He broadcast an arrangement by Bill Finegan that was much slower and very different from the way Duke Ellington performed the tune as his theme song. However Miller never recorded the song commercially.
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No, he played the trombone.
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Elderly Tollcross residents maintain that the Glenn Miller Orchestra gave a summer performance in the Winter Gardens in Tollcross Park during WW2.
He didn't actually play it.
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No, he played the trombone.
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Elderly Tollcross residents maintain that the Glenn Miller Orchestra gave a summer performance in the Winter Gardens in Tollcross Park during WW2.
He didn't actually play it.
No. Today he's probably playing a heavenly harp in addition to his trombone. Miller died in 1944.
No. His parents both played instruments and taught all 3 of their sons to play. Glenn (that's with 2 N's) played in high school and college. He dropped out after about a year to study composition and theory with the renowned Dr. Joseph Schillinger.
1938 - in June (for about 4 days between the 18th and 27th)
He performed in Afgahnistan, England, Pakistan, Kashjgahr, India, Philippines, China and up yo butt
No, he's much younger so he would not have performed with the original orchestra. His Miller connection is that he was a member of Tex Beneke's band and assumed its leadership when Tex passed away in 2000.
"American Patrol" - it was recorded by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra in 1942.
Like many composers and arrangers, he learned to play the piano so he could work out the melody and harmonies for his works, but he didn't play it in public. One of the pianos that he used during his early life is on display at the restored Miller residence in Clarinda, Iowa.