@@jimmys50It was a completely different era and number one hits were calculated on a much different and smaller scale. My family was in the broadcasting industry for several decades and I can tell you that by measures of each era, there is no adequate comparison between how the number one tunes calculated in the 1930s through the late 1940s could be considered proper measures one versus the other. The Beatles have sold over 600 million records and counting. The comparison isn’t even close.
I did not mention number of records sold. I said he charted 69 top 10 songs the Beatles did not. I didn't say anything about who was more poplar @@PeterFusco
After my Dad died of cancer, Mom and I had the opportunity to talk about their lives during and after WW2. I knew that Mom played a pretty mean boogie-woogie piano, but I had absolutely zero idea that Dad was quite the jitterbugger. I still cannot picture him dancing.
@@bradleyanderson247 I loved Kenton . A good buddy played with him for a few years. Much of Stan's music was not really meant for dancing. I led and played in a band in Albuquerque for several years. We played several Miller tunes but no Kenton. They let me know up front that they were a DANCE band,, not a jazz band. We played for a dance every month at a War Memorial. BTW, I have been watching Kenton on You Tube the last 2 nights.
Crying here too, and I’m 76! My favorite recollection is my Mom & Dad jitterbugging to Glenn Miller music in the kitchen c. 1956! It was the music they grew up with - I’m beaming ear to ear😂
Miller also played a major role in WW2 as an army intelligence operative. He played a major role in gathering intelligence and spreading misinformation during WW2. His plane went down in the north Atlantic on Dec. 14 1944 on a return trip to England from Europe, 6 months after the Normandy Invasion. His plane was never found. A True American HERO!
@bravepa.9538: "His plane went down in the north Atlantic on Dec. 14 1944 on a return trip to England from Europe, 6 months after the Normandy Invasion." His plane went down in the English Channel on December 15, 1944 on a flight from England to France. 50 Reply
@@meyerhave Bad weather, pilot inexperienced in plane type, advised not to go till the weather cleared, possibly overloaded. Stuff like that happened every day or more during that war.
@@charlesspringer4709 One theory is that bombers returning from a failed mission (still had their bomb loads) dropped them in the English Channel before landing. The theory is that they accidentally bombed his plane.
@@matta5498 Yes. There was a crew who reported seeing a small plane go down. But the last I heard they had decided it was a different plane and maybe a different time. The last I heard the bombers would not be there due to weather and time of day which was approaching darkness if I recall. The problem is that these things were not talked about at the time. There were so many friendly-fire, mid-air collisions, and plain mistakes that everyone knew it was better to not spread them around and complain. The entire war was steady learning experience in every way. I have the personal log of a P47 pilot I knew when I was a boy. He flew 105 missions from Duxford. They had a group captain everyone liked who vanished on their first mission. This pilot told me the same story. He just didn't return. A Times of London clipping said the same thing. But penciled in the log is "Coln Pete shot down by our bombers". Another guy flew into the ground on gun practice. They call it "Target Fixation". The letter to his family said he was lost in combat. (That is a hell of a difference compared to the Boomers in Vietnam screaming about every little screwup. The WWII types, their parents, complained plenty to each other but it didn't really go further. I recommend reading some Ernie Pyle for journalism of the time.)
I turned 75 a few days ago and I'grew up to the same music in Cape Town in South Africa... as well as Pat Boone, Slim Whitman, Chet Atkins and a myriad others. So well I remember my mother's little yellow plastic portable radio on the windowsill in the kitchen - and to this day I still know the lyrics to songs which are older than I am. Were we not fortunate to have music-loving parents, hey?
I haven't been able to confirm this story but I've heard it was true. In the movie "The Glenn Miller Story" there is a scene where they are playing "In the Mood" for the troops during WWII and there is an air raid with bombs dropping everywhere, soldiers running for cover, total chaos but the band keeps play through the raid and when the song ends at the same time the bombing stops, the troops cheer like crazy!
The era of the Big Bands was amazing, those musicians were incredible. Take a piece of music and spread it across the musicians and comes of it all, all them playing and how the music comes together, there will never be the Big Band anymore.....just something everyone needs to hear and to really hear what music is.....
"Big Bands" used to exist in nearly every town in their High School Band Department. The students who could qualify for the 'Dance Band' would practice all year long preparing for the Jr & Sr Proms (and hopefully, for a few side gigs to make some spending money.) How many Schools still have their bands playing Big Bands Musid I wouldn't know. As we have had some great Music since, the Band Directors do have to plan tunes these 3rd generation-afterwards will like. Yet, still, some of the biggest fans of Swing are in High School bands still.
