Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller Orchestra

From the film "Sun Valley Serenade" (1941), featuring Glenn Miller Orchestra, Tex Beneke, Paula Kelly and The Modernaires.

[@milissasilks2174]

My Dad passed away in 2002. but managed to take me to see Glenn Miller at least once before he passed. Thanks Dad!!

[@veronikadolezalkova88]

Můj tatínek miloval jeho hudbu... i ten krásný film ZASNĚŽENÁ ROMANCE pro tatínka do nebes

[@shannonsommers5207]

@Daphne Van Zant I grew up listening to Glenn Miller with my late grandmother ( I'm 39) and still ABSOLUTELY LOVE this music! I consider myself blessed to have this music in my heart ❤ I'm very sorry for the loss of your father.

[@shannonwhite3702]

Ll

[@Artura777]

Ничего не путаете? Гленн Миллер погиб в 1944 году.

[@robertsilva8097]

I'm so sorry for your loss my grandfather saw Glenn Miller in the army on a day the Commanding General was doing a pass review Glenn Miller actually change the music and then everybody started marching perfectly my grandfather told me that Captain Miller ran through the parade to the military band and change the music in a little way everybody in the passing review with marching like there is proud to be in the military

[@АлексейХилков-и8п]

I'm from Russia. And we were allies with the United States in World War II (and in the first as well). My mother was 14 years old, but she always remembered the American processed cheese that she took with her to the cinema in 1942. It was given to children on the advice of doctors. It was so delicious that she ate it and fell asleep in the hall. And an American film was shown - "Serenade of the Sunny Valley" with the Glenn Miller orchestra. Then she was hungry and very scared. But this funny musical movie, as well as American stew and cheese, saved many Russians. Glenn Miller's music, she loved all her life. He gave many the strength to survive. Why are we such enemies now?

[@morenaczarnecki2651]

I believe they now call it GEOPOLITICS! Or I should say the excuse is geopolitics 😢

[@PatrickSimpson-nd3er]

I love you! An American US Marine of Lithuaian decent an

[@ambivalent5842]

Because of Stalin The goal of Communism And unfortunately former Communistic Putin. The Russian people ( 600,000- 40 MILLION ) were slaughtered by Stalin... Over here in US I've friends of those whose parents escaped. Prior to WWII the revolution was horrific, and post WWII, Cold War era people lived in constant hyper vigilance. I have friends of Eastern European decent. 😢

[@henrirennet9306]

@user-ru5iq6tn4t was your grandma a stilyagi ?

[@79klkw]

❤that is such a beautiful story, I only wish that I had stopped to ask more when I was younger, when my older relatives were alive❤ And in my opinion, it's the government of both countries who are the problem! Thank you for sharing your mom's history with us all

[@cedarshoals529]

Ive gone through many musical phases in my life. Rock, Soul, Blues, Rhythm and Blues, Classic Country. More and more I find myself coming back to these big band/swing vids. These guys were the rockers of their day and its easy to see why it became so big. All those horns playing "decadent" music. The real, original wall of sound.

[@ShoshiPlatypus]

Cedar Shoals I quite agree. There’s nothing like it to get the old foot tapping! I particularly like this song, too! Have you heard the Andrews Sisters singing it? Brilliant!!

[@cedarshoals529]

@@ShoshiPlatypus Yes I have...and their big hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" as well. Awesome!

[@dianemelfi2974]

@Jeff Young 👍👍

[@sawfingers1750]

Cedar Shoals I’m 67, work and stream big band music in the background every day. It’s captivating

[@volhamanko3216]

Привет я Паша Манько

[@jenniferbate9682]

American bands in the 30’s and 40’s were the cream of the crop!!!! Glenn was classically trained, and you can see, these guys knew their instruments.

[@nygoable]

It's absolutely perfect! These musicians were masters of their parts.

[@daleandrews9356]

Right. EACH MUSICIAN was a fantastic player. It's little wonder that in a big band they sound dynamite!

[@xanthippe9757]

@@daleandrews9356 Swing Orchestra-Glenn Miller- soooo great!

[@ew1usnr]

The band has a great sound. It would have been fantastic to hear them in real life.

[@lisaellis9749]

Yes!

