Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke, I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo, 1984 Glenn Miller TV

Marion Hutton and Tex Beneke are reunited for a 1984 rendition of "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" in this TV tribute to Glenn Miller.

[@notanotherguitarchannel]

Imagine the Nicholas Brothers coming out and doing that full dance routine in their advanced age.

[@florafurioso9197]

Using Black men like that was radical, as hard as it is to imagine in our day.

[@daveharrison8286]

Tex Beneke's voice and that of Marion Hutton held up remarkable well a real pleasure to hear them again

[@garyfrancis6193]

Remarkably. What is it that Americans don’t understand adverbs?

[@turquisestones]

This performance was around 40 years after the movie (43 precisely), and now is around 40 years after this performance (38 precisely). Well, instead of saying the traditional "time is flying" I would say instead that this music has definitely stood the test of time.

[@quiquem9369]

Espléndida trasmisión .

[@quiquem9369]

Bueno,

[@shyamdevadas6099]

Damn! This is incredible! He was like 70 when he did this! He and Marion could still belt it out!

[@dylangunter1671]

I absolutely love how they are actually enjoying themselves after all those years! Absolutely love this era

[@kurtb8474]

I saw the Glenn Miller orchestra a few years ago. A gift from my daughter. They still had that great sound!

[@MikeBlitzMag]

This is how it's done, folks. Absolute, utter perfection.

[@AngelSusie57]

Outstanding, they sound as good today as they did in the 40's. Best era of music ever.

[@chuckwagon5518]

Marion and Tex together again after all those years! BTW...Marion still looked and sounded fabulous!

[@Poisson4147]

She said that when they were in the original band she had a huge crush on Tex (who was already married, but hey ...)

[@artfuldodger1286]

She looks prettier here than she does in an earlier clip on KZbin from 1942. Tex Beneke's head still forms a perfect square, however.

[@Johnnycdrums]

She looks like somebody's mother.

[@hobbygamer6220]

@@Poisson4147 but hey....👌😀

[@hobbygamer6220]

@@artfuldodger1286 he's as square as they come 😀

[@QuicknStraight]

To think he never sang before he joined Glenn Miller's band! And Marion Hutton still stunning!

[@nickycool77]

Only discovered Tex myself about 3 weeks ago, this man stayed cool throughout his decades. What a man!

[@Poisson4147]

I saw him perform live a couple of times and know several people who worked with him. He was every bit what you see, a gentle guy and a consummate performer.

[@hobbygamer6220]

@@Poisson4147 a bit of a punk ass in his earlier day tho 🤨😆

[@hobbygamer6220]

@@Poisson4147 you a performer sir ?

[@Poisson4147]

@@hobbygamer6220 I deeply wish I were. My dad could sight-read Gershwin at the piano and my kids both play multiple instruments, but the talent genes took one look at me and ran the other way. In any case it's never stopped me from loving classical music, jazz, early rock, etc. etc.

[@hobbygamer6220]

@@Poisson4147 me too haha

[@danmenefee5437]

Who cannot love this man?

[@monicarwells2]

This reunion had to be bitter sweet .. GLEN as stolen from us way too soon. Tex was soooooooo fine in his younger days, he was perfect, real dreamy omg

[@zeero62]

Tex Beneke came into the restaurant where I worked when I was in high school....1978 or 79......it was very cool.

[@byHexted]

Seeing these old people dance to this song they clearly grew up loving is really sweet

[@mikesveganjourney3751]

We sang this song in high school for a swing choir competition. I was the soloist. My teacher referenced Tex and Marion but until now, I had only recognized their voices. Great song. Great memories.

[@jetpilot3714]

They were the bomb in their day!

[@thomasryan5736]

My dad looked like Glenn. Same glasses and Army uniform. The picture was on a Glenn Miller 33/1/3 record when I noticed the resemblance. Loved this music from my youth. And still do.

[@robertunderwood6011]

1984 and they still have it this is talent

[@Poisson4147]

I get the impression that great musicians must never age internally. Benny Goodman was still practicing his clarinet on the day he passed away. And I was supremely honored to know AAF arranger and assistant conductor Norm Leyden during the last few years of his life. I saw him perform at *92*, and aside from a tiny bit of shakiness the years just didn't matter. Amazing!

[@richardvoogd705]

Watching in 2023, still enjoyable.

[@Wolfsky9]

Marion Hutton was STILL a Babe ! A real beauty, for sure. ----------Wolfsky9

[@francoiselesage188]

Oh yeah....

