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Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story"

Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story" is a 1954 compilation album by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. The collection contained songs featured in the 1954 Universal-International film The Glenn Miller Story starring James Stewart and June Allyson. It was the first Glenn Miller album to be certified Gold in the U.S.

Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story"

1954

1939–1942

Big band, jazz

RCA Victor

A true soundtrack album featuring selections actually recorded for use in the film under the direction of Joseph Gershenson, was issued by Decca Records, catalog number DL 5519.

Reception[edit]

The 1954 10" album Glenn Miller Plays Selections from the film "The Glenn Miller Story" was number one for eleven weeks on the Billboard albums chart in 1954, released on LP as RCA Victor LPT 3057.[1] This collection featured the original Bluebird and Victor recordings and broadcasts by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra.[2]


The album reached no. 10 on the UK album charts in 1961 in an 18-week chart run.[3]


The RIAA certified the album Gold on June 28, 1961.

"" - (Glenn Miller)

Moonlight Serenade

"" - (Frank White Meacham, Arranged by Jerry Gray)

American Patrol

"" - (Carl Sigman, Jerry Gray)

Pennsylvania 6-5000

"" - (Joe Garland)

In the Mood

"" - (Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, Julian Dash)

Tuxedo Junction

"" - (W.C. Handy)

St. Louis Blues

"" - (Eddie DeLange, Jerry Gray)

String of Pearls

"" - (Traditional, Arranged by Billy Finegan)

Little Brown Jug

The contents of the album were:


Recording dates:

– United Kingdom release with four tracks in common

The Glenn Miller Story (album)

– recordings by the Universal-International studio orchestra, conducted by Joseph Gershenson

The Glenn Miller Story (soundtrack)

Simon, George Thomas (1980). Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. New York: Da Capo paperback.  0-306-80129-9.

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Simon, George Thomas (1971). Simon Says. New York: Galahad.  0-88365-001-0.

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Schuller, Gunther (1991). The Swing Era:the Development of Jazz, Volume 2. 1930–1945. New York: Oxford University Press.  0-19-507140-9.

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