http://www.historynet.com/glenn-miller-2.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.historynet.com/glenn-miller-2.htm/comment-page-1#comment-135295 Rich Pulin Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:55:21 +0000 #comment-135295 Glenn Miller's music and recordings served as the foundation for my musical career, now in its 6th decade! Its impossible to estimate how many times I listened to various well known Miller standards, certainly hundreds possibly thousands.....Even though Glen didn't write or arrange "A String Of Pearls", I would have to pick that one as my favorite, almost certainly, for Bobby Hackett's amazing cornet solo and Jerry Gray's fabulous arrangement! I also seriously dug the "Anvil Chorus", which originally was a 2 78 rpm effort by the band.....side 1 ended with a drum solo! Glenn Miller’s music and recordings served as the foundation for my musical career, now in its 6th decade!
Its impossible to estimate how many times I listened to various
well known Miller standards, certainly hundreds possibly thousands…..Even though Glen didn’t write or arrange “A String Of Pearls”, I would have to pick that one as my favorite, almost certainly, for Bobby Hackett’s amazing cornet solo and Jerry Gray’s fabulous arrangement!
I also seriously dug the “Anvil Chorus”, which originally was a 2 78 rpm effort by the band…..side 1 ended with a drum solo!

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