Best of Big Bands: Glenn Miller, Evolution of a Band

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

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1A Blues Serenade
recording of:
A Blues Serenade (Henry King's Theme Song)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Frank Signorelli
2:52
2Moonlight of the Ganges
recording of:
Moonlight on the Ganges
lyricist:
Huntley Trevor and Chester Wallace
composer:
Sherman Myers
publisher:
Campbell Connelly Inc. (ASCAP affiliated)
2:45
3I Got Rhythm
recording of:
I Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
3:03
4Sleepy Time Gal
recording of:
Sleepy Time Gal
lyricist:
Joseph R. Alden and Raymond B. Egan
composer:
Ange Lorenzo and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
2:40
5Community Swing
2:48
6Time on My Hands
recording of:
Time on My Hands
lyricist:
Harold Adamson (in 1930) and Mack Gordon (in 1930)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1930)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Harold Adamson Music (in 1930, in 1956, in 1986), Miller Music Corp. (in 1930, in 1956) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (in 1930, in 1956)
2:43
7My Fine Feathered Friend
recording of:
My Fine Feathered Friend
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
2:58
8Humoresque
2:40
9Doin' the Jive
3:02
10Silhoutted in the Moonlight
recording of:
Silhouetted in the Moonlight
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Richard Whiting (composer)
2:52
11Every Day's a Holiday
recording of:
Every Day’s a Holiday
writer:
Sam Coslow and Barry Trivers
2:46
12Sweet Stranger
2:30
13Don't Wake Up My Heart
recording of:
Don’t Wake Up My Heart
writer:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (until 1938), George W. Meyer (Tin Pan Alley songwriter) (until 1938) and Pete Wendling (American composer) (until 1938)
2:57
14Why'd Ya Make Me Fall in Love
recording of:
Why’d ya Make Me Fall in Love
writer:
Walter Donaldson
2:19
15Sold American
recording of:
Sold American (Lucky Strike ad jingle, c. 1939)
composer:
Chummy MacGregor and Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
2:57
16Dippermouth Blues
recording of:
Dippermouth Blues
composer:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
2:27

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ASIN:US: B00000286H [info]