I was 10 yrs old in 1969 when I woke up one night and watched the Glen Miller Story on the tv I received for my birthday. I loved the songs of the 60s, but now I appreciated the music of the 40s and 50 as well. I wish young people these days would listen to all music before passing judgement on these great old classics.
I became a music teacher, and totally agree. I was 13 in 1969, loved the Beatles and played Glenn Miller type stuff in the school jazz band in high school, loads of fun. But young people listening to all music before judging also goes for watching color movies vs black and white movies....some of them act like they are going to catch VD if they watch a black and white movie like it was originally presented. lol
Well I’m 81 and remember seeing this in a movie. It has been colorized. This is the actual band but a movie script. The piano player is John Payne a well known actor-not a musician. I would recommend The Glenn Miller Story starring James Stewart and June Allison. You get to hear a lot of the music.
I remember the scene where the band was playing at a military convalescence hospital in rural England. German bombers attacked, and the band kept on playing.
"In The Mood" is their most famous song. They had a lot of hits such as "Pennsylvania 6-5000", "A String Of Pearls", "Moonlight Serenade", "At Last", "(I've Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo", "American Patrol", "Elmer's Tune", etc. Sadly he died in 1944 in a plane crash. The 1954 movie about his life starring Jimmy Stewart is worth watching ("The Glenn Miller Story").
I loved that movie and I was only 10 yrs old when I watched it in 1969. If only kids these days would watch these classic movies and fall in love with this beatutiful music.
No matter what your musical preference is, you can’t listen to this piece without getting totally caught up in the amazing rhythm, arrangement, and artistry. Music at its best. Pure magic.
I married into a large Italian family. At literally every wedding this was played and everyone's favorite uncle would dance to it with his 3 daughters and nieces,(he taught all to swing dance). It was tradition. He was quite the dancer.....and it was what I always looked forward to at the weddings. Since he passed just not the same. LOVE THIS! And might I add......damn that piano player is fine!
That actor as the piano player is John Payne who played the lawyer in Miracle on 34th Street who saved Santa Claus for Christmas .There were so many real musicians in this movie !!!
The young woman is a champion ice skater Sonia Heinz. John was not actually playing the piano. Glen miller’s plane was shot down as he flew into the war zone to entertain the troops. We were told Hitler had him shot down ❤ Ted Beneke (sp?) became band leader (sax player). Listen to Tex on Chattanooga Choo choo Tommy Dorsey (and Sinatra) Artie Shaw, et al, and terrific female singers
@@doloresschultz6804 I actually got to see Tex Beneke at an outdoor concert at UCI (University of Irvine ), in the 80's . I knew of him through my parents and it was wonderful. Everyone was sitting on quilts on the lawn with our picnic baskets. I knew the story of Glen Miller....such a loss. The skater is Sonja Henie. John Payne may not have been playing the piano but he still looked amazing in those scenes don't you think?
When my husband was courting me, our first fancy date was for dinner then dancing at this little club that had a jazz trio - Our first dance was to Duke Ellington's Satin Doll --- A few months before we married he bought me an antique crank up Victrola and some 78's of Glenn Miller We married in the Victorian we lived in - Our first dance as husband and wife was to Glenn's Moonlight Serenade, playing on a 78 on the Victrola he bought me Funny the way certain songs carry such intense memories. Over the decades we had a number of songs that were 'our song' --- From Satin Doll to Moonlight Serenade, to 'Honey Honey' that he'd sing to me some mornings and 'Unchained Melody' - Which was the last song we ever danced to, though we didn't know it at that moment. Sometimes hearing those songs makes my heart ache, then I remember how blessed we were to have shared a lifetime together and I smile. I can still remember how it felt to feel my husband's arms around me as we danced.
How can anyone not be in a good mood after listening to this music? The Big Band music always takes me back to my parents, grandparents, and their friends. What a lufe I've had!
I was born in 1940 so Big Band, Glenn Miller and all of that era was a MAJOR part of my life and upbringing! Now when I hear ANYTHING from that era, music or otherwise , it takes me back to my childhood which was happy and absolutely wonderful. Many times I wish, like Scrooge, I could look through a window and watch MYSELF, FAMILY AND FRIENDS again. But through the internet, with people like yourself reacting to those times, I get close enough to that wishful thinking. Thanks for sharing that era!!
@garyk4017 probably, but the music in this video is not the original, sorry to say. It's in stereo, and that was not around in 1941. I suspect it was provided by the more recent Glenn Miller Orchestra. Or it could be The United States Air Force "Airmen Of Note."
