Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - I Know Why and So Do You

Lyrics:
Why do robins sing in December,
Long before the springtime is due?
And even though it's snowing,
Violets are growing,
I know why and so do you.
Why do breezes sigh ev'ry evening,
Whispering your name as they do?
And why have I the feeling
Stars are on my ceiling?
I know why and so do you.
When you smile at me,
I hear gypsy violins;
When you dance with me,
I'm in heaven when the music begins.
I can see the sun when it's raining,
Hiding ev'ry cloud from my view;
And why do I see rainbows
When you're in my arms?
I know why and so do you.

[@bkmason57]

My dad served in World War 2. There will never be music like this again. It's one of a kind. I tear up every time I hear these spectacular tunes. Want to hear some of the best? Stream 'Sun Valley Serenade'.

[@LaurenceJones-mw2im]

I was born and raised in Michigan. My mother was born on December 21st, 1934. She was 8 years old in 1942. That was during World War II, and 1942 was the year that the movie Orchestra Wives was released. My favorite song from the movie was I've Got a Gal from Kalamazoo. Hey there, Tex, how's your new romance, the one you met at the campus dance ? Wait until you see if you'll agree that hometown gal's the only one for me !! I don't mean to boast, but I think she's the toast of Kalamazoo. I'll make my bid with that freckle faced kid I'm hurrying to. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I've got a gal from Kalamazoo !! I'm 70 years old, and I really enjoy all of those wonderful songs from the 1940's !! 😊😊

[@julieshepherd1476]

There was no sound like Miller. These kids today have no clue what Real music is!!

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Julie, How are you doing?

[@narzkybeamer5096]

I've heared my Pop sang this song a hundred times at home. Now he's gone and I sing it for my grandchildren in memory of him. I truly love this song......!

[@CroixdeLorraine]

Narzky Beamer Oh, what a lovely way to carry on your Pop's memory, and share the beauty of Glenn Miller's music!! Bet that someday, they'll learn to dance to Miller's music, and sing his songs to their children.... and so on it goes!!🙂😍

[@perpetual61]

I listened to The Big Band Music because of my Father. Who grew up with all of them. He's in Heaven now and this was his Favorite. Thank You Daddy for Introducing me to the Greatest American Music. I Miss You So.

[@1971samm]

My son [28 months] and I are listening to this after watching "Memphis Belle", he starts to dance and tries to sing along. When he sings "gypsy violins" it's magic. As for class and the country, it starts at home.......... It's a choice to raise our children with it. Some sadly choose not too.

[@kurtenbach25]

they don't make em like this anymore!!!! born in 1956,i know this music because of my dad!!! lived through the 60's 70's 80's(2nd favororite era of music) 90's and now with today's JUNK!!! this music had feeling and emotion. made you feel strength, warmth,power. the words and music meant something!!!! anytime anyday bring it back!!!!

[@tomhits]

I loved this when I was a young boy, now at 67 I know why....

[@GClephMusique]

me too, I'm now 31 lol

[@cyborggoomba6805]

well im 12 but i love it to

[@hotoneinspai]

love it too and i'm much younger...My parents brought me up to ...really...appreciate good music...

[@Concetta20]

+CyborgGoomba That’s great to hear.

[@marielaaleiramh3819]

tomhits I love this ! But know I’m 27 .

[@Stinschen]

The clothes, the sound, the hair, the makeup - a dream :)

[@DevonDandy]

moloch49, No need to take umbrage, it was just a passing comment that in the 1940's many family's lives were devastated by the war. In other terms I agree with you, in many respects society was much better in the 1940's and indeed the 1950's when the war was over. This a great lyric from a gentler age, and an excellent foxtrot. The joy of this music is that every syllable can be heard

[@martingb66]

Unbelievable how they made such good music then!!! What's happening nowadays???

