glenn miller

     

Pardon me boy, this bandleader's plane was reported missing December 15, 1944

Trivia about glenn miller

  • In 1937 he was "in the mood" to start a band
  • This band leader's plane disappeared on a trip to Paris in December 1944
  • (Sofia of the Clue Crew at Yale University) Boy, the way he played when he led his band in concert from Woolsey Hall during the Second World War
  • This bandleader whose hit is heard here grew up in the small towns of Clarinda, Iowa; Tryon, Neb.; & Grant City, Mo.
  • Jimmy convincingly played this popular bandleader in a sentimental 1954 musical biography
  • Tenor sax man Tex Beneke sang on this orchestra leader's hit "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
  • During WWII this "In The Mood" bandleader's plane went down over the English Channel without a trace
  • Miss June Allyson played the wife of this bandleader in his movie story, opposite Jimmy Stewart
  • He's the big band leader mentioned in the first line of the show's theme song
  • A bestselling album of 1945 was from this bandleader who'd died the previous year