@@johntiggleman4686 You're right. The video seems to be from the movie (and it was colorized), but the music is not the same as in the black and white clip from the movie.
The young woman at 3:26 was Sonja Henie, the Norwegian Olympic Figure Skating champion in 1928, 1932 & 1936 and after she stop competing, she got into acting. Many of her movies featured her skating talent.
This video is from the movie, Sun Valley Serenade. This is the Glenn Miller Band with Glenn playing the trombone ( yes wearing the glasses). The guy playing at playing the piano is actor John Payne and the gal who came in and stood up is gold metal Olympic skater Sonja Henny. I'm not sure when she won the gold medal...(30's or 40's) If you watch the movie you will see herbskate. Its very basic and a far cry from how they skate today. She was a cutie though.. Chattanooga Choo Choo is another Glenn Miller.song ( with vocals from The Modernaires) that's in this mivie. You may want to check it out. Its grest! This is swing music st its best. Glenn. Miller's band had its own distinct sound, unlike any other big band of the time. Thanks foe reacting to this great music.
Not to say I agree but great artists like Artie Shaw weren't enamored with the Miller band. The accusation was that they were safe and not risk takers in regards to the music and that the financials were more important than the music. But I'll say this about Glenn Miller, his music defined a generation like no other. They may have made a larger historic imprint on their generation and it's remembrance than the Beatles did in theirs. You think 40's music you think Glenn Miller.
It was a different time, for sure. People dressed up for everything, including sporting events. So classy. Love this music even though it was before I was born. Thanks Harri for this fantastic big band sound. 👏👏🥰🇨🇦
I am so fortunate to have grown up with parents that turned me on to their music. Dad was a WWII Veteran and they live as young adults during these years of the Big Band and we just listened to it all of the time. There is a song called Stardust by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra that you must listen to. Both of my parents had me play this at their memorials. There are versions with lyrics and mom & dad knew all of the lyrics. I do know Hoagy Carmichael did lyrics, Sinatra, Nat King Cole as well.
"Stardust" is a 1927 song composed by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics later added by Mitchell Parish. It has been recorded as an instrumental or vocal track
When my dad first heard the song there were lyrics. He was working as a clerk for the C&O railroad before the war. He kept singing the song all the way home and woke up his little brother to sing this brand new song to him.
One of my favorite songs! My parents used to go to NYC back in the day and he would tell me that they would have 2 big bands on revolving stages and would dance all night.
Another one I love by him is called Moonlight Serenade. It’s a beautiful, slow, dancing song. phenomenal talent! I haven’t looked at any of your other big band videos yet, but if you get a chance, I recommend any Goodman. Sing sing sing is one of my favorites by him. Thank you for making another generation aware of this genre.
Bette Midler does a version of this song. It’s very good. Also when I was in college in the 70s, the guy with the best stereo on our dorm floor would blast this song when we were getting ready to go out. Then there was a talent contest and each floor of each dorm was to submit a talent of any kind. We decided to do a karaoke version of this song. The guys all dressed up in white tshirts and jeans with cutout bow ties and made instruments out of paper mache and construction paper. Then rehearsed all the standing up of the sections like trombones and trumpets and saxes as their turn to be featured in the song. Also our RA dressed in a suit and was the conductor. At the end, all stood up and bowed. The routine was so good that our floor won the talent contest and was the talk of the college.
My mom was born in 1926 so a part of the "greatest generation" this was her favourite song, she passed in 2012 and when I hear this I think of her. Thank you for your reaction.
Bette Midler sang this song in the 70’s along with Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. She, along with Manhattan Transfer, revived big band music in the 70’s. Check out Manhattan Transfer’s That Cat Is High. You will LOVE it!
Glenn Miller in his day was so popular the Germans would tune him in. Note that this was before amplifiers made it possible to fill a dance hall without a large orchestra.
1939 peak of swing era Clip from a movie Music from stereo rerecord after Miller died, probably 50s Orchestra Wives and Sun Valley Serenade the two Miller movies
I am too young to have heard the original Glenn Miller orchestra, but I was fortunate to have heard the G.M. Memorial Orchestra in the 1960's. What a great time we had dancing the night away!
Harri, major props for featuring this wonderful and distinctly American music on your channel. Some music is truly timeless, Mozart, Louis Armstrong, The Beatles and Glen Miller has to be included. It's great to see his music is still loved some 80 years later. This video is from the movie "Sun Valley Serenade," featuring Norwegian ice skater Sonja Henie.