[@Poisson4147]

There's a binaural (= near-stereo) copy of the performance available on CD. It was reassembled from separate tracks that Fox had recorded to get better balance. Plus the frequency range goes up to something like 16 kHz, or almost high fidelity. It’s about as close to hearing the band live as any of us can be fortunate to experience.

[@MrFreggie]

They still going on off coarse ne w guy !!

[@allangibson8494]

This band was killed off by WW2... (In a number of cases literally).

[@elizabethcole3662]

Yeah I love this music and Glen millar or Miller I wS brought up with this music backdou d I'm nearly 70 fantastic music ohld listen all night

[@crazyhandles2001]

Dimension 20 mentopolis brought me here

[@ronronniemacaroni]

ANOTHER CASE CLOSED

[@Edkarmakornir4nu]

My dad was a WWII navy veteran, and all the big bands were always on, I listen still and it brings me back, such great time to be a kid, thanks dad and mom for your music!!!

[@anoldnightengale]

Oh my! I was raised on Glen Miller. This video and the coreography of the band is so adorable, I showed it to my kids and couldn't stop smiling! Thank you for posting this!

[@rainbowstones5431]

I was dad to find this is not a trip you can yake- no connecting trains!

[@yu_02024]

Who is here in 2024?

[@rigger5015]

Yeah 2024 sucks big compare to what people had in 1940s

[@Senriam]

⁠@@rigger5015brother if you lived in the 1940s you would have had a 1/10 chance of dying to polio

[@KHKH-os6kt]

Me.

[@webman1956]

@@Senriam Yerah and it`s coming back along with Measles and Mumps simply because people listen to fearmongering politicans instead of doctors.

[@ryan5874]

Always 👌

[@jasonjames4254]

And to think that was all done WITHOUT multi-track recording and digital processing!

[@shawnwright5332]

Exactly

[@janinecox256]

True and you had to have real talent to pull off that type of music!

[@ardalla535]

They only even needed electricity for the recording. Sound is all acoustic

[@stephenlochirco531]

that was Talent not like the garbage we get today

[@SallySallySallySally]

Actually, you're not hearing what you're seeing. For a movie, they record the piece in a studio first. Then, they film the scene while the studio recording is playing on speakers on the set. The performers play their instruments, the singers sing their songs, all in sync with the playback. Since most movies in that era were filmed with one camera, they would do this several times using different camera setups from different angles and then the editor would work their magic to produce the final cut. It's still impressive and enjoyable, but you're not really watching a true "live performance."

[@mytimeatlast]

My dad was born in 1930. I was brought up listening to these greats. I doubt there was a generation of popular music better than this era...

[@Jodi454]

My Dad was born 1932. And he loved Glenn Miller. I'm German.

[@patriciajrs46]

When music was real music! Good job y'all.

[@tincanbt3]

Thats so true . Not like all the crap today !.

[@sergelhermite6779]

The time AMERICA was AMERICA

[@nobrang5146]

@@sergelhermite6779 that has nothing to do with this

[@nobrang5146]

Music is music, not what you think of it, stop being so stuck in the past. Music just changes over time and if you can't keep up then you have no worth in today's society

[@nobrang5146]

@@sergelhermite6779 This is music, not America

[@amigoseneltiempo7592]

The best time of jazz.

[@tokrapol]

and swing

[@CairnOwl]

+tokrapol Swing is a form of jazz, but yes, the best time of swing, too.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

yep, my 96 year old grandmother still dances to it

[@elcruzer5514]

@@theexile6605 That was uncalled for.

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

I wouldn't call this music Jazz but what do I know , I'm a youngish 58 years old.

[@ManOfRhythm]

Easily one of the best videos on KZbin. The sound is amazing and flawless, all of the MANY participants made it look so easy and natural. The showmanship and performance is fantastic! Black & White or not, this is easy to love! *****

[@johnferguson3801]

Beautiful music and always will be.

[@tombreen932]

nothing out there can even come close good clean music

[@80scouplerules]

You know how most kids hate their parents' music? Not me. My dad was a WW2 vet and my mom was a teenager then. This was their music and I loved listening to it when they played it.

[@stevejauncey3086]

Never gets old😊 A great song to wake up to.

[@musicmattersbaby]

I'm 22 and for the longest time have been into music like this. 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy' and this track, too, are particular favorites of mine!

