Nah. Too stiff. Too many intruments. Too many people singing. Just like Whitney made Dolly's song her own, Etta James made this one hers. Y'all stole Jazz from black folks anyway....
@@77CreationThere is nothing that I enjoy more than when a completely stupid and tasteless ignoramus willingly advertises his sad shortcomings for all the world to see. Right, dummy, the white man stole jazz from the black man. If you would have stated that utter nonsense to the likes of a Louis Armstrong or a Miles Davis you would have to deal with the great contempt that you would have seen in their eyes. Or maybe they would have just broke into wild and raucous laughter at your absurd and proud stupidity. So in your book, a young horn player, of whatever ethnicity besides African, hears and is greatly moved by some jazz piece but better know that he dare not pick up his horn in response to the thrilling music he is hearing because from your addled point of view, that would be theft. I’m more than sure that you blab this nonsense a lot and probably get more than a few takers, which would only prove one thing….stupidity is everywhere.
I miss this era of music, and I’m not even old enough to have known it. I don’t know how I first discovered him, but I love me some Glenn Miller Orchestra.
My father danced and listened to this just before he boarded a transport early in the war. This and other Great songs during this period carried young men to and from ww2. My father was a great man and,y mom would tell me of how they went to dances and of all the great music.. they are both gone now, this song brings back memories of them.
I know what you mean . where was he bound ? My dad went to the South Pacific . he returned but died in 52. I didn't know him really but miss him and think about him a lot. I'll listen to these great songs
I've encountered people who swear up and down she did it first. In fact Miller did two different versions and there were something like 15 or 20 covers before Etta made it her own.
@@aileen694 I'm amazed at the number of songs that pre-date when "everyone knows" they were first written. As a kid during the rock era I heard "Blue Moon" by the Marcals but had no clue it was written in *1934*
Ohhh so so beautiful, this is the era that I wished that I was born in. Plus this alongside Moonlight Serenade is one of my favourite Glen Miller songs. My mums era and she loved Glen Miller. 🎷🎺🎼🎙🎼🎺🎷
What an incredible era filled with so much natural talent. I was a very lucky guy. I was a busboy at a Mexican restaurant in the early 60's called Macayo Vegas. Betty Grabel, Harry James and their daughters would usually come in every wednesday evening. Really down to earth nice people. Hard to imagine I was only 15 at the time.
One of the all time great songs by the best ever big band performed on film. Outdoors and as one with the vocals, the trumpet, the gal falling for the trumpeter, everything....a moment in time...
Every time I hear this music , this song I feel like home . Crazy! Like I have lived in those times I feel like crying! Lol I love the 20,30,40 and 50s . My kids listen to this music every time I clean my home . Or make dinner ! ❤️
This sort of music is so sweet to hear and very good to relax hearing it. The singers sings well pronouncing the words clearly, so it is easy to understand what he says. And what he and she sing has meaning.
This is the outdoor concert scene from the 1942 20th Century Fox film musical Orchestra Wives. The first song played is the instrumental "Boom Shot" which is followed by the encore "At Last" performed in the duet version with vocals by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday (lip-synched by Lynn Bari in the film). "Boom Shot" is played on the Wurlitzer juke box and then at the open air concert featuring Harry Morgan as soda jerk Cully Anderson and Ann Rutherford as Connie Ward. They go to see the Gene Morrison Orchestra featuring George Montgomery as Bill Abbott on trumpet. After performing "Boom Shot" the band leaves the stage. The audience is still on their feet. The band returns to play an encore, "At Last" featuring Ray Eberle and Lynn Bari (overdubbed by Pat Friday). "At Last" was composed by Harry Warren, music, and Mack Gordon, lyrics. Glenn Miller first recorded the song in 1941. "At Last" first appeared in the 1941 film Sun Valley Serenade in an instrumental version performed by Glenn Miller in the cafe scene after the 1941 version of "In the Mood" is played. "At Last" is also played as background music in Sun Valley Serenade and during the final ice skating scene but without the lyrics. John Payne and Pat Friday recorded a version with vocals with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1941 for the movie but the song was not used in that film.
Thank you Louis for the additional information, Also, we can note that in the movie, Caesar Romero was at the piano, and a young Jackie Gleason on the upright bass. - Ron
@@callron1 I always watch this movie when it comes on TMC. The story line ain't much but the music is fantastic. My Dad was in England prior to D-Day and he got to dance with Dinah Shore at a USO dance. Those entertainers ALL pitched in to the war effort.