[@VFA103JollyRogers]

I am only 17 but I love this type of music, there will be nothing like this ever again

[@pauline9970]

The Shape Of Water 😀😀😀

[@No1ClashFan]

To my darling Dad who is so ill in hospital tonight!You and Mum brought me up listening to Glenn Miller!Great memories of you and Mum dancing to this!Sending you all my love xxxxxx

[@Wolfsky9]

@fromthesidelines And, let's not forget, it was the great Pat Friday who actually sang for Lyn Bari, as she also did in " Orchestra Wives". Thank-you, & thanks to You Tube, for keeping this wonderful music alive--we'll not ever hear this again, but thankfully, we have it now. No, John Payne didn't play that piano, but who cared ?? Wolfsky9, 64 y/o

[@jason60chev]

Clarinet playing the lead melody with a tenor sax playing the same melodic line an octave lower and harmony filled in by the rest of the saxes. NO band has ever played it to get the same sound that the original Miller band did. The sound is unmistaken and for all time belongs to Glenn Miller.

[@Netttt]

not enough people my age "23" enjoy this music

[@TheSonglvr]

My dear Mother loved this song. And so do I..

[@CroixdeLorraine]

TheSonglvr I know, right?! Even my roommate, a confirmed rock 'n roller, had to stop and ask me, "Who's that singing?" He agreed it is a beautiful song!! I know my Mom would've loved this number, too!! Sure do miss her and wish she were hear to share this lovely song with me!!😕😤

[@lu9186]

This makes me remember my dad so much. Listening his songs on the car was one of his best moments. Time of the great Bands what a wonderful in my heart. Miss you dearly Daddy.

[@BARBARAISALBERTI-pe5gq]

Italia giugno 2023. Sottoscrivo. Perfetto. Oggi è l'anniversario della scomparsa del mio papà...e così mi sembra giusto ascoltare la sua musica...perché lo sento più vicino.

[@brummiejojo]

Reminds me of my dad. 2nd Trumpet and sometimes vocalist, Alan Ayres Jazz Band, Birmingham University UK. R.I.P Phil Harrison 28th Nov 1920 - 7th Jan 2003.

[@PippinRally]

This song gives me a feeling of romance no modern song has ever achieved for me. This'd be one of my first choices for the first dance at my wedding.

[@edwardconway27]

I'm 22 years old, and I'm addicted to swing music. esp Glenn Miller, his composition is always different, long live Major Alton Glenn Miller!

[@344chop]

THANK YOU for your service I played in the air force band 1977 we played alot of these songs for the brass when they had parties love this music we dont have music now THANK YOU FOR THIS MUSIC God bless

[@Wolfsky9]

This is the music I grew up to--the gift my parents gave me --& I am forever grateful to them. This IS music, timeless , classy, & simply gorgeous. Pat Friday ghosted for Lyn Bari, & John Payne sings his part himself. I'm 66 y/o, & I so hope this music lives on past my generation. Wolfsky9

[@Major2219]

Glenn Miller is a genius!! I love this tune!! Just listen to the arrangements!!

[@eligioserrano7112]

I can't believe it! I've been looking for this song since I heard a part of it in the film Memphis Belle. It's marvelous! I've passed hours in the net, in the last months, trying to find about it and I hadn't found anything, now I just suddenly find it! It's a beautiful song!

[@slytv4352]

I know that feeling, when you search for a song, searching and searching, and finally find the piece. It´s heavenly. I understand you....... :-)

[@Rogue.Warrior]

Yes I remember that scene, while they are listening to it in the plane mid-flight. I used to watch that movie all the time when I was little.

[@robertsandberg2246]

@@Rogue.Warrior it's a good one! Love that movie!

[@Rogue.Warrior]

@@robertsandberg2246 Yea, I enjoyed it. Have you ever seen the real Memphis Belle?

