Peer musicians insisted the secret was they were playing drunken polker on a night flight to another gig . . . and, excusing himself to the plane's bathroom, he unlatched an exit door & was sucked out of the plane. Out of respect to his family, the army "scrubbed" the story & made sure his family received military death benefit.
My mom would play Glen Miller and The Mills Brothers and anything that was popular at the time. To this day I love all that music as it reminds me of my mother❣️💕👍🏻
This video has been my introduction to your channel. I subbed because I find history fascinating. I appreciate your efforts to be factual and not sensational, or gossipy. Well done, Sir. :^)
Miller's flight was a cross-channel trip. Had his plane crashed in the heavily populated southern England or northern France landscape it would have been easily found and identified. It's a certainty that the plane went down in the English Channel with the cause being either enemy action or mechanical failure.
I had one of Glenn Miller’s band members as a music teacher in junior high. He was the best music teacher I ever had. Instead of choosing boring slow tempo classical compositions that no one knew like every other music teacher I had did, he chose lively and fun music, both classical and popular. So, for example, we played the 1812 Overture and Sweet Caroline. Although Glenn Miller was lost, his legacy lived on through this band member.
Even "All In The Family" opened with Archie singing... Boy the way Glenn Miller played! My Dad loved Glenn Miller tunes, Boots Randolph, and Floyd Cramer.
I just wanted to explain why the allies dumped their remaining bombs. It's very simple: those bombs were all armed while still on the ground, and they would have stayed that way until after landing. There was no switch or mechanism for arming and disarming bombs yet. Since while flying in a WWII bomber, you could never be sure to come back and certainly didn't want to increase the risk of dying by flying back with armed bombs on board, the order was dumping them over unpopulated regions, such as woods. Crashing, landing in a corn field, and during that time, just landing on a normal air field could be enough shock to set these things off and activate their timers or their acid fuses. There are these big holes of bombs from dumps in the woods of Europe, where the allies flew over on their return from raids. The bombs mostly detonated without the blast being hindered from bigger structures. Walking through those woods 80 years later still sends shivers down my spine. Some stayed the way they were, and even if the leaves of 80 autumns filled them up to some degree, they are frightingly big and deep. Some of them have filled up with water and are now beautiful little sanctuaries for many kinds of animals, even some endangered ones, and covered with water lillies. Sorry, I got carried away.
Kahsimiah thank you for posting this it was a very interesting read. I didn't know about this. I'm not a youngster I am 68 and I hadn't heard about them dumping bombs back home. Thank you for sharing this information
My mom played Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters when I was in my teens, leading to my love of Glenn Miller’s music and the Big Band sound. I’m 66 now, and still listening now and then. The late 1930s and the 1940s had some great music! Thanks for featuring Glenn. 👏🏼👍🏼
How about Swing? More jazz in it than Big Band, I’d say, but I’m no musician. Benny Goodman’s “Sing Sing Sing” is high energy. But to each his/her own!
My favorite song of his is “In the Mood.” It was my husband & my first dance at our wedding in 1999. We surprised everyone by doing the Foxtrot. We were 27yo
Yes! Back in the early 90's where I worked we listened to a jazz station. Every Friday at 5pm, quitting time, the station would play "In the Mood." A celebration to the end of the work week and the beginning to the weekend!! Good times!!
So did I ,I'm just glad we didn't have RUclips when I was a child or we'd never have had a word from my father. I enjoy watching the films and listening to the music.
do you have any memory of playing with an RAF band at Cardington, Bedford? My father played saxophone in an RAF band and told me one evening they were invited to play with Miller’s orchestra.
What is your name Sir?As far as I know the last of the Millers band members died a good few years ago,Herman 'Trigger' Alpert(bass),and,Paul Tanner(trombone).
"The Glenn Miller Story" starring Jimmy Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan and people such as Louis Armstrong as himself and Ben Pollack as himself is my all time favorite movie.
I started watching this movie tonight, got distracted by life, finish it tomorrow lol. Seen it before, but got a 4 dvd set of Stewart movies this is one of them.
Jimmy Stewart played a brilliant Glen Miller. But then again, any movie with Jimmy in is a good one. "Rear Window" with Grace Kelly is one of my favourites.
I split from my first wife in 2005 and entered the dating scene in 2006. I hadn't gone on a date since high school and at age 35 I was quite intimidated by it. I asked a coworker out and we went on several dates. We really hit it off. I bought her the song Moonlight Serenade around three months later and told her that it made me think of her. She was six years younger than I was and had never heard it before. My parents were born in 1930 and 1931, so were older and that influenced what music I grew up with. She considered my taste in music part of my quirks though and in time grew to like Big Band and Jazz. That was 19 years ago now and we have been happily married for 15 of those. Glenn Millers music still has influence.
It’s astonishing how celebrity brings so much attention to what was basically just another “MIA” case in WWII. And how many of those were there? The books are still open on many in the armed forces of various countries who simply- vanished. There are many ways this can happen. My father flew bombers in the Pacific and came home without a scratch. A friend, my godfather, was another bomber pilot who went out on a mission one day, and neither he nor his crew were ever seen again, nor has any trace of them been found. May ALL those unaccounted for RIP.