Damn.. This is sooo good, my eyes turn tearful. Sometimes I wonder if musicians, artists even common people from this time gave everything a little extra heart knowing what was around the corner ?
They knew we wld be involved in the war. They didn't know Glen Miller would be killed in a plane crash over the English Channel during the war. He even dreamed about it before it happened. OH!!
@@lawrenceaddy2489 In my time machine we follow Shirley and Lee's advice, "Let the Good Times Roll!" We skip things like the Black Plague and the Inquisition.
This was the greatest song to ever come out of that era. Lynn Bari and ray Eberle , make it impossible for anyone else to ever top their rendition. They could melt the coldest hearts!
+Sylvia Carlson You're correct. Pat Friday (née Freitag) was a studio vocalist who dubbed a number of actors who weren't also singers, a bit like Marni Nixon "ghosting" for Audrey Hepburn and others. OTOH John Payne was also a trained singer and did his own vocals.
Music from before my own time, that is still Great to hear. And sung with real talent without the help of electronic gimmicks. Very good to hear, despite the fact the quality of the recording is not up to today's standards.
Oh damn, this original version of "At Last" is wonderful. Then Etta James' version took it to another level as well. I was born in 1950, a bit too late for romantic music like this to be part of my youth. ... This was my parent's generation's music to fall in love to. Love it !
iN MORE WAYS THAN ONE !!!! WE HAVE A COMPLETELY DIVIDED GOVERNMENT...... AND SADLY THE LEFT FORGETS THAT JUST LIKE A BASEBALL GAME, OR, A FOOTBALL GAME ..... YOU ~~~M-U-S-T~~~~ HAVE ~~T-W-O T-E-A-M-S~~ OR ................................ THERE AIN'T NO GAME ~!~!~! THE DEMS WANT TO WIN EVERY GAME, EVERY PENNANT ~!~!~!~ GEEEZZ LOUEEZZ~!~!~!~
I just remember Etta James singing this song....but this is pretty cool, my parents and grandparents must have danced to this.....slow dancing at its best...
At last my love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song At last, the skies above are blue My heart was wrapped in clover The night I looked at you I found a dream that i can speak to A dream that i can call my own I found a thrill to press my cheek to A thrill i've never known You smiled, and then the spell was cast And here we are in heaven For you are mine, at last
This is so damned sweet! Great trumpet feature at the end. Wonderful sentiment from another time. Would that we could embrace this kind of sentiment - commitment and quality of music, and life in general
Listening to this hauntingly beautiful piece, I become absorbed into the music. I feel as if I’m floating through a myriad of emotions. Walking on a beach or dancing in the moonlight with the waves lapping on the shore. The melody envelops and begs to be stroked before gently drifting into the night.
Me too. My mom danced with Dad barefoot, on tiptoes, lights turned off, laughing softly. Great music, romance, and I, hidden on the stair that didn't squeak, listened in my own trance, all those years ago. Lovely. Just lovely memories of a real love during a very intense time in our world! So glad others have same memories. ❤
This describes exactly how I feel about my late-in-life love. He came along after my 5-1/2 years of sleeping-walking thru life after losing my husband of 38 years. Coincidentally, he had lost his long-time wife and reached out to me, the widow of his boyhood friend. 🥰
This is a beautiful song and a beautiful rendition. I also love Etta James's brilliant reinterpretation of it wherein much was gained and nothing at all was lost.
@@ekunsa , wow. You couldn't just enjoy the song without turning it into ray sis, snarky comment, huh? Enclave Officer is right. You obviously haven't read the memo.
The silly dress codes of today will pass. Worse may come. This will also pass. There is only ONE race on earth. It is called the Human Race. We come in all shapes and sizes Big, little Fat thin Tall short and all colours too. From Paley Whaley White to Shiney Black with 50 shades of Brown in between. The real divider is GOOD and EVIL. Also 50 shades in between. I have noticed that Kind and Considerate people don’t commit crimes.
a couple of years ago i was in a supermarket listening to this on my headphones & at the check out the girl aske me what i was listening to she was young about 16 so i thought i'd "educate " her i told her & as i was about to tell her about it she asked me which version i preferred Glenn Miller or Charlie Spivak? to say i was dumfounded was an understatement & the kicker was she was 16, so bottom line is There's still hope lol
The sound of my/our upbringing courtesy of father whose hobby was playing in dance bands until following marriage. Seeing his musical hero Glen Miller live during WW2 recordings during a year wounded out of the Royal Navy and recovering when service men were given tickets to the live broadcast shows. Nothing today replicates the beauty of the Big Bands music. Also try Miller's 'American Patrol', the latter bars with their cacophony of sound simple fascinate, inspire and please.
