song was a call to the dance floor! Thank you for your appreciation of the music I grew up listening to.

[@thomasallen3818]

I grew up in the 1950’s and my parents loved listening and dancing to Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey records. I still love big band music, I think growing up the way I did gave me an appreciation for all types of music. But, there’s something nostalgic about the bing band sound.