The Very Best, Volume 2

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

Tracklist

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1In the Mood
instrumental recording of:
In the Mood (on 1939-08-01)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3.753:35
2Little Brown Jug
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (arr. Finegan 1939)
writer:
Joseph Eastburn Winner (composer/publisher) (in 1868)
arranger:
John Wasson and Bill Finegan (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
32:50
3Tuxedo Junction
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-02-05)
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction (on 1940-02-08)
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
instrumental recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
3:28
4Chattanooga Choo Choo
recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon (in 1941)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), WC Music Corp., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), 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)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:25
5Blue 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)
33:36
6The Anvil Chorus
recording of:
Anvil Chorus (arr. Gray for big band)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
arrangement of:
Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari) (“Anvil Chorus”)
4:56
7The Woodpecker Song
recording of:
The Woodpecker Song (Reginella campagnola)
lyricist:
Bruno Cherubini (brother of Bixio Cherubini) and Eldo di Lazzaro (singer, composer)
composer:
Eldo di Lazzaro (singer, composer)
translated version of:
Reginella campagnola
2:33
8Sun Valley Jump
recording of:
Sun Valley Jump
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
2:59
9I 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)
3:41
10I Know Why (And So Do You)
recording of:
I Know Why
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
2:59
11Moonlight Serenade
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States
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)
3:23
12My 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)
3:13
13Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1942-02-18)
additional vocals:
The Modernaires (1940s vocal group)
vocals:
Tex Beneke and Marion Hutton
recording of:
Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Sam H. Stept and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
publisher:
Ched Music Corp., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), J. Tobias Music, Jer Nor, Mark Steve, Robbins Music Corp., Robert Lane Music, フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and 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)
3:12
14Song of the Volga Boatmen
recording of:
Song of the Volga Boatmen (Bill Finegan arrangement for the Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1941)
arranger:
Bill Finegan
version of:
Эй, ухнем! (Song of the Volga Boatmen)
3:25
15I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
recording of:
(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:16
16A String of Pearls
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1941-11-03)
recording of:
A String of Pearls (on 1941-11-03)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Scarsdale Music (ASCAP)
3:13
17Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
2:34
18In a Sentimental Mood
recording of:
In a Sentimental Mood
lyricist:
Manny Kurtz and Irving Mills
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1935)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd., Lafleur Music Ltd., Mills Music and Sony/ATV Harmony
3:20
19American Patrol
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1942-04-02)
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version) (in 1941)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
3:19
20Pennyslvania 6-5000
recording of:
Pennsylvania 6‒5000 (PEnnsylvania 6‒5000)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
written at:
Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, New York, United States (in 1940)
3:14