ALESSANDRO MARTUFI. YES THE BIG BAND ERA WAS NICE EXCEPT FOR THAT DAMN WAR. MY FATHER WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SURVIVE THE BATTLES IN THE NORTH AFRICAN DESERTS AND IN ITALY, THE BATTLE AT MONTE CASSINA AND FINALLY IN BELGIUM, THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.
Ah yes, the Big Band Era, big dance crowd so the songs had a long intro by the band before the singer started, like above, and like Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey also.
To anyone reading this, please don't think this is 'old persons' music…I was a 15 year old, playing this tune (and others similar) in a 'Big Band' on lead clarinet, back in 1986 and loved it…And now I'm reading these comments in 2023. Timeless music is timeless music and I'm only 52.
What a wonderful era - thank goodness I was there. We can clearly hear the heartfelt words and reminisce watching the clean cut audience too entranced to dance. Thank you for this wonderful video.
the music and the men were so different back in the 40s .. today's generation dont have the same feelings and adulation for women as we had . different times different music that said we loved women .more than ourselves ...
Robert Galardi: maybe we stopped caring for both them and us. Me, I’ve got a most special lady in my life, and we have listened (and danced) to a lot of Big Band jazz. One of our favorites is “Rhapsody in Blue” by Glenn Miller.
Preciously beautiful music. In Chicago, from 1966 until 1972, I listened to it being played on WGN's "Meisterbrau Showcase," MC'ed by the late Franklyn MacCormack. During the long nights as a graphical illustrator, I worked for a large consulting and engineering firm known as Barton-Aschman & Assoc., Inc. I think they allowed me as much overtime as I could tolerate. I often had more overtime, than regular hours. That big band music and Franklyn MacCormack made it very pleasant. In 08/01/1972, I moved to Panama City, Florida...
What a gorgeous version of this song. My mom walked down the aisle to this song so it kinda holds a sentimental place in my heart. The ending to this version is absolutely phenomenal with that trumpet! That is something that the 78 rpm version doesn’t have. Thanks for posting!
Just gorgeous. especially the trumpet interlude, that is Ray Anthony, isn't it? I wish we had more music like this today, but we CAN listen to the recordings and weep with joy!
This is so poignant for me.. Because my mum and dad loved THIS FILM@ SONG and DAD WAS A TRUMPET PLAYER WHO LOOKED JUST LIKE THE ONE IN THE GLENMILLER BAND.... AND MY MUM LOOK JUST LIKE THE GIRL WITH THE DARK HAIR IN THE CROWD GAZING AT HIM 💞.. WE LOST DAD 8 YEARS AGO AND MUM DIED ONLY IN OCTOBER 2020 SO THEY ARE TOGETHER 🎼AT🎵LAST🎶RIP PEACE MA@PA ♥️🙏🏼❤️
Just gorgeous! And a revelation on the origin of this song, which has become such an enduring one for so many! Wonder if I can find a youtube video of Orchestra Wives...
I especially like how the arrangement swells along with Pat's voice for "thrill" in the fifth measure of the bridge, exactly five-eighths of the way through the 32 bars, like they centered the song around the golden ratio point.
As a child, my mom always said I was an old soul. I had no clue what she was talking about. She was on to something. I've always enjoyed Big Band music......just as much as Motown.
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Never was and never will be anyone like Glenn Miller.
100% true!
You're absolutely right.
Old lighter song
My people brought me up with this type of music am 66 now..just beautiful 🇬🇧 uk
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Tinha 2 anos me apaixonei como fosse agora❤
Hands down this is the best of the best. I’m 80 years old and transported back in time to when I was a child listening with my mother. Thank you.
I’m 80 this year and have heard some great music in the past. Today I don’t see much comparable music.
Nah. Too stiff. Too many intruments. Too many people singing. Just like Whitney made Dolly's song her own, Etta James made this one hers. Y'all stole Jazz from black folks anyway....