[@carollice]

Hi! You are 32 now. That's crazy. How were the last 10 years?

[@Man.handles-suck]

​@carollice and now they're 34 also pinged you to come back to this music :p

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

GREAT music. Nothing like a Glenn Miller song. George Vreeland Hill

[@daleandrews9356]

Back in the '80's I had a friend in the New Orleans area who had an apartment where we'd gather during the summer and play this stuff, usually on a Sunday afternoon while partying around the pool. He had an "album"(a vinyl LP) called "Remember Glenn" that was one of our favorites. Great times.

[@GeorgePenton-np9rh]

Great song, great scene, GREAT dance by the Nicholas Brothers.

[@FCm-tq2ho]

@@nimpbl3494 exactly what he said.. there's nothing like it... Glenn Miller. I understand what he meant. How should he have word it?

[@FCm-tq2ho]

@@nimpbl3494 no worries! Happy holidays!!

[@coryspang7548]

Glenn Miller was a friggen legend. May he rest in peace.

[@ДядяТоля-г1х]

Гленн Миллер - лучший джаз. Серенада- лучший акробат- степ. Лучшая аранжировка. Россия - 2024 год. Патриот! 😊

[@MrSteve24fps]

This was American music at it's best. Highly skilled musicians playing sounds that were pleasing to hear.

[@PaschalSCL]

February 12, 2014: From the 1963 graduating class of Paschal High School, Fort Worth, Texas--Happy 100th birthday to a great Paschal alumnus, the late Gordon Lee ("Tex") Beneke! You and Mr. Miller and all your associates did so much to boost the morale and determination of so many Americans during one of our country's darkest times. It was our parents' generation, and in memory of our parents and all other members of their generation--The Greatest Generation--who served the cause of liberty in so many ways, military and civilian alike, during and after that time, so that we might have the opportunity to enjoy the lives we have lived, we proudly salute you! Your wonderful music sounds as good today as ever!

[@michellerustan5221]

5

[@rusti1879]

Mw3 survival

[@tombreen932]

the best kind of music something you can enjoy listen to and understand all the words

[@mandrake790]

Who could possibly dislike this enough to give it a thumbs down?

[@mandomavicus3616]

Mandrake Old Jerry still upto his old crafty tricks.

[@angeloisaiahpalmieri4840]

Mandrake They thought the dislike button was the like button....you see they are simply dyslexic XD!!!

[@JohnBatman111]

+Mandrake Bernard Black?

[@jmrodas9]

+Mandrake There are all kinds of people. I respect their right to dislike what I like it but I do not share their taste. I think this selection is great. Although from before my own time it is very good to hear.

[@recklessdriverx3338]

+Mandrake Probably those bitches who love the trap or dubstep music of this century

[@grizzle100]

what about Glen Miller's camera awareness, light years ahead of his time the guy's a bloody musical and stage genius

[@liberte5847]

An incredible real original 35 millimeters copy rendition! Merci beaucoup from Paris France, an incredible pleasure! MERCI BEAUCOUP

[@misterchieftain3863]

Don't forget the fabulous Tex Beneke with the Sax and his great voice.

[@brianking2365]

I fucked Tex

[@jsf51953]

Style and swing, love the USA sense of entertainment back in the day!!

[@Equalizer5]

I can always listen to this and music like this will never die, unlike some 1 hit wonder pop hits. This is true music with real musicians and no help from anyone in a studio pushing buttons. Long Live Glenn Miller's music.

[@rusti1879]

Mw3 survival

[@Jo_Wardy]

What teenagers would listen to in the 40s and 50s. This cool

[@madelynroesch7279]

In the 50s we were listening to rock and roll, Elvis, the Everly Brothers, Brenda Lee. But we had to play it away from our parents who hated it.

[@Man.handles-suck]

And as a teenager from today and not the past i can CONFIRM this is quality 👌

[@garyg7647]

God, real music. I am a child of the 60’s and 70’s. This music far surpasses any music of that time frame.

[@НиколайПоморский-з3ь]

чу чу

[@Man.handles-suck]

Im a child of the 2010s and as time has passed views have not. I agree with your taste music at its finest.

