Major Glenn Miller joined the US Air Force as a musician to bolster morale among the troops On 15 December 1944, the hugely popular musician Major Glenn Miller boarded a small plane at an RAF base ...

Radio broadcasts and the drawing power at theaters ... But following the success of the 1954 movie "The Glenn Miller Story" ...

Glenn Miller did his part to support the armed forces, starting a radio program in 1941 that allowed different military installations to participate in song selections and contests. He paid for ...

During 1939, at the recommendation of "the dean of American popular music" Paul Whiteman, the Liggett and Meyers Tobacco Company and their advertising agency Newell-Emmett signed Glenn Miller to ...

As Glenn Miller’s musical career soared, he traded in his commercial success for a military uniform to entertain US troops during World War II. Then, on a foggy afternoon, December 15 ...

For one Saturday in March, you’re invited to step back in time to the era of Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller, when swing music ...

The radio production unit included a concert orchestra made up of exceptional jazz musicians and a string section of accomplished players from major symphony orchestras. The Glenn Miller Army Air ...