[@robertsandberg2246]

@@Rogue.Warrior No, I haven't seen the real Memphis Belle, but in 1999, when I was 11 years old, my dad, brothers and I went to the Museum of Flight in Seattle and met Captain Robert Morgan, the man who flew the Memphis Belle during WW2. It was quite an experience and we have an autographed photo of him with his crew that was taken after their last mission, as well as photos we took of him with us. I understand he died a few years ago. RIP Robert Morgan. Furthermore, in 2011, the Museum of Flight renovated a B-17 f and opened it up for tours on a lottery basis. I kept checking in when they called the winning tickets. After the 3rd time, the docent said she would let me go in, even though my ticket didn't win, because I was one of the few that actually cared. Many people who's tickets won didn't show up. That plane was immaculate! It was renovated to what it would have been as it rolled out of the Boeing plant in February, 1943! And, that very plane is the one in the dance scene in the movie! You know, where the tail gunner sings "Danny Boy." Lastly, on June 24, 2017, I flew in both the B-17, "909", and the B-24, "Witchcraft," of the Collings Foundation. I will always remember that date, because it takes care of both planes! I didn't plan it that way, its just how it worked. So incredible!

[@gf1001]

Timeless wonderful so romantic WILL LIVE FORVER as long as people love good music. thanks for posting.

[@Wolfsky9]

My Parents were both ardent fans of Glen & his music. My Dad always told me this is his musical masterpiece, written by Mack Gordon & Harry Warren. It's incredibly complex, & yet, just gorgeous, sung by Pat Friday, dubbing for Lyn Bari as she did in both GM films. I also wish I'd grown up in this era, & I'm 63, & a 50's / 60's Kid. Just Beautiful. Wolfsky9

[@Coupal1]

2013! I've always loved this music. My Dad was a veteran of WWII and he always used to play this music.

[@olivelane7903]

My friends fiance flew on Memphis belle in the war xx

[@Coupal1]

@@olivelane7903 Incredible memories and pride!

[@gwenlancaster3372]

The Big Band sound is one of the best....Nothing like it!

[@Hevynly1]

This is beautiful! I'm so thankful to KZbin for allowing me to broaden my swing/big band music education. It just doesn't get better than this stuff. I'm so happy it's still around for us of the younger generations to explore and enjoy.

[@BardCoennius]

And songs actually had more than three chords, and actual melody and lyrics worth singing.

[@manettical23]

DOPE!!!!!!! This will be played at my wedding. Thank the lord for beautiful music! Men lighten their labors with song.

[@JohnKuhnlein]

I really love this old classic. This was the sort of thing Miller and his white bread approach excelled at. Schmaltzy, yes, but damn fine

[@fromthesidelines]

The opening number from Glenn's first feature film, "Sun Valley Serenade" (1941), incorporating his theme, "Moonlight Serenade", just before the segue into "I Know Why", written by Mack Gordon & Harry Warren. Pat Friday is actually singing for Lynn Bari...backing her are Miller's vocal group, "The Modernaires". Gordon "Tex" Beneke plays the sax solo in the middle...Milton Berle, playing Glenn's agent, is "comedy relief" during the film.

[@Wolfsky9]

I was born 15 years too late-----in '46. ---------I so wish I'd been around for this music, & The Greatest Generation. ------------------------WolfSky9, 72 y/o

[@Wolfsky9]

The voice of Pat Friday who dubbed for Lynn Bari, gave this vocal a poignacy no one will ever do better. This is a perfect example of why GM & His Orchestra were so far ahead of everyone else. This is an unbelievably sophisticated melody, with so many chord/ rhythm changes, it boggles the mind. Harry Warren & Mack Gordon out did themselves with this masterpiece-- We'll not see or hear music like this, ever again. Wolfsky9

[@BrewskLitovsk]

It's important to mention the composer of "I Know Why": Mr. Harry Warren. He wrote so many hit songs for Glenn Miller, show numbers like "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" & "I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo", the timeless ballads "At Last" & "Serenade In Blue", etc. etc. all for the two musical comedies "Sun Valley Serenade" & "Orchestra Wives" ... pure genius!

