The Magic of Glenn Miller

~ Release by Glenn Miller (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Packaging is a 4-part case (fatter than a Fatbox) used by Reader's Digest for multi-disc releases. Need a name for this.

Annotation last modified on 2017-06-23 10:47 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Miller Memories
▼ CD 2: Unforgettable Moments
#TitleRatingLength
1Don't Dit Under the Apple Tree
3:16
2I Guess I'll Have to Dream the Rest
recording of:
I Guess I’ll Have to Dream the Rest
lyricist:
Martin Block (disc jockey) and Mickey Stoner
composer:
Bud Green
3:15
3Stairway to the Stars
recording of:
Stairway to the Stars
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
2:54
4Juke Box Saturday Night
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1942-07-15)
recording of:
Juke Box Saturday Night
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Paul McGrane
3:07
5The Chestnut Tree
recording of:
The Chestnut Tree
lyricist:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter) and Hamilton Kennedy (songwriter)
composer:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
3:19
6One o'Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
3:56
7Running Wild
recording of:
Runnin’ Wild
lyricist:
Joe Grey (in 1922) and Leo Wood (American songwriter & lyricist; 1882—1929) (in 1922)
composer:
Arthur Harrington Gibbs (in 1922)
2:50
8The Woodpecker Song
recording of:
The Woodpecker Song (Reginella campagnola)
lyricist:
Bruno Cherubini (brother of Bixio Cherubini) and Eldo Di Lazzaro
composer:
Eldo Di Lazzaro
translated version of:
Reginella campagnola
2:35
9Tuxedo Junction
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-02-05)
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction (on 1940-02-08)
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
instrumental recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
3:29
10Make Believe Ballroom Time
recording of:
Make Believe Ballroom Time
composer:
Harold Green (composer) (in 1940) and Mickey Stoner (in 1940)
2:55
11Stardust
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-01-29)
instrumental cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1940-01-29)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
3:27
12Blue Skies
recording of:
Blue Skies
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1926)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
3:39
13Dreamsville Ohio
3:02
14By the Waters of Minnetonka
recording of:
By the Waters of Minnetonka
lyricist:
James Mulloy Cavanass
composer:
Thurlow Lieurance
6:35
15Slow Freight
recording of:
Slow Freight
composer:
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer, and arranger) and Esmond Edwards
3:13
16Boulder Buff
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1941-05-07)
recording of:
Boulder Buff
writer:
Fred Norman and Eugene Novello
3:32
17I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem
recording of:
I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem
lyricist:
Robert B. Wright
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor), Leonard W. Ware (American jazz guitar player and composer) and Ben Smith (big band songwriter)
3:41
18It Happened in Sun Valley
recording of:
It Happened in Sun Valley
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
2:59
19Song of the Volga Boatmen
recording of:
Song of the Volga Boatmen (Bill Finegan arrangement for the Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1941)
arranger:
Bill Finegan
version of:
Эй, ухнем! (Song of the Volga Boatmen)
8:22
20The Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore)
recording of:
Anvil Chorus (arr. Gray for big band)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
arrangement of:
Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari) (“Anvil Chorus”)
4:55
▶ CD 3: All-Time Favourites
▶ CD 4: Serenades in Blue
▶ CD 5: In the Mood