Miller,Glen Hits Collection 1935-44 CD

The music of Glenn Miller's orchestra was central to the style and atmosphere of the Swing Era and is inextricably associated with the Allied victory in WWII, his hits keeping people's spirits up on both sides of the Atlantic, with Miller himself becoming part of the war effort until his mysterious disappearance in 1944. Such was his popularity that in the period of less than a decade from his launching his orchestra in the mid-30s through to his demise, he had over 120 hits, both with his instrumental classics and with the new songs of the time. This great value124-track 5-CD set comprises just about all of recordings on the Columbia, Brunswick, Bluebird, Victor and RCA-Victor labels which are listed as hits in standard industry sources, many from the era after the launch of the Billboard record sales charts in 1940. It features an extraordinary tally of 21 No. 1s, including "A String of Pearls", "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo", "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree", "Moonlight Cocktail", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "Tuxedo Junction", "In the Mood", "Blueberry Hill", "Fools Rush In" and many more. The featured vocalists include Ray Eberle, Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke, Kathleen Lane, Jack Lathrop, Dorothy Claire, Paula Kelly, Skip Nelson and The Modernaires. It's a substantial and entertaining showcase for one of the most important orchestras of the times, and an enormously evocative journey through the popular music landscape of a remarkable era in modern history.

1. Solo Hop 2. Every Day's a Holiday 3. My Reverie 4. Moonlight Serenade 5. Sunrise Serenade 6. Wishing (Will Make It So) 7. My Last Good-Bye 8. The Lady's in Love with You 9. Runnin' Wild 10. Stairway to the Stars 11. Little Brown Jug 12. Back to Back 13. Cinderella (Stay in My Arms) 14. Moon Love 15. Ain'tcha Comin' Out Tonight? 16. The Little Man Who Wasn't There 17. The Man with the Mandolin 18. Ding-Dong! the Witch Is Dead 19. Over the Rainbow 20. Blue Orchids 21. My Isle of Golden Dreams 22. My Prayer 23. In the Mood 24. (Why Couldn't It Last) Last Night 25. Melancholy Lullaby 26. Speaking of Heaven 27. Bluebirds in the Moonlight 28. Faithful Forever 29. Indian Summer 30. Careless 31. Vagabond Dreams 32. This Changing World 33. It's a Blue World 34. In An Old Dutch Garden (By An Old Dutch Mill) 35. Starlit Hour 36. Ooh! What You Said 37. The Gaucho Serenade 38. When You Wish Upon a Star 39. The Sky Fell Down 40. The Woodpecker Song 41. Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) 42. Tuxedo Junction 43. Imagination 44. Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy) 45. Say It 46. Sierra Sue 47. Star Dust 48. I'll Never Smile Again 49. Hear My Song, Violetta 50. Shake Down the Stars 51. Boog It 52. Alice Blue Gown 53. Devil May Care 54. I'm Stepping Out with a Memory Tonight 55. Fools Rush in (Where Angels Fear to Tread) 56. Slow Freight 57. The Nearness of You 58. Pennsylvania 6-5000 59. A Million Dreams Ago 60. Blueberry Hill 61. When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano 62. Crosstown 63. Our Love Affair 64. The Call of the Canyon 65. I Wouldn't Take a Million 66. Beat Me, Daddy (Eight to the Bar) 67. Falling Leaves 68. A Handful of Stars 69. Yesterthoughts 70. Five O'Clock Whistle 71. I'd Know You Anywhere 72. You've Got Me This Way 73. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 74. Along the Santa Fe Trail 75. Yes, My Darling Daughter 76. Anvil Chorus (Part 1) 77. Frenesi 78. Song of the Volga Boatmen 79. I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem 80. When That Man Is Dead and Gone 81. Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) 82. Perfidia (Tonight) 83. Boulder Bluff 84. The Booglie Wooglie Piggy 85. I Guess I'll Have to Dream the Rest 86. You and I 87. Adios 88. Chattanooga Choo Choo 89. I Know Why 90. The Cowboy Serenade 91. It Happened in Sun Valley 92. Delilah 93. Elmer's Tune 94. I'm Thrilled 95. This Time the Dream's on Me 96. Orange Blossom Lane 97. Jingle Bells 98. Humpty Dumpty Heart 99. Everything I Love 100. This Is No Laughing Matter 101. A String of Pearls 102. (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) the White Cliffs of Dover 103. We're the Couple in the Castle 104. Moonlight Cocktail 105. Always in My Heart 106. Skylark 107. The Story of a Starry Night 108. Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) 109. Sweet Eloise 110. Knit One, Purl Two 111. (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo 112. Serenade in Blue 113. American Patrol 114. Yesterday's Gardenias 115. At Last 116. Dearly Beloved 117. Juke Box Saturday Night 118. Moonlight Becomes You 119. Moonlight Mood 120. That Old Black Magic 121. Rhapsody in Blue 122. Blue Rain 123. It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That) 124. Here We Go Again