I read your txt with interest. I'm 65 & my mums brother was a bomber pilot who vanished 2/3 days before the war ended, presumed over the sea. In 2018 /19 our family was informed that Uncle Harry had been found by one of these organisations,buried deep by Lake Como in Italy. Sadly mum & all siblings had passed by then,but what a miracle for us living. He had a military funeral in Italy & we all have a piece of the plane mounted with details on ! Never give up was a wonderful lesson 🙏🙏 Kath the wife 🏴🇬🇧
Your statement is so true! I have a second cousin who's plane was shot down over Germany and it crashed in Poland. He was considered missing and killed in action for over 70 years until a few years ago when he was finally identified. Sadly other than the pilot the co-pilot and my cousin, no one knows what happened to the rest of the people that were on that plane. Hopefully they can find and identify all those missing to bring peace to the families that are missing them.
I was thinking the exact same thing, planes went missing all the time unfortunately. A plane disappeared on a training mission in 44 close to where I live, in 74 a man hunting feral goats found the wreckage and the remains of the crew on Mt Taranaki, they had been there undiscovered for 3 decades.
There is a beautiful Air Forces War Memorial at Runnymede, in England. It names every one of the British and Commonwealth airman who died and have no known grave. Sadly, it includes the name of my Aunt's Australian airman fiance. It's a stunning place with more than 20,000 names listed. It's very moving and so sad to think of all those young men who were lost and their families and loved ones who wept for them.
71 Year Old Baby Boomer Woman Here And Can Fondly Remember My Parents Loving And Playing Glenn Miller's Records Back In The Day!!! Great Music 🎵🎶 As Well BIG-TIME!!! Shalom And Amen!✝️✝️🛐🛐😇🌟🤗🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🦅❤️❤️❤️‼️
69 year old boomer here. Grew up listening to all kinds of Big Band music from Glenn Miller to Tommy Dorsey to Benny Goodman. Glenn Miller was my parents favorite.
71 year old Boomer here! Missouri born and raised. Loved your message. We had a radio with a white plastic shell that made it look like a cake! We were poor, but still had a good life going to sleep while listening to music from that radio. ❤😊😇👍🏿🙏
@katho8472 I'm sorry but I don't recall any lyrics in the version of this song that my parents played. If there were, who cares? These were people that had just come out of WWII and for the most part, gone through the Great Depression. They are called the "Greatest Generation" for a reason. Lyrics would have been the last thing they would have worried about.
The flip side of In The Mood was String of Pearls, My Mama's favourit song, which was played at her funeral durimg the video. Ot was beautiful. Started put with the horns and her little girl picture. It was wonderful ❤❤❤
Me too. In the 1930s my mom skipped school to go see Glenn Miller! In the 80s my husband I took my mom to see Glenn Miller's orchestra. When the plated In the Mood, I swear my mom morphed into a teenage girl. What a wonderful night.
In the mood is my favorite. We played it my senior year in HS jazz band. I played the tenor sax in this group. When it was my turn to improv, I switched to my dominate clarinet. I still remember the night. Love big band and especially Miller.
40’s junction is the bomb. We listen to it all the time. My husband and I are in our late 50’s. We played this music for mother in law who was 90 when she passed away in 2021.
When I was a teen in the 70s, I turned to swing and jazz music because I did not like most acid and hard rock bands that were popular then. Glenn Miller was a large part of my record collection. I still love the music.
Stumbled onto Glen Miller in my late teens early 20s back in the days when you could make cassette tapes. I made a Glen Miller Greatest Hits tape for my dad. My dad was a young man in the Marine Corp. My mom said he wore the tape out. I loved it when dad and l sang along...he was my age now.
Great video! I first saw “The Glenn Miller Story” while in junior high school in 1971 or 1972 and have been a Glenn Miller fan since. His music remains timeless.
My grandpa turned me on to a pile of Glenn Miller 8-tracks when I was a teenager. I was hooked and he played it for me in the Caddy all the time. I was into punk and metal back then but I knew good music when I heard it. R.I.P. to all the Legends!!! Grandpa, Glen and The Greatest Generation.
I watched this documentary for two reasons. One I’m a lifelong musician, but also because my great uncle played drums with Glen Miller for a time before the war. This documentary was extremely well done. Very impressed!
Miraculously, I got introduced to Glenn Miller in my teens when I was a server at a restaurant. Every Saturday night they had a small band who played mostly Glenn Miller songs. I had to ask the band who they were playing as I'd never heard him before. I bought one of his records with my favorite tunes, and forever after, our family played it every Thanksgiving during dinner. Most of us were into rock music at the time. Thanks for the post and great voice and presentation ...... are you the same man who hosts on MTN? You have the best presentation and voice ❤ 15:05
I am now 58yrs old, I have fond memories of my parents listening to Glenn miller record's and other big band artists, great musicians who helped the armed forces and civilians get through a dark period in history, the sounds of a big band have a soothing yet exciting feeling that has stood the test of time . His disappearance only added to his legacy and Glenn and his music still live on
Glenn Miller was an influencer in my brother's choice of the trombone in band. He's still playing trombone in orchestra and smm groups. He turned 80 in December.
Over 60 myself now, one of my most cherished memories is watching my grandparents dance the _"Jitterbug"_ every year on their anniversary, even into their 60's themselves! I love the Big Bands!
