They were never involved in running the orchestra. Neither showed any special interest in music (they were adopted and grew up after his disappearance) so the band was run by the corporation that Miller had established to produce his music.
Leaders have included Tex Beneke, Ray McKinley, Buddy DeFranco, Dick Gearhart, Buddy Morrow, Peanuts Hucko (very briefly), Larry O'Brien, and the current conductor, Gary Tole.
Miller's children have only become involved in musical work in the last decade or so, and then only from a legal and administrative standpoint.
Yes, his adopted children have their own families. None are in the music business.
No, he played as a back up for him when he came to the Philadelphia area. He was not a regular band member for Glenn Miller. Answered by his son Glenn
The cast of Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Band - 1947 includes: Tex Beneke as Himself - Leader of Glenn Miller Band The Crew Chiefs as Band Singers The Glenn Miller Orchestra as Themselves Lillian Lane as Band Singer Arthur Malvin as Band Singer Robert Nichols as Band Singer
He was Protestant.
Yes!
The 1937 band's clarinettist was Irving Prestopnik, who went by the name Fazola (while that sounds fictional, it's quite true - see George T. Simon's history of the band!) When Miller reorganized the band in 1938, he hired Wilbur Schwartz whose broad tone was crucial to the famed reed blend now called The Miller Sound. Schwartz remained with the band until Miller broke it up in 1942. The AAF Band featured Michael "Peanuts" Hucko on clarinet.
Glenn Millers Band performed during the swing era of the big band sound.
forming and leading one of the greatest bands in the Big Band Era
yes
glenn miller orchestra band, a big band and swing band from the 1940's. An amazing band and i really think you should listen to it sometime.
No, he played as a back up for him when he came to the Philadelphia area. He was not a regular band member for Glenn Miller. Answered by his son Glenn
The cast of Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Band - 1947 includes: Tex Beneke as Himself - Leader of Glenn Miller Band The Crew Chiefs as Band Singers The Glenn Miller Orchestra as Themselves Lillian Lane as Band Singer Arthur Malvin as Band Singer Robert Nichols as Band Singer
Judas priest
He was Protestant.
The Glenn Miller Band Reunion - 1989 TV was released on: USA: 10 March 1989
The 1937 band's clarinettist was Irving Prestopnik, who went by the name Fazola (while that sounds fictional, it's quite true - see George T. Simon's history of the band!) When Miller reorganized the band in 1938, he hired Wilbur Schwartz whose broad tone was crucial to the famed reed blend now called The Miller Sound. Schwartz remained with the band until Miller broke it up in 1942. The AAF Band featured Michael "Peanuts" Hucko on clarinet.
Moonlight Serenade
Yes!