[@فراتمحمد-ط1ع]

How do I get the song with Arabic subtitles?

[@BrewskLitovsk]

@@فراتمحمد-ط1ع لماذا تغني روبينز في ديسمبر؟ قبل وقت طويل من حلول فصل الربيع؟ وعلى الرغم من تساقط الثلوج البنفسج ينمو ، أعلم لماذا وأنت أيضًا ... لماذا تتنهد النسمات كل مساء يهمس باسمك كما يفعلون؟ ولماذا أشعر بنجوم على سقفي؟ أعلم لماذا وأنت أيضًا ... عندما تبتسم لي أسمع كمان الغجر عندما ترقص معي أنا في الجنة عندما تبدأ الموسيقى ... أستطيع أن أرى الشمس عندما تمطر إخفاء كل سحابة من وجهة نظري ولماذا أرى أقواس قزح وأنت بين ذراعي؟ أعرف لماذا وأنت كذلك! 🖖

[@Wolfsky9]

To VFA103JollyRogers, I truly commend you for having the taste/ maturity to appreciate this magnificent music. I'm 63 y/o, & it was my Parents & their passion for music, especially Glen Miller, that so influenced me growing up. My Dad always said this was THE song for that " last dance" at 2:00 AM . He loved it, & never, ever tired of singing along to Pat Friday's magnificent vocal. Wolfsky9

[@jeffers5ok]

There were lots of great music about But when miller music starts you are transported into another letter How many of today’s would still be around like Millers

[@donwert]

My very favorite Glenmn Miller tune! Wish I'd have alive back then!

[@kennethsharman5712]

Your right there William the good old days when you could sit and listen all night long I am nearly 80 and stll play all the music from those days .Me and my brother use to listen at night in bed to the American Forces Network or AFN Radio

[@Quiet_One]

Wow, 80, cool. I was 13 when I started listening to Glenn Miller, and old WWII songs.. 25 now.

[@josesacramentohernandezpan896]

Una de las bandas mas grandes que han existido, cuanta nostalgia de esa epoca.

[@colinpace1835]

I came because of Memphis Belle. God bless them bomber boys

[@colinclarke4285]

Over paid Over sexed And over HERE :-)

[@No1ClashFan]

Just stunningly beautiful!Some fabulous guys from our local silver band played this at my Nan's funeral in our church.She loved this song so much.Wonderful to hear it played for her loud and live!Thanks for posting x

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Debbie, How are you doing?

[@robinaxeman]

Wonderful sound.Love these oldies better than modern stuff.

[@59Putyin]

i need a time machine, i want to go back for this time and see them with my eyes and listen...fantastic performance and music.

[@potdog1000]

when I listen to this I think maybe, just maybe I was born out of my time lol

[@dustykramer3796]

@BegunCupid I know exactly what you mean!

[@Wolfsky9]

This song is simply mind boggling in it's musical complexity. I kinow--I spent an entire semester dissecting it in my Senior year in college. If you could see what the sheet music looks like--well, let's just say it--Harry Warren was a true music genius. Wolfsky9, 64 y/o

[@Poisson4147]

About 15 years ago a STEREO version of part of the soundtrack was discovered and remastered on CD. For those of us too young to have ever heard this phenomenal orchestra in person, the recording is like a time machine. Oh, to be able to hear the original band just once...

[@mjjones802]

This when there was real music and musicians

[@tombreen932]

It,s as good a time to sing as any and we still need more big band stations in the USA

[@claytungsten]

The beautiful and unforgettable music of Glenn Miller, we lost a treasure.

[@Navi404]

Yes, this beautiful song was a favourite of my Dad and Mom during World War Two, and, as a young boy in British India (Bombay), I remember the 78 r.p.m. record being murdered on our old winding gramophone. It always brings back memories of my parents and those times, and it is difficult to keep back the tears whenever I hear it. I have a lovely "Joe Loss" version of it played in "Glenn Miller" style, with the vocalist trying to sound as American as possible.