[@jamesj.7856]

That's NOT Marion I'm afraid, though good imitation. Beneke was cool and awesome, no one like him. RIP Tex.

[@Poisson4147]

@@jamesj.7856 I saw this when it was originally broadcast. It's definitely Marion.

[@davidoppenheim3979]

@@jamesj.7856 That is Marian, just older.

[@davidhamilton6363]

It's just a wonderful reminder of my mum and dad xx

[@vietinternational5746]

Literally 1984 🔥

[@Coupal1]

Oh WOW! What a treat!! I loved them in the movie.

[@raymondfaron85]

The greatest generation, alive and kicking

[@garyfrancis6193]

In 1984

[@MM-st6vu]

Tex Beneke is one of my favorites!

[@Poisson4147]

He and Coleman Hawkins are my go-to guys for great sax playin' !

[@ronaldciccone260]

Tex is great Glenn Miller Featured Vocalist and Saxophonist.

[@avery-dd7ol]

Lucky I got to see him and his band play at Disneyland, what luck, he sounded great... thanks for the great music.

[@vernhillbass905]

I remember my mom and dad dancing to this song. Pure joy!

[@user-gf7zf9sx7w]

Amazing video.

[@michellepittsley4256]

I was 12 years old at this time...I wish I could’ve seen them live!

[@ZenithSpellz]

Marion still looked great here!!

[@jimvaughn6993]

Holy cow Alan Eichler! I had no idea this existed. Thank you so much man!

[@fortylove68]

Simply amazing! I'd kill to have been there and felt all that swing up close.

[@joetx2433]

I was there except I was just a kid. My father was a trumpet player during the time, and all these tunes were beautiful. I used to sleep as a kid in the back of the orchestra. I remember so well.

[@mdarrenu]

What an iconic voice! Tex !

[@fjbutch]

You're kidding wow !!!! still sounding awesome all those years later...

[@aeichler]

Check out the other clip I posted of Marion singing "I'll Be Seeing You" and "St. Louis Blues March".

[@fjbutch]

doing it now !!!!! thanks..

[@aeichler]

Also "Chattanooga Choo Choo"!

[@fjbutch]

One of my faves... as a ten year old, I surrounnded myself with all the 78s and played them on our radio gram... terific sounds

[@johnwagner4776]

They were still swingin' it

[@billedwards6985]

Major Miller was a true American hero

[@JamesBjorkman]

KZbin is awesome, you can see the same singers perform the same song 40+ years apart and notice the similarities and little changes that would have taken massive effort to see back in the day. Tex is a little slower with his phrasing, his voice a little deeper - but the style is still there. Love Marion getting up there and doing it, too.

[@chuck3999]

Treasures that were and still are much appreciated. However, this type of quality can never be replaced. A time when people were civilized.

[@aklemmer8936]

Saw and heard them at Houghton Lake Michigan with sister Betty ma y years ago

[@hobbygamer6220]

cool

[@dudley5533]

Great things like this never out of style......TERRIFIC!

[@zeikerd]

this makes me so nostalgic. And I'm 50! My dad loved glenn miller, I took him to will saldens band before my dad passed, I wish I'd found my love for big bands earlier. Now I'm playing my dads records and crying at home.

[@kenowens9021]

Marion is very calm.

[@florafurioso9197]

What a fabulous rendition! Shows old folks got what it takes!!!

[@tbone4646]

Still fantastic after all these years. Timeless music. Check out the Glenn Miller bar/WWII museum in the Thistle Hotel on Oxford St in London. Fantastic.

[@davidoppenheim3979]

Be sure to visit the Glenn Miller Birthplace and Museum in Clarinda, Iowa. Wonderful

[@Wolfsky9]

Fantastic ! Too Bad the Nicholas Brothers couldn't have been there too ! ------Wolfsky9

[@osocool1too]

Really enjoyed this , they still have the goods after 40 odd years ! 😎🤓

[@jimbo97]

I have this original VHS tape! It should be on KZbin in its entirety! Hosted by Van Johnson! Tex plays his sax on "In the Mood"! Also with Johnny Desmond (from Miller's AAF band)! Marion sings "The St. Louie Blues March" words written by her husband Vic Schoen (who is also seen in the background with their grown daughter)! Taped at Glen Island Casino! 👍

[@davidoppenheim3979]

Wonderful performers, even years later! These folks should be models for "America's Got Talent" or "The Voice" who's contestants generally can't sing in tune if their lives depended on it. So inferior to this!

[@chrissimpson1183]

Tex still had it....

