Chattanooga Choo Choo: The Life and Times of the World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra: The Life & Times of the World-Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra

Name: Chattanooga Choo Choo: The Life and Times of the World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra: The Life & Times of the World-Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra
Brand: Celebrity Profiles Publishing
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By Richard Grudens

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A must read for countless Glenn Miller Orchestra fans who still cherish his music. Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Glenn Miller's life and the 60th anniversary of his disappearance over the English Channel in late 1944, we present the tribute book Glenn Miller fans all over the world have been waiting for, a compendium of authentic stories, interviews, over 150 photos and features illustrating the life and times of the most popular musical organization in American show business history, spread out under a shower of stars tracing the career of legendary bandleader, arranger and slide trombonist, Alton Glenn Miller, and placing to rest, once and for all, the truth about his mysterious loss during World War II. For the past five years, music biographer Richard Grudens, author of "The Spirit of Bob Hope," "Bing Crosby - Crooner of the Century," and "Jerry Vale - A Singer's Life," combed through countless files, books and newsletters, past chronicles, films, vintage record liners, radio program interviews, radio shows, photo files, and "V" discs, as well as his own personal interviews with Tex Beneke, Patty Andrews, Ray Anthony, Larry O'Brien, Kathryn Crosby, Artie Shaw, Beryl Davis, Willard Alexander, Buddy Morrow, Wynne Miller, George Simon, Johnny Mince, Zeke Zarchy, Billy May, Bobby Hackett, Connie Haines, Kay Starr, Harry James, Roy Belcher, Jack Ellsworth, Ben Grisafi, Chris Valenti, Al Monroe, Nick Hilscher, and includes Swiss disc jockey Max Wirz's interviews with bandleaders around the world: including Wil Salden, Ray McVay and John Miller, to bring forward true accounts of the world's most famous orchestra and its prolific leader, Glenn Miller. As Kathryn Crosby suggests in her loving and gracious foreword: "Treasure Richard Grudens' biographical book. You will refer to it repeatedly to refresh your recollections of a wonderful man who served his nation heroically in very trying times."

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Binding:: Paperback
Languages:: Published: English , Original: English
Number of Pages:: 281
Publisher:: Celebrity Profiles Publishing
Publication Date:: 2004-03-01
Weight:: 476 g

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