This was one of my late dad's favorite songs. (I am more partial to Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (which you have already reacted to 🙂). Both songs are included in the 1941 black-and-white movie "Sun Valley Serenade." This movie scene has been colorized for sure. Such a fun and swinging song. That's lead actor John Payne ("Miracle on 34th Street") fake-playing on the piano as part of Glenn Miller's band, and the blonde woman standing up at her table and smiling is the Norwegian-born three-time-gold-medal-winning Olympic skater-turned-actress Sonia Henie as John Payne's love interest.
Glenn Miller was bigger than The Beatles in his day and age.His music was worldwide
there's a small museum in his hometown of Clarinda Iowa and they have a yearly festival in june
I don't know about being bigger than the Beatles even during Glen Miller's era, but certainly he and his band turned out great music.
Glenn Miller produced 16 # 1 and 69 top 10. More than the Beatles and Elvis in their careers. @@PeterFusco
@@jimmys50It was a completely different era and number one hits were calculated on a much different and smaller scale. My family was in the broadcasting industry for several decades and I can tell you that by measures of each era, there is no adequate comparison between how the number one tunes calculated in the 1930s through the late 1940s could be considered proper measures one versus the other. The Beatles have sold over 600 million records and counting. The comparison isn’t even close.
I did not mention number of records sold. I said he charted 69 top 10 songs the Beatles did not. I didn't say anything about who was more poplar @@PeterFusco
Not only is Big Band music great to listen to, it is even better to dance to.
Until you listen to some Stan Kenton.
After my Dad died of cancer, Mom and I had the opportunity to talk about their lives during and after WW2. I knew that Mom played a pretty mean boogie-woogie piano, but I had absolutely zero idea that Dad was quite the jitterbugger. I still cannot picture him dancing.
@@bradleyanderson247 I loved Kenton . A good buddy played with him for a few years. Much of Stan's music was not really meant for dancing. I led and played in a band in Albuquerque for several years. We played several Miller tunes but no Kenton. They let me know up front that they were a DANCE band,, not a jazz band. We played for a dance every month at a War Memorial. BTW, I have been watching Kenton on You Tube the last 2 nights.
Darn. I'm 62 and you're making me cry for missing my Dad. He played trombone and loved Glenn Miller.
64 and loved listening to this with my dad gone 24 years.
Miss my Dad too. He played trombone for a short while with the Tommy Dorsey band after the war and loved Glenn Miller.
Great memory you've got there sir👍
Crying here too, and I’m 76! My favorite recollection is my Mom & Dad jitterbugging to Glenn Miller music in the kitchen c. 1956! It was the music they grew up with - I’m beaming ear to ear😂
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Miller also played a major role in WW2 as an army intelligence operative. He played a major role in gathering intelligence and spreading misinformation during WW2. His plane went down in the north Atlantic on Dec. 14 1944 on a return trip to England from Europe, 6 months after the Normandy Invasion. His plane was never found. A True American HERO!
@bravepa.9538: "His plane went down in the north Atlantic on Dec. 14 1944 on a return trip to England from Europe, 6 months after the Normandy Invasion."
His plane went down in the English Channel on December 15, 1944 on a flight from England to France.
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@@meyerhave Bad weather, pilot inexperienced in plane type, advised not to go till the weather cleared, possibly overloaded. Stuff like that happened every day or more during that war.
I didn't know any of that. Thanks for sharing it.
@@charlesspringer4709 One theory is that bombers returning from a failed mission (still had their bomb loads) dropped them in the English Channel before landing. The theory is that they accidentally bombed his plane.
@@matta5498 Yes. There was a crew who reported seeing a small plane go down. But the last I heard they had decided it was a different plane and maybe a different time. The last I heard the bombers would not be there due to weather and time of day which was approaching darkness if I recall.
The problem is that these things were not talked about at the time. There were so many friendly-fire, mid-air collisions, and plain mistakes that everyone knew it was better to not spread them around and complain. The entire war was steady learning experience in every way. I have the personal log of a P47 pilot I knew when I was a boy. He flew 105 missions from Duxford. They had a group captain everyone liked who vanished on their first mission. This pilot told me the same story. He just didn't return. A Times of London clipping said the same thing. But penciled in the log is "Coln Pete shot down by our bombers". Another guy flew into the ground on gun practice. They call it "Target Fixation". The letter to his family said he was lost in combat. (That is a hell of a difference compared to the Boomers in Vietnam screaming about every little screwup. The WWII types, their parents, complained plenty to each other but it didn't really go further. I recommend reading some Ernie Pyle for journalism of the time.)