I'm 84, I love this music, and a lot of it came even before my time! @@ronaldmacpherson3345
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@@77CreationThere is nothing that I enjoy more than when a completely stupid and tasteless ignoramus willingly advertises his sad shortcomings for all the world to see. Right, dummy, the white man stole jazz from the black man. If you would have stated that utter nonsense to the likes of a Louis Armstrong or a Miles Davis you would have to deal with the great contempt that you would have seen in their eyes. Or maybe they would have just broke into wild and raucous laughter at your absurd and proud stupidity. So in your book, a young horn player, of whatever ethnicity besides African, hears and is greatly moved by some jazz piece but better know that he dare not pick up his horn in response to the thrilling music he is hearing because from your addled point of view, that would be theft. I’m more than sure that you blab this nonsense a lot and probably get more than a few takers, which would only prove one thing….stupidity is everywhere.
I'm 86 and My Brother Playing This Record Over and Over 1941 In Los Angeles Love This Song Forever and Ever . T38 William
Dear Williamfelker 6963. Very good back in time. I like your timetable. Keep on, still going strong. God bless.
I am 82 and still here. I have enjoyed Glenn Miller and other such music for many years and still do.
Sir, THIS is the music I grew up tom from my parents-----and I love it, forever ! -------------MJL, 77 y/o
I'm 59 yers old and have seen my share of rock concerts and enjoyed them all...but this is 100% class and beautiful as well.
Bons bom sim pode se ouvir a música bonita rock onde se podia ver ouvir música para dormir
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I miss this era of music, and I’m not even old enough to have known it. I don’t know how I first discovered him, but I love me some Glenn Miller Orchestra.
Not old enough to have known this era of music either, but it reminds me of my dear parents that did. Enjoyed your comment :).
I am 56 my parents remembered this music, but I love this music. Love Glenn Miller.
There is so much good music from the past to enjoy. I hope you discover it all and enjoy it all.
Same here, I discovered it thru watching movies. Pretty great!
You thought right
AT 83 I CAN ONLY ADD MY ADMIRATION FOR SOOO MUCH TALENT IN ONE PLACE....BRINGS CHILLS!!!!
i envy you sir. you lived in an era of respect originality and patriotism.
@@iwatcher69 true ! Couldn't agree with you more sir.
Canzoni eterne, musica meravigliosa
My father danced and listened to this just before he boarded a transport early in the war. This and other Great songs during this period carried young men to and from ww2. My father was a great man and,y mom would tell me of how they went to dances and of all the great music.. they are both gone now, this song brings back memories of them.
Very loving story. Thank you for sharing.
You could have been describing my parents too!! The Greatest Generation!!.
Thsts about as romantic as it gets.so many men's last song with their sweet hearts before being shipped out was the big band's
I know what you mean . where was he bound ? My dad went to the South Pacific . he returned but died in 52. I didn't know him really but miss him and think about him a lot. I'll listen to these great songs
Wow, me too. I listen and can see my dad and mom remembering all the beautiful memories of their young love, especially being seperated by WWII.
Most don't realize this incredibly beautiful song came way before the Etta James classic.
I've encountered people who swear up and down she did it first. In fact Miller did two different versions and there were something like 15 or 20 covers before Etta made it her own.
@@Poisson4147 Wow, I never knew At Last was such an "old" song!
@@aileen694 I'm amazed at the number of songs that pre-date when "everyone knows" they were first written. As a kid during the rock era I heard "Blue Moon" by the Marcals but had no clue it was written in *1934*
The great American songbook some truly great songwiters in the 19;20 s 30 s 40 s
I do because I am a professional singer and sing it this way, plus I have the Glenn Miller Band CD for years.
Ohhh so so beautiful, this is the era that I wished that I was born in. Plus this alongside Moonlight Serenade is one of my favourite Glen Miller songs. My mums era and she loved Glen Miller. 🎷🎺🎼🎙🎼🎺🎷
What an incredible era filled with so much natural talent.
I was a very lucky guy.
I was a busboy at a Mexican restaurant in the early 60's called Macayo Vegas.
Betty Grabel, Harry James and their daughters would usually come in every wednesday evening.
Really down to earth nice people.
Hard to imagine I was only 15 at the time.
I rarely envy anybody ..but you’re up there in my maybe list.
So So lucky !
How's it possible that someone could give this beautiful piece a thumbs down?
Just ignore.
I know right?! Sad people gotta be sad.
Oh well their problem
It means nothing! Kids play around with those icons just to be obstinate!