My dad had a 13 piece big band. I played sax 🎷 while still in high school 1974. We did lots of Miller charts. My faves: “Moonlight Serenade and In The Mood” 🙏🏼
Love that music era especially Glen Miller. My mom had a large collection of records from the 40s that she used to let us play. Still enjoy to this day at 75.
Glenn Miller briefly attended the University of Colorado at Boulder. Even though he dropped out, CU named a ballroom in the student Memorial Center after him. And the city of Boulder, named a bandshell in the park after him, too.
Love all of his music. You can listen to it depending on your mood - from In The Mood to Moonlight Serenade. Twinwood remembers him, as do many of us who discovered his music through our parents, after he was gone.
i wonder how folks 30-40 years from now will view cargo shorts and flip-flops. I heard some folks just a short time ago refer to cargo shorts as "monkey pants".
My parents were teens in the 30s. I grew up listen to big band music.Glen Miller was my dad's favorite!. Big band music is still my favourite music. I still love to hear big band music.
My mother worked for the US state dept in the 1940's. She worked at the US embassy in London during WWII. She said at that time everyone was united in their desire to win the war. They all had a common cause. Given the sentiments of the time, it would have been odd had he not joined the war effort. RIP
My dad who was in the sir force played with Glenn Miller, we had so many records where he was included on the list of artist and musical instrument players. He played clarinet, trumpet, french horn, oboe etc.
I remember in the '60s having a next door neighbor in Whittier, California who was a nurse at the VA hospital in Los Angeles. She said in a very assured tone that Glen Miller had survived the airplane crash, but as a quadriplegic who was secretly being cared for there.
I met Zeke Zarchy a number of years ago. He was Miller's lead trumpet player at the time, and the last man to see Miller alive. Zeke said he put Miller on the plane, and Miller's last words were, "Alright Zarch, I'll see you tomorrow in Paris!"
Thank you for this video. It was very interesting. My parents always played Glenn Miller and all the other big bands. I'd appreciate more videos like this one.
Glenn Miller was my parent's favorite. So much so that I was named Glenn. I did not find this out until much later in life but ironically when I was nine and presented with the choice of band instruments to try, I chose the trombone. Music has been my passion for fifty-eight years.
I saw a show on PBS years ago that told EXACTLY what happened to Glen Miller and why it was covered up! It featured an interview with a former member of the RAF who was an eye witness. His plane was damaged on a bombing run, so they had to turn around without dropping their bombs. They had to jettison the bombs over the water so they wouldn't run out of fuel. Then the witness saw a plane go down. He told the pilot that the turbulence from the bombs exploding had knocked a plane out of the air. When they landed they learned that Glen Miller's plane had gone missing over the English Channel. The crew member did some research. The plane he saw go down was the same as Miller's. The flight plan showed that his plane was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He took his information to his commander and said that they had accidentally killed Glenn Miller. The commander did not want to announce to the world that the RAF had killed Glen Miller, so he decided to leave it as a mystery.
Sounds like as many theory's as Amelia Earhart dissappearance. To me it sounds like the bombs turbulence or carburetor icing was the cause. It's too bad Glenn didn't tell anyone he was off on a jagg if indeed that we're so. I'm purely speculating here sorry if I'm misstaken.
Absolutely! I have a copy of a radio interview done with a crew member (rear gunner..?) who saw the bomb drop and hit a small plane below. This was recorded in 1990. I thought it was common knowledge by now.
I first saw the movie "The Glenn Miller Story" when I was 12 years old, and was immediately in love with his music. Now, I'm not normally a fan of Big Band music, but there was something unique about Glenn Miller's stuff that gripped me. I still love it to this day.
@@janmoore46 I've since developed a taste for Sousa's work, probably because of the Monty Python theme tune (Liberty Bell March) 🙂. But technically, JP Sousa is Marching band, not Big Band.
Fantastic article. Thank you for posting. Glen Miller was one of my earliest musical influences as my Mum and Dad were huge fans so i grew up listening to him and the whole big band genre. Great channel. So glad to have found it. 😊
Very interesting and informative video that sheds light on a big mystery for that era. Glenn Miller was my parents' favorite band leader. Because of them, I still enjoy big band music to this day. Thanks very much for all the hard work on your channel. I appreciate all your efforts.
What an exceptional video. I loved it for so very many reasons. What a man what a musician, he made the world a warmer happier place. As a professional singer I was always a fan of his wonderful melodies. Of the many, Moonlight Serenade [Millers Tune] has to be my favourite. Thanks sincerely.
I love his music! Thank you for sharing this, I never knew that he disappeared and was never found again. I learned something today so it is a good day.
I grew up watching classic films on the weekends in the 70s and 80s, so Jimmy Stewart in “The Glenn Miller Story” was one of my favorites. I love Big Band music.
Good video. LOTS & LOTS of theories about the death and disappearance. Crazy event. Goes to show you you never know what is going to happen. ~ Stay Safe out there folks ~ Peace & Health to Us All.
My grandfather was a musician during WWII but he worked at a defense plant in Flint, MI. My dad was a little boy but picked up a love of Big Band music, including Glenn Miller. I grew up listening to this music. I’m more of a rock and roller but I do have an appreciation of this music.