I'm 73 and Mom's Glen Miller 78s were a staple in our home.
She was a great dancer, too. Wonderful memories!
I turned 75 a few days ago and I'grew up to the same music in Cape Town in South Africa... as well as Pat Boone, Slim Whitman, Chet Atkins and a myriad others. So well I remember my mother's little yellow plastic portable radio on the windowsill in the kitchen - and to this day I still know the lyrics to songs which are older than I am. Were we not fortunate to have music-loving parents, hey?
That's Glenn Miller on the trombone, wearing glasses.
So I can add this to my " Trombone" playlist
( As a once and future trombonist, it is natural my favorite instrument)
I haven't been able to confirm this story but I've heard it was true. In the movie "The Glenn Miller Story" there is a scene where they are playing "In the Mood" for the troops during WWII and there is an air raid with bombs dropping everywhere, soldiers running for cover, total chaos but the band keeps play through the raid and when the song ends at the same time the bombing stops, the troops cheer like crazy!
The era of the Big Bands was amazing, those musicians were incredible. Take a piece of music and spread it across the musicians and comes of it all, all them playing and how the music comes together, there will never be the Big Band anymore.....just something everyone needs to hear and to really hear what music is.....
"Big Bands" used to exist in nearly every town in their High School Band Department. The students who could qualify for the 'Dance Band' would practice all year long preparing for the Jr & Sr Proms (and hopefully, for a few side gigs to make some spending money.)
How many Schools still have their bands playing Big Bands Musid I wouldn't know. As we have had some great Music since, the Band Directors do have to plan tunes these 3rd generation-afterwards will like. Yet, still, some of the biggest fans of Swing are in High School bands still.
I was 10 yrs old in 1969 when I woke up one night and watched the Glen Miller Story on the tv I received for my birthday. I loved the songs of the 60s, but now I appreciated the music of the 40s and 50 as well.
I wish young people these days would listen to all music before passing judgement on these great old classics.
I became a music teacher, and totally agree. I was 13 in 1969, loved the Beatles and played Glenn Miller type stuff in the school jazz band in high school, loads of fun. But young people listening to all music before judging also goes for watching color movies vs black and white movies....some of them act like they are going to catch VD if they watch a black and white movie like it was originally presented. lol
@@thomastimlin1724 LOL
I was 10 in 69.
Well I’m 81 and remember seeing this in a movie. It has been colorized. This is the actual band but a movie script. The piano player is John Payne a well known actor-not a musician. I would recommend The Glenn Miller Story starring James Stewart and June Allison. You get to hear a lot of the music.
I remember the scene where the band was playing at a military convalescence hospital in rural England. German bombers attacked, and the band kept on playing.
I Think you will find the movie which as you say has been colorized i Sun Valley Serenade.( I have the Black and White version)
That's correct,@@russskinner
Colorizing the B&W classics should be considered a crime!@@celestecampbell564
John Payne-The Restless Gun. I remember watching that western in the late fifties. Memories.
I LOVE Glen Miller.
"In The Mood" is their most famous song. They had a lot of hits such as "Pennsylvania 6-5000", "A String Of Pearls", "Moonlight Serenade", "At Last", "(I've Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo", "American Patrol", "Elmer's Tune", etc. Sadly he died in 1944 in a plane crash. The 1954 movie about his life starring Jimmy Stewart is worth watching ("The Glenn Miller Story").
Thanks friend i was in Indiana Pa and went to the Jimmy Stewart museum and some of the movie things were in there..
I loved that movie and I was only 10 yrs old when I watched it in 1969.
If only kids these days would watch these classic movies and fall in love with this beatutiful music.
loved Saint Louis Blues March
Chattanooga Choo Choo and Moonlight Serenade too
Moonlight Serenade not Moonlight Cocktail.
One of my sweetest memories was watching my parents dance to Glenn Miller in the living room. it was over 70 years ago.
Mine did that too! Isn't it a special memory.
"In the Mood" One of the best!
It’s perfect! ❤️
The best.
No matter what your musical preference is, you can’t listen to this piece without getting totally caught up in the amazing rhythm, arrangement, and artistry. Music at its best. Pure magic.
I married into a large Italian family. At literally every wedding this was played and everyone's favorite uncle would dance to it with his 3 daughters and nieces,(he taught all to swing dance). It was tradition. He was quite the dancer.....and it was what I always looked forward to at the weddings. Since he passed just not the same. LOVE THIS! And might I add......damn that piano player is fine!