[@jenniferbate9682]

He had such an original sound x

[@jamestownsend5232]

Great music from great singers-hard to beat!

[@isabeliriarte680]

Desde Andalucía, España, gracias América por estos extraordinarios artistas

[@ericlopez1488]

Grandioso Tex Beneke y la orquesta de Glen Miller, inolvidables recuerdos y gracias por compartir. Saludos desde Xela.

[@aarongranda7825]

Touching.

[@garyolivier792]

Great music!! Not like the crap we have now!!

[@davidoppenheim3979]

You nailed it on the head. CRAP!

[@styldsteel1]

Oh if I were only in that audience. My oh My.

[@juanmonge7418]

I remember seeing this on PBS. Tex used to appear regularly on the Merv Griffin show.

[@paulocesarmoreto1081]

Que maravilha!Depois de tanto tempo da composição original da orquestra, vê-los foi um grande prazer!

[@JohnKutzman]

This is the sound of winning.

[@samuijule]

Absolutly perfekt. Thanks soooo mutch

[@glennkoons1560]

SAW TEX AT DISNEYLAND. MARION HUTTON SANG IN GOODMAN'S 1938 CARNIEGIE HALL CONCERT AND HERE SHE IS SINGING IN 1984.

[@mrutledge122]

I live in Kalamazoo Michigan

[@recs8564]

Matt R Michigan is the best state in the U.S.A.!!!!

[@ndm9153]

Same !

[@jamestownsend5232]

Glenn Miller's band was terrific;may that music live on forever.

[@Vinny_Gigante]

Superb ❤️❤️🥰🥰

[@user-le2fg4gm3x]

Не стареют душой ветераны джаза, миллеровцы!

[@monicarwells2]

I DIDNT EVEN RECOGNIZE MARION. SHE HAD NOT AGED WOW

[@cholo401]

Que talento tan maravilloso después de tantos años se le escucha igual

[@rogersteixeira9941]

Muito lindo 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👏👏👏👏👏Brasil Anápolis Goiás 🇧🇷

[@arthurharrison1345]

Legendary!

[@richardgraham5051]

All this needs is the Nicholas Brothers.

[@vlaekershner7305]

That's what I was going to say!

[@bmack8607]

Wow! So cool!!! Greatest ever!

[@byHexted]

Tex sounds great so does Marion, I wonder if any of the other four were the originals I bet the older guy with the white hair is

[@toddcampbell5603]

Clark Burroughs from the Hi-Los to Marion's immediate left !!

[@styldsteel1]

I like her looks when I carry her books on Kalamazoo

[@vlaekershner7305]

Plot twist: 70-year-old Tex Beneke arrested for bothering girls at campus dance.

[@ex59neo53]

If your ankles are broken ,you're in trouble :)

[@hobbygamer6220]

my my how they flew

[@adoreslaurel]

If anyone has a beef with that performance, how would they sound after 40 plus years past their original gig.

[@hobbygamer6220]

so that black and white was by ACCIDENT ??? 😳 THAT WAS PERFECT !! They should've kept it that way !!

[@williamfeilhauer2667]

And they both worked for Glenn Miller talk about class.

[@samuijule]

Ganz großer Auftritt....... Danke sehr........ Wunderbar.

[@wakajumba]

What a swinging band!

[@pattykuvshin]

Wow, Tex still singing in 1984

[@geezerdombroadcast]

I'm a secular sort, familiar with the latest theoretical physics. That theorising seems to imply we came from nothing and that nothingness is our destiny. However; I am hoping for a holographic universe where all these brilliant beautiful people still exist, singing and dancing together. It's just wrong for all this brilliance, love, and happiness to disappear into oblivion. I'm holding out for a better deal. Even with all the alcoholism, the war, the racism, the confusion, and the pain , there was still happiness. Despite all the bad stuff these beautiful people were just like you and me, full of hope, and flawed, and human.

[@davidduffy9806]

Peter Mullen I will gladly join you in that holographic universe.

[@silverwood6705]

A little slower, more loungy, less Jazzy than the past, however, always a class act!

[@hobbygamer6220]

this is as it should be 👍😀

[@burulicon1]

Я из России. Спасибо !!! Отличное видео и звук.

[@n19ns]

А все -таки с музыкой реального Гленна Миллера не сравнить, я ее слушаю очень часто, она исцеляет.

[@earthcat]

Marian Hutton is still willowy and beautiful ❤️

[@byHexted]

My dad worked with him

[@jorgearmandosaavedracastro1745]

Hermosas canciones de glenn miller

[@aimpointvw]

Awesome! Though it's a pity though they slowed it down. The tempo in this performance is 128 beats per minute. In the classic version from Sun Valley Serenade it's a more lively 138 bpm. And on the record its 148 bpm.