Glen Miller was my dad's favourite musician - although he liked other swing bands - and saw Miller and his band twice in Bedford; my dad was there on an army course and was billeted in a civilian home not far from the venue (the old Corn Exchange maybe bit don't quote me on that!) where he saw Miller. I was a child of the 60's (being a late surprise to my parents!) but I was lucky enough to grow up listening to a huge variety of music 😁 My mum's dad was a phenomenal musician and would entertain us playing a vast aray of music on my piano from classical through swing to pop! My mother loved tenors so Gigli, Caruso, Lanza were heard often. Of all of the popular music of the 30'-50's Miller's is my favourite. We had "In The Mood" played at my dad's funeral. Note to OP - people DO NOT sell things on the Antiques Roadshow.
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Peer musicians insisted the secret was they were playing drunken polker on a night flight to another gig . . . and, excusing himself to the plane's bathroom, he unlatched an exit door & was sucked out of the plane.
Out of respect to his family, the army "scrubbed" the story & made sure his family received military death benefit.
*poker.
Polish resistance during WWII.
My mom would play Glen Miller and The Mills Brothers and anything that was popular at the time. To this day I love all that music as it reminds me of my mother❣️💕👍🏻
This video has been my introduction to your channel.
I subbed because I find history fascinating. I appreciate your efforts to be factual and not sensational, or gossipy.
Well done, Sir. :^)
Glenn Miller was my uncle. His sister Irene never gave up looking for him. Unfortunately she passed away in 1999 never receiving any closure.
@@kathleenaowen6182 wow that's amazing ❤️ I thank you for sharing this 🙏🌹
I loved Glenn Miller!!
I believe they are all together on the other side. 🙏🏻
I loved his music because my dad and mom used to listen to his music often and made me love him as well.
Miller's flight was a cross-channel trip. Had his plane crashed in the heavily populated southern England or northern France landscape it would have been easily found and identified. It's a certainty that the plane went down in the English Channel with the cause being either enemy action or mechanical failure.
My father played lead alto and clarinet in Glen Miller's band. My dad was in WWII. He would be 105 today. Sy Weisinger
What was his name,Sy?
You must be so proud.
God bless your father. I am grateful for his service.
@@kweisinger1 RIP Sy!!
I had one of Glenn Miller’s band members as a music teacher in junior high. He was the best music teacher I ever had. Instead of choosing boring slow tempo classical compositions that no one knew like every other music teacher I had did, he chose lively and fun music, both classical and popular. So, for example, we played the 1812 Overture and Sweet Caroline. Although Glenn Miller was lost, his legacy lived on through this band member.
I can understand that. A musician of the quality needed to work with Glen Miller would have had special insights .
They were better people. Less complicated but better
Sounds like a wonderful teacher!!!
Good story, his band always had a VERY distinctive sound, always recognizable.
I grew up listening to Glenn Miller,my parents absolutely loved his music, I'm 79 years old now and I still love listening to Glenn Miller music
I do too.
As do I!
My story too! Still love it!
Even "All In The Family" opened with Archie singing... Boy the way Glenn Miller played! My Dad loved Glenn Miller tunes, Boots Randolph, and Floyd Cramer.
I just wanted to explain why the allies dumped their remaining bombs. It's very simple: those bombs were all armed while still on the ground, and they would have stayed that way until after landing. There was no switch or mechanism for arming and disarming bombs yet. Since while flying in a WWII bomber, you could never be sure to come back and certainly didn't want to increase the risk of dying by flying back with armed bombs on board, the order was dumping them over unpopulated regions, such as woods.
Crashing, landing in a corn field, and during that time, just landing on a normal air field could be enough shock to set these things off and activate their timers or their acid fuses.
There are these big holes of bombs from dumps in the woods of Europe, where the allies flew over on their return from raids. The bombs mostly detonated without the blast being hindered from bigger structures. Walking through those woods 80 years later still sends shivers down my spine. Some stayed the way they were, and even if the leaves of 80 autumns filled them up to some degree, they are frightingly big and deep. Some of them have filled up with water and are now beautiful little sanctuaries for many kinds of animals, even some endangered ones, and covered with water lillies.
Sorry, I got carried away.
Kahsimiah thank you for posting this it was a very interesting read. I didn't know about this. I'm not a youngster I am 68 and I hadn't heard about them dumping bombs back home. Thank you for sharing this information
My uncle played clarinet with Glen Miller’s band in the military.
Who’s your uncle?
@@dwderp Bob
@@Jean-rg4spAnd Fanny,s his Aunt😂😂😂
@@michealhand1001lol, It's always an uncle isn't it 😂
Oooo very cool
My mom played Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters when I was in my teens, leading to my love of Glenn Miller’s music and the Big Band sound. I’m 66 now, and still listening now and then. The late 1930s and the 1940s had some great music! Thanks for featuring Glenn. 👏🏼👍🏼
Same here!
I’m 75 now and have never liked the big band sound. I think it’s so weary. My parents loved to dance to it.
It’s good music! Great catchy arrangements with good energy!
Lucky you, I love big band music! ❤
How about Swing? More jazz in it than Big Band, I’d say, but I’m no musician.
Benny Goodman’s “Sing Sing Sing” is high energy. But to each his/her own!
My favorite song of his is “In the Mood.” It was my husband & my first dance at our wedding in 1999. We surprised everyone by doing the Foxtrot. We were 27yo
Fantastic ❤❤❤
Brilliant 👏
That was our theme tune at college, miming the instruments but with the "pa paah" bit replaced by "f*** off".
Luv that! Wishing you many happy years.
