The Best of Glenn Miller

~ Release by Glenn Miller (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1In the Mood
recording of:
In the Mood (on 1939-08-01)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:36
2Moonlight Serenade
orchestra:
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca (in 2009)
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version) (on 1939-04-04)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
3:24
3Little Brown Jug
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (arr. Finegan 1939) (in 1939)
writer:
Joseph Eastburn Winner (in 1868)
arranger:
John Wasson and Bill Finegan (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
2:52
4Make Believe Ballroom Time
vocals:
The Modernaires (on 1940-10-11)
recording of:
Make Believe Ballroom Time (on 1940-10-11)
composer:
Harold Green (in 1940) and Mickey Stoner (in 1940)
2:55
5Stardust
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-01-29)
instrumental cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1940-01-29)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
3:24
6Pennsylvania 6-5000
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-04-28)
recording of:
Pennsylvania 6‒5000 (PEnnsylvania 6‒5000) (on 1940-04-28)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Jerry Gray
written at:
Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, New York, United States (in 1940)
3:16
7Johnson Rag
recording of:
Johnson Rag
composer:
Guy Hall, Henry Kleinkauf and Jack Lawrence
publisher:
Robbins Music
2:49
8When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano
vocals:
Ray Eberle (in 1940)
recording of:
When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano (in 1940)
lyricist:
Leon René
composer:
Leon René (in 1940)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons
2:41
9Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction (in 1940)
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson
composer:
Bill Johnson, Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
4:10
10The Little Man Who Wasn't There
vocals:
Tex Beneke (in 1939) and Glenn Miller (in 1939)
recording of:
The Little Man Who Wasn't There (in 1939)
additional lyricist:
William Hughes Mearns
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Bernie Hanighen
3:06
11A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
vocals:
Ray Eberle (in 1940)
recording of:
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (in 1940)
lyricist:
Eric Maschwitz
composer:
Manning Sherwin (in 1939)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:40
12Anvil Chorus
recording of:
Anvil Chorus (arr. Gray for big band) (in 1940)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
arranger:
Jerry Gray
arrangement of:
Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari) (“Anvil Chorus”)
4:57