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Biography

Name: Glenn Miller
Variant Name: Alton Glenn Miller
Birth Date: March 1, 1904
Death Date: December 15, 1944
Place of Birth: Clarinda, Iowa, United States of America
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: trombone player, bandleader, music arranger

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Biography of Glenn Miller
1,446 words, approx. 5 pages
With his orchestra, bandleader Glenn Miller (1904-1944) synthesized all the elements of big band jazz and gave a generation of young people the perfect example of smooth, sophisticated dance music. Miller's popularity as a music maker began in 1939 and...


Quotations
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Glenn Miller Quotes
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Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 — presumably December 15, 1944), was an American jazz musician and bandleader in the swing era. Unsourced A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality. I haven’t [got] a great jazz...


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Miller, Glenn (1904-1944) Summary
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Bandleader, trombonist, composer, and arranger, Glenn Miller was one of America's most prominent pop-music icons of the big-band era of the 1930s and 1940s. In his brief eight-year professional career as a bandleader, Miller accomplished more...
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Glenn Miller Information
4,139 words, approx. 14 pages
Alton Glenn Miller (March 1 1904–presumably December 15 1944), was an American jazz musician and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best known "Big Bands". Miller's...


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
Glenn Miller began and ended in Boston
12/14/1997: 881 words, approx. 3 pages
Dick Sinnot is a former Associated Press reporter and Channel 7 commentator. He was press secretary to former Mayor John Collins in the 1960s. His name was Freddie Guerra and he was a saxophone player from Boston, a very fortunate saxophone player, for he...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Glenn Miller sound stays true
11/02/1997: 448 words, approx. 2 pages
It was 1939 when "The Little Brown Jug" became a million seller for Glenn Miller and his orchestra. It was the first of many for the bandleader, composer arranger and trombonist. But it was just Saturday evening when more than 1,000 fans took...
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The New York Observer
'A Vote of Conscience': CB5 Moves To Protect Hotel Pennsylvania
11/9/2007: 311 words, approx. 1 pages
You knew it was over when several panelists started singing the old familiar melody to Glenn Miller's "Pennsylvania 6-5000."A resolution to protect the historic Hotel Pennsylvania from demolition is on its way to the Landmarks Preservation Commission after local Community Board 5 voted 21...
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AP News
Sirius to Air Wis. Couple's Wedding Music
6/18/2006: 366 words, approx. 1 pages
John McHugh and Maggie Lee expect about 50 people at their wedding Friday. Their wedding reception could draw more than 4 million. The La Crosse couple decided to forgo hiring a band or DJ and let Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. provide the...
 


 

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