Yes! Back in the early 90's where I worked we listened to a jazz station. Every Friday at 5pm, quitting time, the station would play "In the Mood." A celebration to the end of the work week and the beginning to the weekend!! Good times!!
We had a 24 piece Glenn Miller band play at our wedding reception. It was so much fun to dance the whole evening!
Wow how long have you been married Glenn has been gone over 80 years
That sounds like fun. I bet folks remember your wedding.
I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s listening to my dad's Glenn Miller 78s.
So did I. Great memories.
I did too
So did I ,I'm just glad we didn't have RUclips when I was a child or we'd never have had a word from my father.
I enjoy watching the films and listening to the music.
I played sax in Glenn Millers band. He was like a brother to me.
My goodness! How old are you if you don’t mind me asking. He’s been dead over 80 years 🌹
do you have any memory of playing with an RAF band at Cardington, Bedford? My father played saxophone in an RAF band and told me one evening they were invited to play with Miller’s orchestra.
What is your name Sir?As far as I know the last of the Millers band members died a good few years ago,Herman 'Trigger' Alpert(bass),and,Paul Tanner(trombone).
@@Silverfern2424- I think he must’ve passed in the last couple of days.
"The Glenn Miller Story" starring Jimmy Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan and people such as Louis Armstrong as himself and Ben Pollack as himself is my all time favorite movie.
It’s a great movie. It’s a little loose with the facts but very entertaining.
That was my first introduction to Glenn Miller. I enjoyed that film and I really loved the music.
I started watching this movie tonight, got distracted by life, finish it tomorrow lol. Seen it before, but got a 4 dvd set of Stewart movies this is one of them.
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I haven't seen it in years. If I ever find it for sale I'll buy it in a second! I love the way Helen says "honestly." 😏
Jimmy Stewart played a brilliant Glen Miller. But then again, any movie with Jimmy in is a good one. "Rear Window" with Grace Kelly is one of my favourites.
Always reminds me of my Father playing his music. The greatest generation we will never experience ever again.
I split from my first wife in 2005 and entered the dating scene in 2006. I hadn't gone on a date since high school and at age 35 I was quite intimidated by it. I asked a coworker out and we went on several dates. We really hit it off. I bought her the song Moonlight Serenade around three months later and told her that it made me think of her. She was six years younger than I was and had never heard it before. My parents were born in 1930 and 1931, so were older and that influenced what music I grew up with. She considered my taste in music part of my quirks though and in time grew to like Big Band and Jazz. That was 19 years ago now and we have been happily married for 15 of those. Glenn Millers music still has influence.
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It’s astonishing how celebrity brings so much attention to what was basically just another “MIA” case in WWII. And how many of those were there? The books are still open on many in the armed forces of various countries who simply- vanished. There are many ways this can happen. My father flew bombers in the Pacific and came home without a scratch. A friend, my godfather, was another bomber pilot who went out on a mission one day, and neither he nor his crew were ever seen again, nor has any trace of them been found. May ALL those unaccounted for RIP.
I read your txt with interest. I'm 65 & my mums brother was a bomber pilot who vanished 2/3 days before the war ended, presumed over the sea. In 2018 /19 our family was informed that Uncle Harry had been found by one of these organisations,buried deep by Lake Como in Italy. Sadly mum & all siblings had passed by then,but what a miracle for us living. He had a military funeral in Italy & we all have a piece of the plane mounted with details on ! Never give up was a wonderful lesson 🙏🙏 Kath the wife 🏴🇬🇧
Your statement is so true! I have a second cousin who's plane was shot down over Germany and it crashed in Poland. He was considered missing and killed in action for over 70 years until a few years ago when he was finally identified. Sadly other than the pilot the co-pilot and my cousin, no one knows what happened to the rest of the people that were on that plane. Hopefully they can find and identify all those missing to bring peace to the families that are missing them.
Thinking of ALL the planes AND ships that went down in the Pacific the unaccounted for would be huge from just that !!
I was thinking the exact same thing, planes went missing all the time unfortunately. A plane disappeared on a training mission in 44 close to where I live, in 74 a man hunting feral goats found the wreckage and the remains of the crew on Mt Taranaki, they had been there undiscovered for 3 decades.
There is a beautiful Air Forces War Memorial at Runnymede, in England. It names every one of the British and Commonwealth airman who died and have no known grave. Sadly, it includes the name of my Aunt's Australian airman fiance. It's a stunning place with more than 20,000 names listed. It's very moving and so sad to think of all those young men who were lost and their families and loved ones who wept for them.
71 Year Old Baby Boomer Woman Here And Can Fondly Remember My Parents Loving And Playing Glenn Miller's Records Back In The Day!!! Great Music 🎵🎶 As Well BIG-TIME!!! Shalom And Amen!✝️✝️🛐🛐😇🌟🤗🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🦅❤️❤️❤️‼️
I'm a 73 years old man with a similar background storyline
69 year old boomer here. Grew up listening to all kinds of Big Band music from Glenn Miller to Tommy Dorsey to Benny Goodman. Glenn Miller was my parents favorite.
71 year old Boomer here! Missouri born and raised. Loved your message. We had a radio with a white plastic shell that made it look like a cake! We were poor, but still had a good life going to sleep while listening to music from that radio. ❤😊😇👍🏿🙏
Same here, I” 73
"In the Mood" was my parents favorite song to dance to. Being a Boomer, I have many fond memories of Mr. Miller's music.
