Major Glenn Miller & the Army Air Force Band, 1943-44

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Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1St. Louis Blues March
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1943-10-29)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
4:32
2Peggy, the Pin-Up Girl
3:41
3Speak Low
3:57
4Tail-End Charlie
3:14
5Anvil Chorus
recording of:
Anvil Chorus (arr. Gray for big band) (on 1944-03-18)
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”)
3:55
6Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
cover recording of:
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (Oklahoma!) (on 1943-12-18)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatrical Europe Ltd., Williamson Music Company, Williamson Music Ltd. and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
4:17
7There Are Yanks
3:22
8Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Loves Nobody but Me)
cover recording of:
Everybody Loves My Baby (in 1943)
composer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
Pickwick Music Corp. and Salabert
2:55
9Enlisted Men's Mess
2:27
10I'll Be Around
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Around (on 1943-12-25)
lyricist and composer:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc., Primary Wave 3 Songs (BMI) and TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc.
3:31
11There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin
recording of:
There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (on 1944-04-22)
writer:
Joe Bushkin and John DeVries
2:39
12People Will Say We're in Love
cover recording of:
People Will Say We’re in Love (in 1943-12)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatrical Europe Ltd., Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
3:16
13Pearls on Velvet
4:34
14Poinciana
cover recording of:
Poinciana (Song of the Tree) (on 1944-04-08)
lyricist:
Buddy Bernier (in 1936)
composer:
Nat Simon (in 1936)
5:07
15It Must Be Jelly
recording of:
It Must Be Jelly (on 1943-10-14)
composer:
Chummy MacGregor
arranger:
George Williams (musician and arranger from the big band era)
2:59
16Jeep Jockey Jump
recording of:
Jeep Jockey Jump (on 1944-02-12)
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
3:03
17Vict'ry Polka
recording of:
Vict’ry Polka
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
2:42

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liner notes:Chris Albertson