[@francoiseceau-yr1om]

Quand on aime passionnément un groupe, une musique, un orchestre, un chanteur, rien n'est plus beau que l'élu de son cœur. Et pourtant... Difficile de se débarrasser des aprioris.

[@MykesDuckTales]

Grew up with music.. REAL MUSIC... This IS it... Never out grew my love for it... Patty and I use to dance to this at the ole 57th Fighter Group at PDK.. Clairmont Ave in Atlanta... Every time I hear it, brings back a rush of memories.. Shes gone now.. but never out of my thoughts...

[@TrangleC]

When I was a kid my mother was working late and my grandmother took care of me during the day and she had this song and similar ones running on some specialized radio station all the time. I remember how I was laying on the floor, reading my uncle's 70s era MAD magazines and listening to this. I guess I wouldn't be into it if I wouldn't have this nostalgic connection to it, but a song that has somewhat stayed a part of culture for so long has to be objectively special.

[@diablyataholic5294]

I am the opposite, I grew up listening to Eminem and tupac, yet I cannot get enough of this older music.

[@guycoat5925]

Et moi, à Paris, à 10 ans, j'étais fan de Glenn. C'est grâce à lui et à ses rythmes que je me suis mis à la musique de Jazz.

[@guycoat5925]

A 83 ans, j'aime toujours le Jazz... que j’interprète encore !

[@edwardlowe7260]

its the MAD magazines that keep one sane to enjoy this music

[@samothy6118]

@@guycoat5925 Si tu aimes la musique française, il y a un artiste qui s'appelle Charles Trenet. Quelques chansons que je me souviens sont "Route Nationale 7", "L'âme Des poètes", et "Boum!".

[@lisah8569]

I'm 58 and grew up listening to Glen Miller and music like this, thanks to my adopted parents. Thanks, mom and dad. ❤

[@Pamcakes1981]

Love his music and I was born in 1963. My mother listened to him often. Thanks for the memories.

[@sarahknight5249]

There's nothing like Glenn Miller! You can't feel sad listening to this music! We need more of it these days!! Gorgeous!!!!!! xxxx

[@badriyanaheiri5535]

No computer help here, all good old fashioned talent.

[@bernardodicesare8044]

Ho ascoltato questo brano in un film visto credo nel 1945 quando avevo 13 anni.Ora che ho superato di 3 mesi gli 89 nell'ascoltarlo mi piace ancora e mi risveglia tanti ricordi.

[@ekmickley]

No auto tune, lip syncing or synthesizers..just pure talent and hard work..So different than the crap of today...LOL

[@luislaplume8261]

My late mother heard this dong in a friend's house on the radio in Havana, Cuba on 1941and ofteh hummed this song. She loved American music as well as her native Cuban music from that era.

[@scotnick59]

Over 4 million hits in 2019: cool!

[@difa2ol]

Glenn Miller was an Iowa native, as am I. He was sadly lost when his aircraft was lost over the English Channel Dec. 1944. In the Mood!

[@theexile6605]

difa2ol Yes, just before the Germans launched their offensive known as "the Battle of the Bulge" on December 16. A rough period for the U.S. of A....

[@lisaellis9749]

Wow! I always thought,Mr. Miller was from the BIG APPLE!

[@diddlebug7241]

Read the book I kept my promise it's the truth about what happened to Glenn Miller and he didn't disappear over the English Channel either; govt propaganda.

[@raynonabohrer5624]

That was a sad day!

[@TheDieselbutterfly]

Thats just what they told you.if you had a high enough clearance i could tell you the truth!

[@elaineewalt8137]

This is just, well, so dang AWESOME!!! Such arrangements...just Awesome!!! Thank for sharing this wonderful clip of Americana! This era is what made America Great, and this is part of what makes me so very proud to be an American! 🇺🇸✌👍💗🎺🎹🎶🎵🎼

[@GanduriS]

I'm not from Chattanooga, but I lived in Chattanooga for the first couple of years (when i came to study in the US).. oh My its like my home away from home... Love it :)

[@rusti1879]

Mw3 survival

[@jimp6542]

I was born too late! I simply love this music.

[@alcyone9361]

Better than being born too soon and never getting to hear it. ;-)

[@saioadelaparte4489]

You are not alone

[@jesseharper4792]

I was too, except my mother played it when i was a kid and kept it alive for me.