...until you read the lyrics ;)
@katho8472 I'm sorry but I don't recall any lyrics in the version of this song that my parents played. If there were, who cares? These were people that had just come out of WWII and for the most part, gone through the Great Depression. They are called the "Greatest Generation" for a reason. Lyrics would have been the last thing they would have worried about.
The flip side of In The Mood was String of Pearls, My Mama's favourit song, which was played at her funeral durimg the video. Ot was beautiful. Started put with the horns and her little girl picture. It was wonderful ❤❤❤
Me too. In the 1930s my mom skipped school to go see Glenn Miller! In the 80s my husband I took my mom to see Glenn Miller's orchestra. When the plated In the Mood, I swear my mom morphed into a teenage girl. What a wonderful night.
In the mood is my favorite. We played it my senior year in HS jazz band. I played the tenor sax in this group. When it was my turn to improv, I switched to my dominate clarinet. I still remember the night. Love big band and especially Miller.
Trumpeter Ray Anthony, who played in his orchestra and had a huge hit with Peter Gunn in the 1950’s, just turned 103!
Wow! Love that theme too.
I had no idea he could still be alive. What a talent!
Same! Great theme. Can’t go wrong with Mancini.
I was just wondering about him! So glad he’s still around.
God bless you 🙏
Thank you for this story.
People will be listening to Glenn Miller's music a thousand years from now.
Miller's death was tragic and unnecessary. It was well-known even in those days that flying in the fog or clouds had killed many a flier.
77 and still listening to him my mom got me started love the big bands
Miller still one of the best ever.
The best.
I'm a 55 yr old guy who loves Glenn Miller and 30's and 40's Big Band music today. I listen to 40's Junction on SXM all the time. Great music!
40’s junction is the bomb. We listen to it all the time. My husband and I are in our late 50’s. We played this music for mother in law who was 90 when she passed away in 2021.
When I was a teen in the 70s, I turned to swing and jazz music because I did not like most acid and hard rock bands that were popular then. Glenn Miller was a large part of my record collection. I still love the music.
Stumbled onto Glen Miller in my late teens early 20s back in the days when you could make cassette tapes. I made a Glen Miller Greatest Hits tape for my dad. My dad was a young man in the Marine Corp. My mom said he wore the tape out. I loved it when dad and l sang along...he was my age now.
Great video! I first saw “The Glenn Miller Story” while in junior high school in 1971 or 1972 and have been a Glenn Miller fan since. His music remains timeless.
My grandpa turned me on to a pile of Glenn Miller 8-tracks when I was a teenager. I was hooked and he played it for me in the Caddy all the time. I was into punk and metal back then but I knew good music when I heard it. R.I.P. to all the Legends!!! Grandpa, Glen and The Greatest Generation.
It doesn’t matter what genre, good music is good music.
Me too old punker who loves this stuff & other styles, long as it’s good!
Ah the same.
As long as his music is played, he's not really gone. He's just missing.
I'm sure Glenn would think otherwise.
And missed.
Very well said!
You got that right!
Moonlight Serenade was the closing song at my funeral. He loved that song!
At the height of his success, Miller still felt the need to serve his country in the way he could. I can't think of anyone like him nowadays.
Pat Tiller, for 1, everywhere Service person ever for 2.
Gary Sinise
Pat Tilmann
The Chatanooga Choo Choo tap dancers deserve credit: The World Famous Nicholas Brothers!
The best of all time!
Absolutely!@@kenlee5509
They were incredible!
besides seeing the clip of the Nicholas Brothers, did we actually hear the song? I think not & we didn't hear too much of any of his music...
Absolutely a must mention
Always loved Glenn Miller and the Big Band sound. Such a sad and tragic story.
I watched this documentary for two reasons. One I’m a lifelong musician, but also because my great uncle played drums with Glen Miller for a time before the war. This documentary was extremely well done. Very impressed!
Miraculously, I got introduced to Glenn Miller in my teens when I was a server at a restaurant. Every Saturday night they had a small band who played mostly Glenn Miller songs. I had to ask the band who they were playing as I'd never heard him before. I bought one of his records with my favorite tunes, and forever after, our family played it every Thanksgiving during dinner. Most of us were into rock music at the time. Thanks for the post and great voice and presentation ...... are you the same man who hosts on MTN? You have the best presentation and voice ❤ 15:05
He does sound a bit like Francis Maxwell!
Thank you. Glenn Miller is a favorite. You provided lots of new data. He has a cenotaph in Arlington National Cemetery (MH-464-A)
Thank you for sticking to facts and not speculation. I am 82 now and remember, fondly, his music being enjoyed by my parents celebrating the wars end.
Also 82 and have many great memories of my mom playing his music when I was young
My Dad played Glenn Miller and big band music every Sunday morning. I miss those wonderful times. ❤
I am now 58yrs old, I have fond memories of my parents listening to Glenn miller record's and other big band artists, great musicians who helped the armed forces and civilians get through a dark period in history, the sounds of a big band have a soothing yet exciting feeling that has stood the test of time .
His disappearance only added to his legacy and Glenn and his music still live on
I was born in 1955 and Big Band is one of mine and my 34 year old daughters favorite genres
Glenn Miller was an influencer in my brother's choice of the trombone in band. He's still playing trombone in orchestra and smm groups. He turned 80 in December.