That actor as the piano player is John Payne who played the lawyer in Miracle on 34th Street who saved Santa Claus for Christmas .There were so many real musicians in this movie !!!
The young woman is a champion ice skater Sonia Heinz. John was not actually playing the piano.
Glen miller’s plane was shot down as he flew into the war zone to entertain the troops. We were told Hitler had him shot down ❤ Ted Beneke (sp?) became band leader (sax player). Listen to Tex on Chattanooga Choo choo
Tommy Dorsey (and Sinatra) Artie Shaw, et al, and terrific female singers
@@doloresschultz6804 I actually got to see Tex Beneke at an outdoor concert at UCI (University of Irvine ), in the 80's . I knew of him through my parents and it was wonderful. Everyone was sitting on quilts on the lawn with our picnic baskets. I knew the story of Glen Miller....such a loss. The skater is Sonja Henie. John Payne may not have been playing the piano but he still looked amazing in those scenes don't you think?
Great music. My dad loved it. And he was a smooth dancer too
@@doloresschultz6804 Sonja Henie
I’m 76 and I remember my mother dancing in the kitchen to this. This was her favorite of all time. Thanks for the memory.
It warms my heart when I see that younger generations appreciate the music I grew up with!
Big Band Jazz is fantastic! Like many others who’ve commented, my father was a huge jazz/ music fan.
When my husband was courting me, our first fancy date was for dinner then dancing at this little club that had a jazz trio - Our first dance was to Duke Ellington's Satin Doll --- A few months before we married he bought me an antique crank up Victrola and some 78's of Glenn Miller
We married in the Victorian we lived in - Our first dance as husband and wife was to Glenn's Moonlight Serenade, playing on a 78 on the Victrola he bought me
Funny the way certain songs carry such intense memories. Over the decades we had a number of songs that were 'our song' --- From Satin Doll to Moonlight Serenade, to 'Honey Honey' that he'd sing to me some mornings and 'Unchained Melody' - Which was the last song we ever danced to, though we didn't know it at that moment.
Sometimes hearing those songs makes my heart ache, then I remember how blessed we were to have shared a lifetime together and I smile. I can still remember how it felt to feel my husband's arms around me as we danced.
Glenn Miller, died December 15, 1944 (age 40 years), far too young. What a great talent. He is known as the father, of the modern U.S military band.
beautiful, can see my parents listening to this music, the greatest generation at its best and this carried them into and through WW2
How can anyone not be in a good mood after listening to this music? The Big Band music always takes me back to my parents, grandparents, and their friends. What a lufe I've had!
I was born in 1940 so Big Band, Glenn Miller and all of that era was a MAJOR part of my life and upbringing! Now when I hear ANYTHING from that era, music or otherwise , it takes me back to my childhood which was happy and absolutely wonderful. Many times I wish, like Scrooge, I could look through a window and watch MYSELF, FAMILY AND FRIENDS again. But through the internet, with people like yourself reacting to those times, I get close enough to that wishful thinking. Thanks for sharing that era!!
I believe the video clip is from the movie "Sun Valley Serenade" (1941).
I knew it was from a movie, but I wasn't sure which one. Thanks.
Yup. I recognized John Payne immediately. Good video clip.
@garyk4017 probably, but the music in this video is not the original, sorry to say. It's in stereo, and that was not around in 1941. I suspect it was provided by the more recent Glenn Miller Orchestra. Or it could be The United States Air Force "Airmen Of Note."
@@johntiggleman4686 You're right. The video seems to be from the movie (and it was colorized), but the music is not the same as in the black and white clip from the movie.
@@garyk4017yes. The audio is not vintage 1940s movie audio but has been "dubbed " in from a much more recent recording.
The young woman at 3:26 was Sonja Henie, the Norwegian Olympic Figure Skating champion in 1928, 1932 & 1936 and after she stop competing, she got into acting. Many of her movies featured her skating talent.
This video is from the movie, Sun Valley Serenade. This is the Glenn Miller Band with Glenn playing the trombone ( yes wearing the glasses). The guy playing at playing the piano is actor John Payne and the gal who came in and stood up is gold metal Olympic skater Sonja Henny. I'm not sure when she won the gold medal...(30's or 40's) If you watch the movie you will see herbskate. Its very basic and a far cry from how they skate today. She was a cutie though..
Chattanooga Choo Choo is another Glenn Miller.song ( with vocals from The Modernaires) that's in this mivie. You may want to check it out. Its grest!
This is swing music st its best. Glenn. Miller's band had its own distinct sound, unlike any other big band of the time.
Thanks foe reacting to this great music.