Everything ain't for everybody.
i wish i could be transported back to that time and place , wonderful
I love the music, but I wouldn‘t go that far 😅
@@joeylove777 that is true but hey! the kid can dream
I do, every time i play my late mothers collection of 78 rpm dance records. she was 16 in 1942.
You are right there !....the music is the elevator, your imagination the key to open this door.@johnboy
For your sake I hope you're white lol cause any other races will not live so well back then. Just sayin
Just perfect: The level of talent on display, is just jaw dropping ; today's musicians could not replicate this song
They could but won’t.
@@chuckpetersen246 Exactly.
@@chuckpetersen246 There's no money in it.
the most beautiful song when you are in the arms of the one you love.
My wedding song... 23 years of being “our song” and this is the first time I’ve ever heard the original. I’m glad this video found me!
How I wish I could travel back time.. loving this era.
Should a time machine ever exist, this is the first era I would visit and find a big band concert asap
The most romantic music I have ever heard. Talent like this comes once in a lifetime!
I used to DJ but still have my equipment and this music seems to need a club to be played at. Orchestras like this must not be forgotten.
In my humble opinion this is the best version!! The band the couple singing just perfect! I wish I was there enjoying this in the crowd
One of the all time great songs by the best ever big band performed on film. Outdoors and as one with the vocals, the trumpet, the gal falling for the trumpeter, everything....a moment in time...
When days where long and slow, now we lost that sense of living in the moment.
Superb! How could they write so wonderful songs? Songs that never grow old
When you use your heart in the writing/composing process, anything is possible!!! What's lacking today is ~just that~ ....................... HEART~!~
Wow Etta covered this so well that I had no idea this song was a glen Miller original
Yes, he did TWO different versions, one in '41 and this in '42. IIRC about 15 or 20 other artists did covers too before Etta came along.
@@Poisson4147good,so I'm not the only one......
So sweet. You only hear this kind of music at lindy swing dances. Long live the swing era!
Every time I hear this music , this song I feel like home . Crazy! Like I have lived in those times I feel like crying! Lol I love the 20,30,40 and 50s . My kids listen to this music every time I clean my home . Or make dinner ! ❤️
This sort of music is so sweet to hear and very good to relax hearing it. The singers sings well pronouncing the words clearly, so it is easy to understand what he says. And what he and she sing has meaning.
So magical and yet during one of the worst times in human history.
An era when musicianship, melody and harmony were not dirty words
And era where black people were getting lynched regularly, couldn't vote and were redlined into ghettos. But, hey, at least singers didn't curse.
This is what love sounds like…82 years and this is how life feels magic.
This is the outdoor concert scene from the 1942 20th Century Fox film musical Orchestra Wives. The first song played is the instrumental "Boom Shot" which is followed by the encore "At Last" performed in the duet version with vocals by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday (lip-synched by Lynn Bari in the film). "Boom Shot" is played on the Wurlitzer juke box and then at the open air concert featuring Harry Morgan as soda jerk Cully Anderson and Ann Rutherford as Connie Ward. They go to see the Gene Morrison Orchestra featuring George Montgomery as Bill Abbott on trumpet. After performing "Boom Shot" the band leaves the stage. The audience is still on their feet. The band returns to play an encore, "At Last" featuring Ray Eberle and Lynn Bari (overdubbed by Pat Friday). "At Last" was composed by Harry Warren, music, and Mack Gordon, lyrics. Glenn Miller first recorded the song in 1941. "At Last" first appeared in the 1941 film Sun Valley Serenade in an instrumental version performed by Glenn Miller in the cafe scene after the 1941 version of "In the Mood" is played. "At Last" is also played as background music in Sun Valley Serenade and during the final ice skating scene but without the lyrics. John Payne and Pat Friday recorded a version with vocals with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1941 for the movie but the song was not used in that film.
Thank you Louis for the additional information, Also, we can note that in the movie, Caesar Romero was at the piano, and a young Jackie Gleason on the upright bass. - Ron
@@callron1 I always watch this movie when it comes on TMC. The story line ain't much but the music is fantastic. My Dad was in England prior to D-Day and he got to dance with Dinah Shore at a USO dance. Those entertainers ALL pitched in to the war effort.
Damn.. This is sooo good, my eyes turn tearful. Sometimes I wonder if musicians, artists even common people from this time gave everything a little extra heart knowing what was around the corner ?
nah just gave it all their heart
Nah...they were in the moment like all artists and creatives.