[@jamesfrisco8394]

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER !!!

[@jahyamack8359]

Lucky we have youtube!

[@susanneh1352]

Das Lieblingslied meiner Mutti ❤ tolle Musik, schöne Gedankenreise der Herzen

[@lewiskillingbeck8070]

I just love how he makes the instruments sound like a train on a train track :)

[@ЗояГольдштаб]

Слов нет! Потрясающе! Бесподобно!!!

[@seamusnalaoch6409]

Wait -- those are actually words! 😅

[@roberttelarket4934]

Timeless great melody from yesteryear still listened to almost a century since.

[@evangelinesmith869]

vive le jazz de ces années là. aujourd'hui nous avons aussi de bons musicien de jazz mais on ne les entends que sur tsf jazz. Dommage. Heureusement il y a internet pour pouvoir tout ecouter. Merci

[@robertcombs55]

Mom and dad married in 1942; I grew up with this great Music playing in my house...so many GREAT bands....

[@technojunkindatrunk]

I grew up with this music! ❤️ my father had a 25 piece orchestra! Love this!

[@sandybell1959]

The Golden Age of musicall and Hollywood too !! Respect forever...👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹

[@Murphymoto]

Boy, the way Glenn Miller played,songs that made the hit parade,guys like that we had it made, Those were the days!

[@roboticscreamskull]

You know, I've listened to Glenn Miller's trombone countless times, but this is the first time I've heard his actual voice.

[@thewistleboy]

Jus saw thus band live last week! What an incredible experience! They tour every year and tickets are cheap. I'd highly recommend seeing them

[@Rohnon]

pretty wise for your age! I agree, I'm nineteen and LOVE the Swing, this music is timeless.

[@rusti1879]

Mw3 survival

[@janemagleholm4105]

I love this music. My dad was a big fan of Glenn Miller 😊

[@Alex_Nahash]

A song of all time. A masterpiece of world music.

[@iconaclastor]

No wonder this was the first song to get a gold record for over a million copies sold! Glenn Miller was one of the all time best, no doubt! His music is still timeless and had a creative arrangement hardly heard anymore.

[@Kentucky_Caveman]

Me and the boys listening to the radio in 1941

[@bridget117]

I've never heard this song before. This is cool!

[@antoniodominguez3839]

Extremely talented people they were!!!

[@melodyjordan6052]

My Mom and Dad's days. Oh, awesome. The Big Band Era.

[@sueoorbeck4887]

Love these. I remember my parents playing his records.

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hi there Sue, How are you doing today?

[@berzerker1100]

Big Band is great music, I Love it !!! Glenn miller is one of my favorites...

[@arthurferraro246]

The band brings back good memories of my father's orchestra. Growing up with the big band. I had a lot of good moments. It reminds me where I come from. miss those times. But I have to move on God definitely has a big plan for me.

[@jakel6473]

an almost perfect piece of popular music ..tight band and terrific harmony.

[@tmz714zmt]

One of my all time faves! This is Tex's song--no one else could sing it like him! Great!

[@xiLadim]

who check this out ina 2020 ? .. Great works .. great songs... loved ! =D

[@cristallolavandaoceano3208]

Thanks for this...brings back so many wonderful memories of my parents dancing in the living room :) sure miss them so much.

[@sandralittlejohn5133]

As a child I loved Glenn Miller from aged about 4/5 my dad played his music.still adore him now 63 yrs old .

[@Alandix]

that's my cousin in the white sweater singing second tenor, Ralph Brewster...!

[@Poisson4147]

Super! I’ve been very privileged to know his widow Bonnie. She's the greatest.

[@dugroz]

Cool!

[@jacquestres]

its so sad that all the great people died on airplanes!!! Miss u glenn!

[@ericseal4453]

I wish that I could have been in the same room to witness this great event! (At the same table with the "Modernaires" that sing with Tex Beneke)

[@Jodi454]

Immer wieder genial. Diese Musik muß wieder kommen. Genau wie die Comedian Harmonists. Es gibt nichts besseres.

[@dillon5155]

I have an old RCA Victor record I got from my grandparents with this song on it recorded in 1941.

