On Dec. 15, 1944, Glenn Miller, one of the kings of the big-band scene - the dance-pop of its time - stepped aboard a military plane to cross the English Channel from England to France.

On 15 December 1944, the hugely popular musician Major Glenn Miller boarded a small plane at an RAF base in Bedfordshire. The American army band leader was heading to Paris to cheer on the Allied ...

The Glenn Miller collections (GMC) are a part of the American Music Research Center’s archival collections, stewarded in partnership with the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries’ Rare & ...

As Glenn Miller’s musical career soared, he traded in his commercial success for a military uniform to entertain US troops during World War II. Then, on a foggy afternoon, December 15 ...

It’s a personal achievement for Gayle also, as the mere chance to sing with the Glenn Miller Orchestra is an honor in itself, while also giving the acclaimed vocalist another style of music to ...

The Glenn Miller orchestra recorded "Moonlight Serenade" in 1939 as the B side of a 78 rpm on the RCA Bluebird label. Andrea Modica At 1:45 p.m. on December 15, 1944, an overcast Friday afternoon ...

The world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra brings its signature swing sound to the Weinberg Center for the Arts at 2 p.m. April 27. Audiences will be transported back to the golden age of big-band ...

As Glenn Miller’s musical career soared, he traded in his commercial success for a military uniform to entertain US troops during World War II. Then, on a foggy afternoon, December 15 ...

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1994, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point ...

Alton Glenn Miller (A&S ex’26, HonDocHum’84) spent three semesters at the University of Colorado before pawning his college trombone for a bus ticket to Los Angeles. While enrolled at CU, he met his ...