They knew we wld be involved in the war. They didn't know Glen Miller would be killed in a plane crash over the English Channel during the war. He even dreamed about it before it happened. OH!!
Today, any idiot with a guitar and a bad voice can make millions, but not music.
Ricko s this comment is underrated.
Ya talking about Justin Bieber?
So true.
Not really. You're just too old for the room.
any idiot and a computer. there, fixed it!! but yes, pretty much what you said.
Great days, perhaps I should have been borne to that era….❤
You can not only dance to it, you can understand what they are singing!
Wow! Back in the day. Good music. Romance in the air. Men are men. Women are women.
People having fun. Time Machine leaving, all aboard!
HILARIOUS but so true
Interesting idea. But let's skip Okinawa an D Day if you don't mind.
Is there a lot of room on this time machine? I wanna steal a brand new Cadillac and a couple of typewriters and bring ‘em back wit me!!$$
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@@lawrenceaddy2489 In my time machine we follow Shirley and Lee's advice, "Let the Good Times Roll!"
We skip things like the Black Plague
and the Inquisition.
64 years old but in those days there were gentleman born to late😅
This was the greatest song to ever come out of that era. Lynn Bari and ray Eberle , make it impossible for anyone else to ever top their rendition. They could melt the coldest hearts!
+JOHN T. Reading It appears Pat Friday dubbed it for Lynn Bari based on someone's comment. I just learned that too John.
+Sylvia Carlson You're correct. Pat Friday (née Freitag) was a studio vocalist who dubbed a number of actors who weren't also singers, a bit like Marni Nixon "ghosting" for Audrey Hepburn and others. OTOH John Payne was also a trained singer and did his own vocals.
Music from before my own time, that is still Great to hear. And sung with real talent without the help of electronic gimmicks. Very good to hear, despite the fact the quality of the recording is not up to today's standards.
my wedding song love the music from the 40's
Oh damn, this original version of "At Last" is wonderful. Then Etta James' version took it to another level as well. I was born in 1950, a bit too late for romantic music like this to be part of my youth. ... This was my parent's generation's music to fall in love to. Love it !
I never knew there was another version but etta james' ... she sung it and she owned it ...but this is marvellous
Glenn Miller did TWO different versions, one in '41 and this in '42. IIRC about 15 or 20 other artists did covers too before Etta came along.
Frankly, I'm not crazy about Etta James' version.
So soothing so calming we have gone backwards in life
iN MORE WAYS THAN ONE !!!! WE HAVE A COMPLETELY DIVIDED GOVERNMENT...... AND SADLY THE LEFT FORGETS THAT JUST LIKE A BASEBALL GAME, OR, A FOOTBALL GAME ..... YOU ~~~M-U-S-T~~~~ HAVE ~~T-W-O T-E-A-M-S~~ OR ................................ THERE AIN'T NO GAME ~!~!~! THE DEMS WANT TO WIN EVERY GAME, EVERY PENNANT ~!~!~!~ GEEEZZ LOUEEZZ~!~!~!~
My Parents are dancing to this in Heaven ...........tonight amongst the stars.
I just remember Etta James singing this song....but this is pretty cool, my parents and grandparents must have danced to this.....slow dancing at its best...
Hello Suzi, How are you doing?
wow - didn't know that it was so old - I LOVE the Etta James version
From the movie “Orchestra Wives”, it’s worth watching, some crazy cats in that movie, including Jackie Gleason as the bass player.
Yo también
Etta blows this version away
@@casejinable etta nMes verzion
At last
my love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
At last, the skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped in clover
The night I looked at you
I found a dream that i can speak to
A dream that i can call my own
I found a thrill to press my cheek to
A thrill i've never known
You smiled, and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine, at last
Thanks for the good lyrics. Regards.
Pure gold ❤❤
This is so damned sweet! Great trumpet feature at the end. Wonderful sentiment from another time. Would that we could embrace this kind of sentiment - commitment and quality of music, and life in general
I think the trumpeter is Ray Anthony, whose own version I had on 45 rpm back in the '50s.
And Ray Eberly always did a super job singing! My dad raised me on Glen Miller, and I just happened to marry a trumpet player...
Those were the days! They will never come back. They shouldn't, but some of us miss them a lot.
Preciosa voz, magnífica orquesta, elegancia y glamour en esta maravillosa Interpretación de Glenn Miller ! Me Encanta !❤
Listening to this hauntingly beautiful piece, I become absorbed into the music. I feel as if I’m floating through a myriad of emotions. Walking on a beach or dancing in the moonlight with the waves lapping on the shore. The melody envelops and begs to be stroked before gently drifting into the night.