[@tomhits]

More than anything else, this music reflects the times then, when people knew how to dress and women knew what style and elegance meant.

[@vasarian]

What a great romantic song!

[@TheSpiritOfTheTimes]

Great song, the lady who sings is a classical beauty.

[@jbrut]

Harren Warren was sure a fantastic talent! His tunes from the movies, beginning with "42nd Street" will endure through generations.

[@vastanberga]

My dad loved to listen to Glenn Miller and I always think of him when I hear this tune. I like it to and I know why ...

[@pcimmino]

@covladuk1985 If I may add...polite, well dressed and mannered, as well as respectful of each other and extremely patriotic. Plus life had a comfortable pace.

[@jbrut]

Harry Warren was a fantastic tunesmith for decades, coming up with movie tunes that live on.

[@яэтоя1]

amazing song ! Good times !! My dad loves The Glenn Miller Orchestra's songs

[@rauljimenez4628]

es lo mejor que eh oido y quiero que mis hijos no pierdan la costumbre de esta musica tan elegante

[@j.a.cuarioserr.4103]

Es una excelente musica ,lastima que la juventud no la oiga ni la baile,a mi en lo personal me fascina,la disfruto tanto oyendola como bailandola es una delicia ,asi son las grandes bandas....GRACIAS

[@rickceron8878]

Tengo 17 y me gusta mucho. :3

[@zaven1030]

This is real art - perfect in every aspect of it: the music, the orchestra with a genius at the helm, with absolutely flawless singing. Acthing is nothing less than perfect. Growing in USSR we were watching this kind of "censored" movies, american, italian, french, truly the best ones.

[@CroixdeLorraine]

Zaven Aharonian What a lovely compliment from someone who grew up with such rich cultural traditions as Russia!! I am a former ballet student, for about 12 years, and I have always thought that there was none better than the Russian tradition of ballet. Also, the folk music and dance clubs is fantastic!! So glad to hear that you love Miller's music! I know why and so on you...!

[@yawna3567]

this whole aesthetic is what i aspire to have

[@Framblott]

I read all these posts. I'm very impressed w Pat Friday's voice, full and secure with a supple vibrato. (That IS Payne's voice, tho not his piano.) Tune by the great Harry Warren(I Had the Craziest Dream, by Helen Forrest) words by Mack Gordon. Captures the wonder, joy and reticence of young love like no other song. Every young woman should have the chance to hear this song while a junior in high school. I would like to hear the Dick Haymes version, the best male pop singing voice, IMO.

[@Wolfsky9]

Pat Friday dubbing for Lyn Bari, & The Modernaires just made a true vocal classic with this song. Just beautiful. Wolfsky9

[@shaul43]

Beautiful. I love this music very much!!!

[@imploud]

I too :))))

[@jimbo97]

Don't forget Harry Warren's "You'll Never Know" an Oscar winner, the first few bars are reproduced on his tomb at Westwood Memorial Park in L.A. He also won Oscars for "Lullaby of Broadway" and "On the Atcheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe".

[@charade97]

@Audacissimus I'm 68 and it gives me goosebumps to hear you say that. I was born 3 years before Glen Miller died but grew up through late childhood with his music and, of course, other great band leaders of the time.

[@Stinschen]

Classy woman.. and beautiful figure, she has! A LADY.

[@AngusTCat]

@Audacissimus I've loved this music ever since I was a teenager. Glenn Miller forever! His music will live forever.

[@Poisson4147]

Absolutely. Fox had one of the most advanced studios of the time, with much more openness and higher-quality equipment. IIRC these soundtracks were recorded on 16" transcription disks. I'm not sure how they captured both channels because at that time only Bell Labs had equipment to cut single-groove stereo.