I love Glen Millers orchestra - but somehow I knew nothing about him!!!! Thankyou for this video ❤
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Over 60 myself now, one of my most cherished memories is watching my grandparents dance the _"Jitterbug"_ every year on their anniversary, even into their 60's themselves! I love the Big Bands!
My dad had a 13 piece big band.
I played sax 🎷 while still in high school 1974.
We did lots of Miller charts. My faves: “Moonlight Serenade and In The Mood” 🙏🏼
I grew up on Glenn Miller music. My father taught how to slow dance listening to Glenn Miller. Such wonderful memories!
Im a baby boomer, and I love his music ....
Through my parents I too developed a love for Glen Millers music. Thank you for bringing this story to light.
Love that music era especially Glen Miller. My mom had a large collection of records from the 40s that she used to let us play. Still enjoy to this day at 75.
Glenn Miller briefly attended the University of Colorado at Boulder. Even though he dropped out, CU named a ballroom in the student Memorial Center after him. And the city of Boulder, named a bandshell in the park after him, too.
And Miller, before that, commemorated his time there with "Boulder Buff", one of his most popular instrumentals.
I never heard that even though I live in CO
Yes. My great uncle, Melvin Meekins was from Fort Morgan Colorado and had a beautiful voice. He was one of Glen's early vocalists
Love all of his music. You can listen to it depending on your mood - from In The Mood to Moonlight Serenade. Twinwood remembers him, as do many of us who discovered his music through our parents, after he was gone.
He didn't dress 'nerdy!' That is how they dressed in those days. We should all relook at how we all look today - pretty sloppy and unkempt, etc.
Back then, one salary of a simple worker could feed a family.
Crocs and elastic waist pants
FACT
i wonder how folks 30-40 years from now will view cargo shorts and flip-flops. I heard some folks just a short time ago refer to cargo shorts as "monkey pants".
Indeed very interesting point that you make .
My parents were teens in the 30s. I grew up listen to big band music.Glen Miller was my dad's favorite!. Big band music is still my favourite music. I still love to hear big band music.
My mother worked for the US state dept in the 1940's. She worked at the US embassy in London during WWII. She said at that time everyone was united in their desire to win the war. They all had a common cause.
Given the sentiments of the time, it would have been odd had he not joined the war effort. RIP
And it seems he died in his service to the Allies cause. RIP. ❤
One of my heroes.
His music is a true healing place of joy and solitude. ❤
Thank you for the music, Glenn!
My grandfather was Lee Barron. He was a contemporary of Glenn Miller.
Nice era.
Nice era indeed. Apart from that Hitler guy and a few other bad apples. No consideration.
My daughter lives on the same street as the Glenn miller house and museum, so cool to sit on the front porch and see such magical history everyday
One of my dearly departed dad’s fav musicians. I had no idea about his disappearance. Thanks for shedding light on it.
My mother enjoyed Glen Miller.
He definitely made some great soft shoe music.
Our favorite narrator is back!!
My dad who was in the sir force played with Glenn Miller, we had so many records where he was included on the list of artist and musical instrument players. He played clarinet, trumpet, french horn, oboe etc.
I remember in the '60s having a next door neighbor in Whittier, California who was a nurse at the VA hospital in Los Angeles. She said in a very assured tone that Glen Miller had survived the airplane crash, but as a quadriplegic who was secretly being cared for there.
Very unlikely.
@ Perhaps so…
My father LOVED Glenn Miller. He was a sailor, and a trombone player. I faintly remember this music from my very earliest years.
I met Zeke Zarchy a number of years ago. He was Miller's lead trumpet player at the time, and the last man to see Miller alive. Zeke said he put Miller on the plane, and Miller's last words were, "Alright Zarch, I'll see you tomorrow in Paris!"
Yeah. Our fav narrator!!
Thanks!
Wow thank you so much!!!
Ahhhh my favorite narrator, love your stories, you put so much feeling into them.
Thank you for this video. It was very interesting. My parents always played Glenn Miller and all the other big bands. I'd appreciate more videos like this one.
I was told I was named after Glenn Miller, my father played the trombone and was a big fan of Glenn.
Glenn Miller was my parent's favorite. So much so that I was named Glenn. I did not find this out until much later in life but ironically when I was nine and presented with the choice of band instruments to try, I chose the trombone. Music has been my passion for fifty-eight years.
I saw a show on PBS years ago that told EXACTLY what happened to Glen Miller and why it was covered up! It featured an interview with a former member of the RAF who was an eye witness. His plane was damaged on a bombing run, so they had to turn around without dropping their bombs. They had to jettison the bombs over the water so they wouldn't run out of fuel. Then the witness saw a plane go down. He told the pilot that the turbulence from the bombs exploding had knocked a plane out of the air. When they landed they learned that Glen Miller's plane had gone missing over the English Channel. The crew member did some research. The plane he saw go down was the same as Miller's. The flight plan showed that his plane was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He took his information to his commander and said that they had accidentally killed Glenn Miller. The commander did not want to announce to the world that the RAF had killed Glen Miller, so he decided to leave it as a mystery.
Jody "... WOW!!!!