American brass band sound stirs fond memories of my Dad. One of the family’s first LP’s is by Glenn Miller. I owe my love for music to Dad.
Memories of watching my parents dancing to this...
aww
Me too. My mom danced with Dad barefoot, on tiptoes, lights turned off, laughing softly. Great music, romance, and I, hidden on the stair that didn't squeak, listened in my own trance, all those years ago. Lovely. Just lovely memories of a real love during a very intense time in our world! So glad others have same memories. ❤
Great song ! Brings back memories of my mom and dad !! Miss them so much !! 🙏🙏❤❤
Fabulous. Dont you just love that signature reed sound in miller with addition of the clarinet? Just changed the tonal quality in a lovely subtle way.
This describes exactly how I feel about my late-in-life love. He came along after my 5-1/2 years of sleeping-walking thru life after losing my husband of 38 years. Coincidentally, he had lost his long-time wife and reached out to me, the widow of his boyhood friend. 🥰
If only more Gen-Z's and and Millennials are able to appreciate older and classic tunes like this, it'd be wonderful/
It's still alive! Try Angelina Jordan's version on RUclips ... R (Australia)
Best music ever nothing will ever beat it, make me feel happy. Sheila x
Pat Friday was a wonderful singer.
This is a beautiful song and a beautiful rendition. I also love Etta James's brilliant reinterpretation of it wherein much was gained and nothing at all was lost.
Thanks a million Harry Warren and Mack Gordon.
just another example of the great American songbook, the greatest popular songs ever written, this one by the brilliant Harry Warren and Mack Gordon.
And as far as i know Doris Day was the only singer who sang this song in full that is she included the verse at the beginning.
No tatoos, no piercings, no torn troussers, just good looking people, well dressed and clean.
@@gispel7058 it came from black people and white Kids imitating it
@@ekunsa white, Black, Brown, we are all the same. We are all Humans.
So true
@@ekunsa , wow. You couldn't just enjoy the song without turning it into ray sis, snarky comment, huh?
Enclave Officer is right. You obviously haven't read the memo.
The silly dress codes of today will pass. Worse may come. This will also pass. There is only ONE race on earth. It is called the Human Race. We come in all shapes and sizes Big, little Fat thin Tall short and all colours too. From Paley Whaley White to Shiney Black with 50 shades of Brown in between. The real divider is GOOD and EVIL. Also 50 shades in between. I have noticed that Kind and Considerate people don’t commit crimes.
a couple of years ago i was in a supermarket listening to this on my headphones & at the check out the girl aske me what i was listening to she was young about 16 so i thought i'd "educate " her i told her & as i was about to tell her about it she asked me which version i preferred Glenn Miller or Charlie Spivak? to say i was dumfounded was an understatement & the kicker was she was 16, so bottom line is There's still hope lol
Que belleza de voces! Glenn Miller, lo escucho desde chica, nací en 1955 pero mi padre era su admirador y yo también
I WISH THAT I WAS AROUND IN THOSE DAYS. THEY MUST HAVE BEEN. FANTASTIC
The sound of my/our upbringing courtesy of father whose hobby was playing in dance bands until following marriage. Seeing his musical hero Glen Miller live during WW2 recordings during a year wounded out of the Royal Navy and recovering when service men were given tickets to the live broadcast shows. Nothing today replicates the beauty of the Big Bands music. Also try Miller's 'American Patrol', the latter bars with their cacophony of sound simple fascinate, inspire and please.
What a wonderful era ❤
ALESSANDRO MARTUFI. YES THE BIG BAND ERA WAS NICE EXCEPT FOR THAT DAMN WAR. MY FATHER WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SURVIVE THE BATTLES IN THE NORTH AFRICAN DESERTS AND IN ITALY, THE BATTLE AT MONTE CASSINA AND FINALLY IN BELGIUM, THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.
Ah yes, the Big Band Era, big dance crowd so the songs had a long intro by the band before the singer started, like above, and like Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey also.
This was the best Era ever!
At Last...I have spent years in my life trying to find the title of this song, thanks to who uploaded it
To anyone reading this, please don't think this is 'old persons' music…I was a 15 year old, playing this tune (and others similar) in a 'Big Band' on lead clarinet, back in 1986 and loved it…And now I'm reading these comments in 2023. Timeless music is timeless music and I'm only 52.