[@Zone1242]

Wow, this is in stereo - all my GM records are mono. Now I gotta go find them in stereo!

[@petcherb]

I heard all these songs when i was growing up and still love them. Got to see the Glenn Miller band last year it was great. i remember my parents would go out dancing on the weekends and the all got together for a drink at our house first and the ladies wore coktail dresses and the men wore suits and they actually danced touching each other it was a great erea

[@sjjcws]

Makes me believe in magic. Where has it gone? This is so bittersweet.

[@JeffM---]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@cybermallet]

Wow! It's in stereo!

[@MegaBanne]

4:03 This is why he is the band leader :)

[@Mike16011]

De cuando la música ¡era música!

[@WX5G66]

Greatest generation that every lived despite war going on in Europe and in the Pacific.....Wish they were with us today...They had a lot to share.....They saw the best and worst of mankind......

[@Azishome]

Willie Schwartz, "Doc" McMickle, Ray Anthony, Ray Eberle, the Modernaires, Tex Beneke, and all the rest. Amazing sounds. Amazing group. Thanks, Glenn. We miss you.

[@vanonthe_monkey8899]

Shape of water's movie bring me here. This song was very beautiful words.

[@mortygwhiz]

My first transistor radio introduced me to big band music and to Glenn Miller. I would listen to it in my room after going to bed with the earphone so as not to disturb anyone else. Almost every Saturday night, late, a disc jockey on KMPC in Los Angeles would play old radio sound checks of the big bands. It was literally music to my ear and I have loved big band music ever since.

[@Azishome]

During Eighth Grade week at Osborn School in Phoenix, Az, our last week of class before graduation and a week in which we eighth graders were taken on field trips and had various special events during the school day, our principal, Mr. Dunham showed the Glenn Miller Story. I became a hardwired Glenn Miller fan that day, and every day since.

[@ernestlundy8366]

Just another early classic from the Glenn Miller Band. Supurb!

[@virginiai1]

This is one of my favorite songs from that era.

[@franciscoassis9311]

Gosto demais das obras de Glenn Miller, parece que me transporto para essa época. É fantástico!

[@Wolfsky9]

Yes, a small bit of movie trivia : this was the song the crew listened to for a few precious moments in the 1991 film, " Memphis Belle". The opening verse with the great Pat Friday & The Modernaires is what they play, & for years, I wondered if anyone else seeing that great film knew this musical masterpiece from Spring, Summer of '41. A stunning musical Tour De-Force!! Wolfsky9

[@Taco_TwinandPaco]

This is THE BEST!!! Makes me so melancholy ! Loved dancing to this. TTHS had a wonderful band and this was always the last song at all of our dances. Love it!!!

[@alcav55]

We must NEVER let this music die out,It's fantastic.

[@Navi404]

terfle1106: I have it on a pre-recorded audio cassette tape entitled: "Joe Loss plays Glen Miller". I wish I could play it for you. Whenever I play it, I look up at the sky and I say: "Dad & Mom, that's for you". Yes, India is a land of extreme contrasts, and Bombay (now Mumbai), which was built by the British, is a very modern city.

[@agingcowboy]

This reminds me of my early childhood years. It's strange that the older you get, the more you want to go back to those days.

[@heatherbarnes191]

Pat Friday was the voice for Lynn Bari, whenever she sang in movies. However, John Payne started out as a singer before he became a movie star (Miracle On 34th St.).

[@modsquad12]

this is the most romantic song i've ever heard.

[@SanToto69]

These guys are the beezneeez!

[@Wolfsky9]

Heard in " Memphis Belle " ---------------a WW2 classic from Glen Miller, Pat Friday, & the Modernaires. -----------------WolfSky9, 73 y/o

[@brad04970]

@sharkieballs Hi Ken I woke up this moring singing White Cliffes of Dover. First of all i can't remember ever singing that, I must have heard it some place or some-where at sometime..