Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – missing in action December 15, 1944) was an American big band musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was the best-selling recording artist from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known big bands. Miller's recordings include "In the Mood", "Moonlight Serenade", "Pennsylvania 6-5000", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "A String of Pearls", "At Last", "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo", "American Patrol", "Tuxedo Junction", "Elmer's Tune", and "Little Brown Jug". While he was traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Glenn Miller's aircraft disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel.
Miller was born in Clarinda, Iowa, the son of Mattie Lou (née Cavender) and Lewis Elmer Miller. He attended grade school in North Platte in western Nebraska. In 1915, Miller's family moved to Grant City, Missouri. Around this time, Miller had finally made enough money from milking cows to buy his first trombone and played in the town orchestra. Originally, Miller played cornet and mandolin, but he switched to trombone by 1916. In 1918, the Miller family moved again, this time to Fort Morgan, Colorado, where Miller went to high school. In the fall of 1919, he joined the high school football team, Maroons, which won the Northern Colorado Football Conference in 1920. He was named the Best Left End in Colorado. During his senior year, Miller became very interested in a new style of music called "dance band music". He was so taken with it that he formed his own band with some classmates. By the time Miller graduated from high school in 1921, he had decided to become a professional musician.
Glenn Miller is a compilation album released posthumously by bandleader Glenn Miller, on the label RCA Victor in 1945, consisting of a collection of four 10" 78 rpm discs, released as part of the Victor Musical Smart Set series. The album was number one for a total of 16 weeks on the newly created Billboard album charts in 1945. The album was certified Gold in July 1968 by the RIAA. The album is also known under the title Glenn Miller & His Orchestra.
These reissued songs were featured on a 4-disc, 78 rpm album set, RCA Victor P-148.
Disc 1: (20-1564)
Disc 2: (20-1565)
Disc 3: (20-1566)
Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr. (born November 23, 1940), commonly known as Glenn Miller, is a former leader of the defunct North Carolina-based White Patriot Party (formerly known as the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan). Convicted of murder as well as criminal charges related to weapons, and the violation of an injunction against paramilitary activity, he has been a perennial candidate for public office. He is an advocate of white nationalism, white separatism, neo-paganism, and a proponent of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
On April 13, 2014, Miller was arrested following the Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting in Overland Park, Kansas.Johnson County prosecutors initially charged him with one count of capital murder and one count of first-degree murder. On October 17, the separate charge for first-degree murder was dismissed and all three deaths were included in a single capital murder count. Miller also is charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder for allegedly shooting at three other people. On December 18, he was found competent to stand trial, and prosecutors announced they are seeking the death penalty against him. He is also facing a potential federal hate-crimes prosecution.
Hear my song, Violetta,
Hear the song that's in my heart
Please be mine, Violetta,
Say that we will never part
Ev ry night I'm dreaming of you
Ev'ry night I want to whisper, "Dear, I love you!"
Hear my song, Violetta,