Thank you for saying who the actors were. I knew I'd seen this but could not remember their names.
I thought I saw Fred McMurray playing on one of the horns just to the left of John Payne. Now I have to check up on this movie! Thanks for the info!
It also featured the stunning Dorothy Dandridge with the amazing Nicholas Brothers. One of the best dance acts of the era.
Sonja Heine.
Not to say I agree but great artists like Artie Shaw weren't enamored with the Miller band. The accusation was that they were safe and not risk takers in regards to the music and that the financials were more important than the music. But I'll say this about Glenn Miller, his music defined a generation like no other. They may have made a larger historic imprint on their generation and it's remembrance than the Beatles did in theirs. You think 40's music you think Glenn Miller.
This is LEGENDARY 🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵
MASSIVE hit for Glenn Miller in 1939...13 weeks at #1 on the charts!
Wow! 13 weeks???
It was a different time, for sure. People dressed up for everything, including sporting events. So classy. Love this music even though it was before I was born. Thanks Harri for this fantastic big band sound. 👏👏🥰🇨🇦
The world missed out when we lost him too soon. Have to wait till I get to Heaven to hear the rest of his talent.
Brit here🇬🇧, Glenn Miller, one of America’s finest 🇺🇸😎
The big band era. I'm 74 and remember my father played Glenn Miller all the time.
My father was a great dancer who taught me how to do the jitterbug to this great stuff ❤❤RIP dad.
Ooooooh, the Jitterbug! What a bunch of fun that must have been.
Im 72 but love Big Band Music. This has always been my favorite. Hope you enjoyed it, Harri.❤
One of my favorite performances of all time.
I am so fortunate to have grown up with parents that turned me on to their music. Dad was a WWII Veteran and they live as young adults during these years of the Big Band and we just listened to it all of the time. There is a song called Stardust by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra that you must listen to. Both of my parents had me play this at their memorials. There are versions with lyrics and mom & dad knew all of the lyrics. I do know Hoagy Carmichael did lyrics, Sinatra, Nat King Cole as well.
My dad used to dance with my sisters and I,when we little, to Glenn Miller.
"Stardust" is a 1927 song composed by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics later added by Mitchell Parish. It has been recorded as an instrumental or vocal track
I love and respect everything about this era. The mannes, the clothes, music, culture, honor, courage. The best generation
My husband and I used to dance the western swing to this in te 70s. Love this song!
When my dad first heard the song there were lyrics. He was working as a clerk for the C&O railroad before the war. He kept singing the song all the way home and woke up his little brother to sing this brand new song to him.
I was born in 1942 and grew up with Glenn Miller....
I used to listen to a lot of big band music back in the 50's, including this one.
Glen Miller.... amazing. Your reaction makes me smile, as always!
Been a fan of Glen Miller since I was young. Timeless. ❤
The woman in the one scene is Sonja Henie, an Olympic champion figure skater who is credited with popularizing figure skating in movies.
Don't forget the awesome ending. So soft then it builds...goosebump time.
I’m 68 and have been listening to Big Bang since my 20’s
Makes me miss my Mom and Dad. Music of the greatest generation.
Truly one of the greatest examples of music in all history .😊
One of my favorite songs! My parents used to go to NYC back in the day and he would tell me that they would have 2 big bands on revolving stages and would dance all night.
Greatest Music from the Greatest Generation.
This was the music my mother loved. I'm 81, and she played his music often. His plan disappeared over the English Channel during WW2.
Yea man!! THAT"S JUMPN'!!
During WWII my father had guard duty for a Glen Miller show & listened to the music all afternoon.
My grandparents generation
Love this music
Another one I love by him is called Moonlight Serenade. It’s a beautiful, slow, dancing song. phenomenal talent! I haven’t looked at any of your other big band videos yet, but if you get a chance, I recommend any Goodman. Sing sing sing is one of my favorites by him. Thank you for making another generation aware of this genre.
Bette Midler does a version of this song. It’s very good. Also when I was in college in the 70s, the guy with the best stereo on our dorm floor would blast this song when we were getting ready to go out. Then there was a talent contest and each floor of each dorm was to submit a talent of any kind. We decided to do a karaoke version of this song. The guys all dressed up in white tshirts and jeans with cutout bow ties and made instruments out of paper mache and construction paper. Then rehearsed all the standing up of the sections like trombones and trumpets and saxes as their turn to be featured in the song. Also our RA dressed in a suit and was the conductor. At the end, all stood up and bowed. The routine was so good that our floor won the talent contest and was the talk of the college.
