Glen Miller - The Hits Collection 1935-44 - COMPACT DISCS [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 InchA String of PearlsInch, Inch(I've Got a Gal In) KalamazooInch, InchDon't Sit Under the Apple TreeInch, InchMoonlight CocktailInch, InchChattanooga Choo ChooInch, InchTuxedo JunctionInch, InchIn the MoodInch, InchBlueberry HillInch, InchFools Rush InInch 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. Album Tracks 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'