Joanne Eberle was my friend for awhile until she died. She fell apart when Ray died. He was her sweet heart.
I'm honored to know a couple of members of the extended Eberle family. Wonderful people, all of them.
What a wonderful era - thank goodness I was there. We can clearly hear the heartfelt words and reminisce watching the clean cut audience too entranced to dance. Thank you for this wonderful video.
the music and the men were so different back in the 40s .. today's generation dont have the same feelings and adulation for women as we had . different times different music that said we loved women .more than ourselves ...
robert galardi well said I’m in my late seventies now, it’s a whole different world in covid 2020 then back then
Robert Galardi: maybe we stopped caring for both them and us. Me, I’ve got a most special lady in my life, and we have listened (and danced) to a lot of Big Band jazz. One of our favorites is “Rhapsody in Blue” by Glenn Miller.
Even though I was born 9 years later, I feel that I was alive when this song was popular.
Preciously beautiful music. In Chicago, from 1966 until 1972, I listened to it being played on WGN's "Meisterbrau Showcase," MC'ed by the late Franklyn MacCormack. During the long nights as a graphical illustrator, I worked for a large consulting and engineering firm known as Barton-Aschman & Assoc., Inc. I think they allowed me as much overtime as I could tolerate. I often had more overtime, than regular hours. That big band music and Franklyn MacCormack made it very pleasant. In 08/01/1972, I moved to Panama City, Florida...
What a gorgeous version of this song. My mom walked down the aisle to this song so it kinda holds a sentimental place in my heart. The ending to this version is absolutely phenomenal with that trumpet! That is something that the 78 rpm version doesn’t have. Thanks for posting!
Such a normal atmosphere n soothing sounds..lol I still listen n love it all..
Just gorgeous. especially the trumpet interlude, that is Ray Anthony, isn't it? I wish we had more music like this today, but we CAN listen to the recordings and weep with joy!
The solo's dubbed by John Best.
I WISH THAT TIME COULD BE TURNED BACK
I am 92 years young l saw that film countless times as you say Barry l wish we could see those days again
@@sidneyburton305 Thanks for replying Sid. I'm 68 and I've always loved the golden oldies
That's when we had great music and great singers
This is so poignant for me.. Because my mum and dad loved THIS FILM@ SONG and DAD WAS A TRUMPET PLAYER WHO LOOKED JUST LIKE THE ONE IN THE GLENMILLER BAND.... AND MY MUM LOOK JUST LIKE THE GIRL WITH THE DARK HAIR IN THE CROWD GAZING AT HIM 💞.. WE LOST DAD 8 YEARS AGO AND MUM DIED ONLY IN OCTOBER 2020 SO THEY ARE TOGETHER 🎼AT🎵LAST🎶RIP PEACE MA@PA ♥️🙏🏼❤️
Just gorgeous! And a revelation on the origin of this song, which has become such an enduring one for so many! Wonder if I can find a youtube video of Orchestra Wives...
Search, and ye shall receive: ruclips.net/video/bNW3ItL5pBU/видео.html
10/10 I miss these days, songs and movies. Glad it was in my lifetime, so glad.
We’re still enjoying it, this tune is timeless. Keep putting it out there…I’ll pass it along.
First time hearing the first original
Hermosa cantante y guapos todos los caballeros, muy elegantes ! Me encanta !❤
I learned to love Glenn Miller through my dad. ❤
I am just nuts about the Miller recording of " At last ". Fabulous. Those saxes jost WOWl
Love Etta James version. However when the orchestra starts, I get chills…. My parents era, but just transcends years and periods and genres ❤
I especially like how the arrangement swells along with Pat's voice for "thrill" in the fifth measure of the bridge, exactly five-eighths of the way through the 32 bars, like they centered the song around the golden ratio point.
Could listen to this forever!❤️
As a child, my mom always said I was an old soul. I had no clue what she was talking about. She was on to something. I've always enjoyed Big Band music......just as much as Motown.
This era will never be the same again its ulp to us to remember it im 72 and i still ay iton my tablet im a 59s ans 60s chils but i love 40s az well
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STILL LOVE THIS........EVEN THOUGH I AM OLD NOW........WAS VERY YOUNG THEN .
I WISH I WERE AROUND IN THOSE DAYS THEY MUST HAVE BEEN. FANTASTIC
I'd like to be back in time and place. Lovely music and lyric.