Yes, the Bette Midler cover version was really fun. I think it was earlier in her career. This song just swings!
Amen Bro. Glenn Miller was the balls and passed way, way too early. His great music will last FOREVER.
Oh, to hang out at a club like that, drrss up, sip cocktails, hear these killer bands. I was definitely born in the wrong era. Love the 40's.
My favorite era of music. I'm 57.
My mom was born in 1926 so a part of the "greatest generation" this was her favourite song, she passed in 2012 and when I hear this I think of her. Thank you for your reaction.
My mother used to tell me about going to the Walled Lake Casino in Michigan and listening to the big bands.
Some of the best music ever written or played. Love it all.
HOW COULD YOU NOT LOVE THAT MUSIC.
Your love of big band makes me feel a little less alone. Many thanx.
i love Glen Miller music
Big band music is so wonderful. A happy sound.
I'm 80 years old and I grew up on that great music 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Bette Midler sang this song in the 70’s along with Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. She, along with Manhattan Transfer, revived big band music in the 70’s. Check out Manhattan Transfer’s That Cat Is High. You will LOVE it!
I’m 73 now. I used to play this on my mom’s old 78RPM record player. And we danced and danced. Thanks for the memory.
But this is not Glenn Miller and his orchestra playing.
String of Pearls!
I keep coming back to enjoy Glenn Miller with you Harri, thanks a million buddy! God bless you!
Absolutely love glen miller ❤ the film is awsome
My dad was a teenager during that era and told me he didn’t like big band music. Much preferred the pop/rock period 50’s -70’s
This song is iconic and rightly so!
Glenn Miller in his day was so popular the Germans would tune him in. Note that this was before amplifiers made it possible to fill a dance hall without a large orchestra.
I just missed this era. I was born in ‘47. I had good music too but loved the big bands, going to elegant restaurants all dressed up❤
Love Big Band.
Love the big band music.
They moved air and moved people. As a kid I heard my 7th grade band playing the theme from Hawaii Five-oh. Nothing like live.
My Dad loved Big Band Jazz.
Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman to name a few. I'm now in my 70's and often enjoy a blast of swing!!😂🇬🇧
…and Stan Getz. Absolutely, Stan Getz and his Orchestra as well as The Stan Getz Trio.
Love this music. I'm 65, end of the Boomer generation.
Brian Setzer Orchestra does a fabulous version of this with vocals.
I grew up listening to the Big Band era music. My father played in big bands in the military during WWII. This song is my favorite one from that time.
I played in a swing band from high school thru college. This was one of my favorites to play!
Can't beat good ole Big Band Swing!!!
Best BIG BAND song EVER!!!!!
1939 peak of swing era
Clip from a movie
Music from stereo rerecord after Miller died, probably 50s
Orchestra Wives and Sun Valley Serenade the two Miller movies
My favorite kind of music...right here.
My dad played this song every Sunday morning to wake us up for church...from 1956 to 1967. I hear it when I think about it.
I am too young to have heard the original Glenn Miller orchestra, but I was fortunate to have heard the G.M. Memorial Orchestra in the 1960's. What a great time we had dancing the night away!
Great reaction. Your enthusiasm is infectious and so entertaining. Great channel
From ELO to Glenn Miller, I love your journey!
When musicians were beyond talented
Harri, major props for featuring this wonderful and distinctly American music on your channel. Some music is truly timeless, Mozart, Louis Armstrong, The Beatles and Glen Miller has to be included. It's great to see his music is still loved some 80 years later. This video is from the movie "Sun Valley Serenade," featuring Norwegian ice skater Sonja Henie.
There's a movie about Glenn Miller with James Stewart playing Mr. Miller.
I LOVE Glenn Miller!!!!!!!!!! Fabulous song
Sonia Henie the ice skater escorted to the table .. "Sun Valley Serenade "..
This was one of my late dad's favorite songs. (I am more partial to Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (which you have already reacted to 🙂). Both songs are included in the 1941 black-and-white movie "Sun Valley Serenade." This movie scene has been colorized for sure. Such a fun and swinging song. That's lead actor John Payne ("Miracle on 34th Street") fake-playing on the piano as part of Glenn Miller's band, and the blonde woman standing up at her table and smiling is the Norwegian-born three-time-gold-medal-winning Olympic skater-turned-actress Sonia Henie as John Payne's love interest.
Great song! I think it is his best.
Glenn Miller was my dad's favorite big band leader.
Amazing choice, Harri!! I recommend you listen to Henri Mancini performing the song Peter Gunn.
Greetings from Brazil!