The Glenn Miller Story, Volumes 1 to 4: December 1926‐June 1939

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

Tracklist

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1▼CD: Volume 1 – Miller as Sideman
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1When I First Met Mary
recording of:
When I First Met Mary
lyricist:
George A. Little (1920s songwriter)
composer:
Larry Shay and Joe Verges
Ben Pollack and His Californians3:20
2'Deed I Do
Ben Pollack and His Californians3:24
3A Jazz Holiday
Benny Goodman and His Boys2:46
4Wolverine Blues
Benny Goodman and His Boys2:57
5Singapore Sorrows
recording of:
Singapore Sorrows
writer:
Ray Doll and John Schenck Le Soir
Ben Pollack and His Californians2:56
6Sweet Sue - Just You
Ben Pollack and His Californians3:43
7Get Out and Get Under the Moon
recording of:
Get Out and Get Under the Moon
lyricist:
William Jerome and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
composer:
Larry Shay
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Sam Lanin and His Orchestra3:02
8Sunday Afternoon
Mendello & His Five Gee-Gee's2:50
9The Wang Wang Blues
Glenn Miller3:05
10Some Sweet Day
Dick Robertson & His Orchestra3:09
11Hello Lola
Mound City Blue Blowers3:21
12One Hour
Mound City Blue Blowers3:31
13Oh, Lady Be Good!
Louisiana Rhythm Kings3:26
14The Meanest Kind of Blues
Louisiana Rhythm Kings2:27
15My Man From Caroline
Joe Venuti & His Orchestra3:12
16I Like a Little Girl Like That
Joe Venuti & His Orchestra3:28
17Bug-A-Boo
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies3:13
18What Good Am I Without You?
Red Nichols & His Five Pennies2:56
19Basin Street Blues
recording of:
Basin Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
The Charleston Chasers3:17
20Whave We Got to Do Tonight (But dance)?
recording of:
What Have We Got to Do Tonight (but Dance)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Ted Fio Rito
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:11
21Why Did It Have to Be Me?
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:25
22Annie's Cousin Fanny?
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:10
23Plantation Moods
Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra3:33
24Troubled
Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra2:46
25When Icky Morgan Plays the Organ
Clark Randall & His Orchestra2:53
2▼CD: Volume 2 – Miller as Sideman & His Early Orchestra
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Drifting Tide
Clark Randall & His Orchestra3:01
2'way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Ray Noble and His Orchestra2:49
3St. Louis Blues
Ray Noble and His Orchestra3:35
4How Could You?
Miff Mole & His Little Molers2:53
5In a Little Spanish Town
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:29
6Solo Hop
recording of:
Solo Hop
composer:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:47
7Peg O' My Heart
recording of:
Peg o’ My Heart
lyricist:
Alfred Bryan (US songwriter) (on 1913-03-15)
composer:
Fred Fisher (on 1913-03-15)
part of:
The Girl’s Suite
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:31
8Wistful and Blue
recording of:
Wistful and Blue
writer:
Julian Davidson and Ruth Etting
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:39
9How Am I to Know?
recording of:
How Am I to Know?
lyricist:
Dorothy Parker
composer:
Jackie King
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:38
10Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere
recording of:
Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere
writer:
Max Kortlander and Louis Weslyn
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:31
11Moonlight Bay
recording of:
Moonlight Bay (1912 song)
lyricist:
Edward Madden
composer:
Percy Wenrich (American composer)
publisher:
Domaine public (refers to works that are in the public domain) and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:33
12I'm Sitting on Top of the World
recording of:
I’m Sitting on Top of the World (First line: “Don’t want any millions, I’m getting my share…”)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Ray Henderson
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Leo Feist, Inc.
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:28
13I 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)
part of:
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)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:04
14Sleepy Time Gal
recording of:
Sleepy Time Gal
lyricist:
Joseph R. Alden and Raymond B. Egan
composer:
Ange Lorenzo and Richard A. Whiting
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:37
15Community Swing
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:48
16Time 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)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:42
17My Fine Feathered Friend
recording of:
My Fine Feathered Friend
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:56
18Humoresque
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:40
19Doin' the Jive
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:01
20Silhouetted in the Moonlight
recording of:
Silhouetted in the Moonlight
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Richard Whiting
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:52
21Every Day's a Holiday
vocals:
Kathleen Lane
recording of:
Every Day’s a Holiday
writer:
Sam Coslow and Barry Trivers
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:44
22Sweet Stranger
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:28
23Don'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)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:57
24Why'd Ya Make Me Fall in Love?
recording of:
Why’d ya Make Me Fall in Love
writer:
Walter Donaldson
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:24
25Sold American
recording of:
Sold American (Lucky Strike ad jingle, c. 1939)
composer:
Chummy MacGregor and Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:54
26Dippermouth Blues
recording of:
Dippermouth Blues
composer:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:33
27On the Sentimental Side
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:20
28My Best Wishes
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:38
3▼CD: Volume 3 – First Recordings for RCA & Live Sessions
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1My Reverie
recording of:
My Reverie (english lyrics)
lyricist:
Larry Clinton (in 1938)
writer:
André Baruch
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (in 1890)
is based on:
Rêverie, L. 68, CD 76 (for piano)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:08
2By the Waters of Minnetonka
recording of:
By the Waters of Minnetonka
lyricist:
James Mulloy Cavanass
composer:
Thurlow Lieurance
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra6:32
3King Porter Stomp
cover recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra43:30
4I Never Knew
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:08
5This Can't Be Love
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:31
6What Have You Got That Gets Me?
recording of:
What Have You Got That Gets Me?
writer:
Ralph Rainger (in 1938) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1938)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:57
7Change Partners
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:28
8Gotta Get Some Shut-Eye
recording of:
(Gotta Get Some) Shut‐Eye
writer:
Walter Donaldson and Johnny Mercer
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:42
9How I'd Like to Be With You in Bermuda
recording of:
How I’d Like to Be With You in Bermuda
writer:
Clay Boland and Bickley Reichner
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:39
10Cuckoo in the Clock
recording of:
Cuckoo in the Clock
writer:
Walter Donaldson and Johnny Mercer
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:15
11Romance Runs in the Family
recording of:
Romance Runs in the Family
lyricist:
Manny Kurtz
composer:
Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:05
12Oh, Baby
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra4:13
13Don't Worry 'Bout Me
recording of:
Don’t Worry ’Bout Me
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1939)
writer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) and Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) (in 1939)
publisher:
Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:52
14Deep Purple
recording of:
Deep Purple
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1938)
composer:
Peter de Rose
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:56
15My Blue Heaven
recording of:
My Blue Heaven
lyricist:
George A. Whiting (popular songwriter) (in 1924)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1924)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
composed at:
New York Friars Club in New York, New York, United States (in 1924)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra4:23
16Sticks and Stones
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:38
17Get Out of Town
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:37
18The Chestnut Tree
recording of:
The Chestnut Tree
lyricist:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter) and Hamilton Kennedy (songwriter)
composer:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:21
19And the Angels Sing
cover recording of:
And the Angels Sing
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Ziggy Elman
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., WC Music Corp., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra2:52
20Moonlight Serenade
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-04)
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version) (on 1939-04-04)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3.53:24
21The Lady's in Love With You
recording of:
The Lady’s in Love With You
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Burton Lane
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:03
22Blue Skies
recording of:
Blue Skies
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1926)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:49
23The Masquerade Is Over
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:32
4▶CD: Volume 4 – More Live Sessions & RCA Recordings