Oh...shit....🤦🏼♀️. Ugh, yeah..If so true, then I see why no one would want to go wide spread public with that. Heartbreaking smh
Sounds like as many theory's as Amelia Earhart dissappearance. To me it sounds like the bombs turbulence or carburetor icing was the cause. It's too bad Glenn didn't tell anyone he was off on a jagg if indeed that we're so. I'm purely speculating here sorry if I'm misstaken.
Unbelievable BS.
Absolutely! I have a copy of a radio interview done with a crew member (rear gunner..?) who saw the bomb drop and hit a small plane below. This was recorded in 1990. I thought it was common knowledge by now.
I first saw the movie "The Glenn Miller Story" when I was 12 years old, and was immediately in love with his music. Now, I'm not normally a fan of Big Band music, but there was something unique about Glenn Miller's stuff that gripped me. I still love it to this day.
Same here ❤
He developed a very unique sound with the brass section of his orchestra. I love it.
@@janmoore46 I've since developed a taste for Sousa's work, probably because of the Monty Python theme tune (Liberty Bell March) 🙂. But technically, JP Sousa is Marching band, not Big
Band.
I’m a wedding DJ and “In The Mood” is requested nearly every reception.
My mom and I danced to In the Mood at my daughter’s wedding! Our favorite Glenn Miller tune. And that was 1992!!
Fantastic article. Thank you for posting.
Glen Miller was one of my earliest musical influences as my Mum and Dad were huge fans so i grew up listening to him and the whole big band genre.
Great channel. So glad to have found it. 😊
My dad's all-time favorite entertainer. I still have all of his records. I play them a lot. Always gives me fond memories of my dad.
"Looked ... nerdy," he looked like a man of his time.
Drives me nuts when people judge historical figures by modern standards.
Thanks for posting this.
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Very interesting and informative video that sheds light on a big mystery for that era. Glenn Miller was my parents' favorite band leader. Because of them, I still enjoy big band music to this day. Thanks very much for all the hard work on your channel. I appreciate all your efforts.
Glenn is a legend, he was ‘Swing’.
Yes he was
Yeah, maybe don’t mention that in front of a Count Basie fan.
@ And the Duke too!
@ Agreed 100%!
So why was Goodman called the King of Swing?
I still play his music to this day, I never get tired of it! He will be found one of these days, it. Just takes time.
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This is particularly interesting to me as I'm named after Glen Miller. My mom was a HUGE fan (of course).
I'm 75 now but grew up listening to Glenn Miller and other big bands. Really great music!
Yeah, ask a school kid these days about the Nicholas Brothers. Dancers that actually had talent 💕
What an exceptional video. I loved it for so very many reasons. What a man what a musician, he made the world a warmer happier place. As a professional singer I was always a fan of his wonderful melodies. Of the many, Moonlight Serenade [Millers Tune] has to be my favourite. Thanks sincerely.
My Dad always played Big Band music. Love it still!
Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
Thank you. This was really enjoyable
I love his music! Thank you for sharing this, I never knew that he disappeared and was never found again. I learned something today so it is a good day.
Excellent narration. Thank you.
New subscriber. Love this topic. I love Mr Miller and wondered what really happened to him. Thank you for providing the answer❤
So basically we still don't know what exactly happened to Glen Miller. Change the title to this video
Get rid of the word basically. You’ll see that it makes no difference to the sentence.
@@keithedwards9337 skip "you'll see that", it does'nt add meaning to the sentence and so on... :-(
@@NiekopTube Duly noted
The title asserts nothing as it ends with a question mark.
Click bait is dishonest
Thanks for a very interesting episode. Good job keeping the length manageable.
I grew up watching classic films on the weekends in the 70s and 80s, so Jimmy Stewart in “The Glenn Miller Story” was one of my favorites. I love Big Band music.
Excellent vid. Thank you. I never knew he disappeared.
Good video. LOTS & LOTS of theories about the death and disappearance. Crazy event. Goes to show you you never know what is going to happen. ~ Stay Safe out there folks ~ Peace & Health to Us All.
Thank you for this story. Interesting.
Yeah he were great , I recall watching the sun valley film one Xmas on TV in 1968 and loved it
now i know another reason why my grandfather listened to Miller a lot.
My grandfather was a musician during WWII but he worked at a defense plant in Flint, MI. My dad was a little boy but picked up a love of Big Band music, including Glenn Miller. I grew up listening to this music. I’m more of a rock and roller but I do have an appreciation of this music.
Another great Video.
Glen Miller was my dad's favourite musician - although he liked other swing bands - and saw Miller and his band twice in Bedford; my dad was there on an army course and was billeted in a civilian home not far from the venue (the old Corn Exchange maybe bit don't quote me on that!) where he saw Miller.
I was a child of the 60's (being a late surprise to my parents!) but I was lucky enough to grow up listening to a huge variety of music 😁
My mum's dad was a phenomenal musician and would entertain us playing a vast aray of music on my piano from classical through swing to pop!
My mother loved tenors so Gigli, Caruso, Lanza were heard often.
Of all of the popular music of the 30'-50's Miller's is my favourite.
We had "In The Mood" played at my dad's funeral.
Note to OP - people DO NOT sell things on the Antiques Roadshow.
I cannot believe you have posted such a detailed video on Miller¡s life and not used 'In the Mood' as a song.
Bonkers man, bonkers.
He is an icon.
That's a factinate.
Great video sad but really good!!