[@nakedmambo]

It's in Orchestra Wives not Sun Valley Serenade.

[@EJP286CRSKW]

The tempo is certainly not where Glenn left it, and neither is the ensemble. The vocal quintet is downright sloppy compared to the movie, Marion excepted of course.

[@r.crompton2286]

I'm sure the quintet would have preferred to drive the tempo as the GM Orchestra did in the early 1940's. But as you age, practically everything slows down. Remember, in this performance, Tex is about 70. He could hardly be expected to maintain the 148 bpm that he managed when he was 30.

[@EJP286CRSKW]

R. Crompton I don't think so. The piece isn't technically demanding at the original tempo. It's not exactly Flight of the Bumble-bee, and the tempo comes from the rhythm section, as dictated by the band leader. Not the vocal quintet.

[@r.crompton2286]

Quad Maestro You raise a good point. But "...technically demanding..." would be subjective -- depending on age and what lung power a person had. When I was younger I sang quite a bit at parties but my past smoking habit left its mark so that now as I approach 70, I can't sing with same the pace and the range that I once did. Beneke was from the generation previous to my own when smoking was the norm. If he was smoker, it's quite likely that over the ensuing years (and by 1984), he would have lost considerable vocal power. If that was the situation, then the band might have needed to slow it down.

[@BadAnnie]

Oh, Tex

[@danielsawyer438]

And there's my buddy Clark Burroughs (of The Hi-lo's fame) singing!

[@davidoppenheim3979]

The little guy is Clark Burroughs for those not in the know! Still with us today, now in his 90's!

[@user-zs5sl2ky1w]

the bast!

[@GEORGEWINS1956]

Kalamazoo remains a great college town. This song is a staple for the Western marching band. Does anyone know the origins of the song?

[@Poisson4147]

It was written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for Miller's second (and sadly, last) musical _Orchestra Wives._ Their aim, pretty obviously, was to work off the success of their hit Chattanooga Choo Choo in _Sun Valley Serenade_.

[@shiekyerbooti4068]

I read that Tex had to change the tempo to all the Miller catalog in order to avoid paying royalties. I don’t know if that’s correct, but I suspect it is. Professional musicians don’t need to slow these pieces down; they’re doing that because the have to.

[@EJP286CRSKW]

Shiekyerbooti Merely changing the tempo wouldn't have that effect.

[@Poisson4147]

You may be thinking of his last days as leader of the "official" Miller band in the late 1940s. Tex was chafing under the thumb of RCA's execs who insisted that he play everything exactly the way it sounded a decade earlier. Glenn had promised to set him up with his own band post-war. When Tex agreed to be frontman of the revived Miller orchestra RCA initially told him they'd honor that promise by letting him gradually transition to his own leadership and style. Tex had been in regular contact with Glenn during the war and knew he wouldn't have stood still musically. However when he tried to perform more-contemporary tunes the suits balked and told him to keep playing the songs from '40 and '41. Frustrated, Tex tried to put his own stamp on things by changing the original songs' tempos and arrangements but even that was too much. In 1950 RCA fired him and took away his rights to the band's library, although by that point his staff had copied many of the arrangements.

[@davidoppenheim3979]

@@Poisson4147 That's what I have read and heard by panelists at the Glenn Miller Festival in Clarinda, Iowa. The Miller Estate finally signed Ray McKinley in 1956, formerly of the Glenn Miller WWII band, to lead the officially sanctioned Glenn Miller Orchestra for quite a few years.

[@Poisson4147]

@@davidoppenheim3979 That's correct. The narrative's also backed up by George Simon, Miller's official biographer. I'm really looking forward to the 2023 Festival. See you there if you can attend!

[@legendvito5702]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼

[@tommysaxman]

Where can I find the full show?

[@alanbrown9571]

Great music but the interesting thing in watching this is that the guy with the black moustache appears to be Steve Clayton who has a fine voice, zny chance of a clip of him singing? Alan Brown

[@aeichler]

I'm afraid he only appears as part of the group.

[@shanilpatel2632]

Discovered this song Thanks to The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

[@jamestownsend5232]

Tec and Marion were great?!

[@BLUECHET]

Shut up! This is Great!

[@bugleboy4527]

Is that the Hi-Los singing with Marion & Tex

[@davidoppenheim3979]

Only Clark Burroughs as far as I can tell.