[@Redpilled-vv5lk]

Fabulous and unique and uplifting to the spirit ! Bring back high waist trousers I say 😀

[@marilynstevenson865]

Yes they had a perfect sound.. I saw them in Sydney.. met Tex.. he called me “ little lady”.. wonderful show..

[@sirstiffpilchard]

I saw them in Brisbane in the '80s,( probably the same tour) Tex Beneke was leading the band. Paula Kelly Jnr was the female vocalist. They had the usual 'encore' at the end of the show. Tex Beneke thought we might like to hear their 'latest record'. It was 'In The Mood' - it brought the house down (Festival Hall) with people of all ages dancing in te isles. It was a terrific sound and I am so glad I heard it live. Many of the original band were there as well as Tex.

[@marilynstevenson865]

Alan Pemberton hi Alan.. you are so right... we were at the same show together.. it was fabulous.. nothing like it.. isn’t it good to reminisce..

[@jmrodas9]

Music of the kind my late Dad liked to much to hear. It is a little from before my own time but I heard it frequently as my Dad had the record. And it is still good to hear and enjoy.

[@AmbraRamirez]

I have to thank my father-in-law if I know these beautiful songs, 'cause he always puts this kind of music in his restaurant here in Italy and goes back and forth carrying plates and singing lol

[@WolfgangDrEpple]

Unübertroffen! Ewigen Dank 🎶🎼🐺

[@alexrider9009]

Ich liebe diese Musik.

[@aarongranda7825]

Sehr gut meinherr.

[@jmrodas9]

This tune and song was one of my late Dad's favorites. He really liked Glenn Miller and now I am old I understand why. I like the nice tones the musicians get from their instruments and how they are played in the exact time to make this a really great tune and song. And the words the singers sing are slow and thus easy to understand. Very good as now they sing so fast one barely understands what they are saying.

[@YOUNGTHUGGAMANELAFLARE]

One of my father's favorite, grew up listening to this. Brings back wonderful memories.

[@rusti1879]

Mw3 survival

[@chuckwagon5518]

Wow! Paula Kelly! Talented and beautiful!

[@whitjohnson4773]

This was from the movie Sun Valley (Idaho) Serenade starring Milton Berle, Sonja Henne and others.

[@paulgianni]

This is my favorite version, with Tex Beneke, Paula Kelly and the Modernaires. GREAT job!

[@theexile6605]

+Paul Gianni I want to change my name to Tex! Except I'm from NYC, ha.

[@Locomania4449]

I love how they imitated a train whistle at the beginning! I wish big bands where still a thing.

[@sharolynwells]

Dad loved Big band. Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman were his favorites. It was the ONE good thing he gave me--the love of Big Band/Swing music.

[@mervecelikkaya3459]

When i was a child, i always watched a movie called Babe: Pig in the city and it was the first time i heard this song. In the movie a duck flies to catch the plane and this song sounds in that scene. Also there are other songs that are remarkable like this such as That's Amore by Dean Martin. Amazing movie amazing song!

[@MarieriedLee]

im a 13 year old jazz trombonist and this is why i choose the trombone 3 years ago!!!! i looooooove jazz and hope to be this good one day :)

[@LongbowPrime]

We watched the film last night. Fun flick if not a little silly. Great Music!

[@gerrymcevilly7947]

Fantastic video. I just love American trains

[@idreamofgenie2599]

2:45: Milton Berle, just hanging out & jamming... :D

[@topenddean]

That was unexpected but very funny!

[@GeorgePenton-np9rh]

This is frim a major movie (Sun Valley Serenade) and Uncle Miltie plays a character in it. He is great in it, by the way

[@fredgregatl]

When I was 10 years old in 1972 I fell in love with this song. My favorite.

[@kevinn.rollison3661]

When it comes to "Big Band" music, the first thing that comes to mind is "The Glenn Miller Orchestra"... I just wish that I was around in that era, to see them play live...

[@matthewjayslimm4709]

I would like to honor and dedicate this video clip to my Father-Dad of whom passed away from pneumonia b / level 4 lung cancer on saturday Janurary 18TH 7-9am. He was quite a gentleman, scholar and one heck of a LeadeR too! Phil Slimm October 16Th 1932 - Janurary 18TH 2014

[@aarongranda7825]

Sorry