Moonlight Serenade: The Best Of Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (Past Perfect)

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    1. 00:00:00 Glenn Miller Moonlight Serenade
    2. 00:03:23 Glenn Miller Johnson Rag
    3. 00:03:53 Glenn Miller Blue Orchids
    4. 00:06:52 Glenn Miller American Patrol (Quickstep/Jive) (Quickstep/Jive)
    5. 00:10:11 Glenn Miller Moonlight Cocktail
    6. 00:13:33 Glenn Miller Little Brown Jug
    7. 00:16:26 Glenn Miller Frenesi
    8. 00:19:58 Glenn Miller Elmer's Tune
    9. 00:23:11 Glenn Miller Slip Horn Jive
    10. 00:26:27 Glenn Miller Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
    11. 00:29:44 Glenn Miller A String of Pearls (Foxtrot) (Foxtrot)
    12. 00:33:02 Glenn Miller Chattanooga Choo Choo
    13. 00:36:31 Glenn Miller Take The 'A' Train
    14. 00:40:00 Glenn Miller Perfidia
    15. 00:43:20 Glenn Miller Tuxedo Junction
    16. 00:46:54 Glenn Miller A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
    17. 00:50:36 Glenn Miller Boulder Buff
    18. 00:54:07 Glenn Miller The Story Of A Starry Night
    19. 00:57:39 Glenn Miller At Last
    20. 01:00:51 Glenn Miller Serenade In Blue
    21. 01:04:20 Glenn Miller Kalamazoo (I've Got A Gal In)
    22. 01:07:37 Glenn Miller In The Mood
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    There can only be a handful of people in the Western world who haven’t heard of Glenn Miller and his music. His orchestra existed for only five years yet it made an indelible mark on the history of popular music, changing and modernising dance music styles almost overnight.
    Along with his contemporaries, Benny Goodman, the Dorsey Brothers, Artie Shaw and others, he was a driving force and combined swing with out and out dance music which kept the publics attention, not only in those five short years which saw the outbreak of World War II, but ever since.
    Glenn Miller collectors will always point out that the ten or so bestsellers, most of them instrumentals, are just scratching the surface of Millers output of over 300 sides for RCA in the States, and this collection covers not only the most well known and perhaps best loved titles that Glenn made his own, but also a goodly selection of the rest.
    Miller’s famous theme, Moonlight Serenade, performs its usual task of getting things under way. No surprise that this record is one of the five most requested discs on record programmes in this country and surely the most imitated record by other bands down the years. Recorded in April 1939 and just six days before that other favourite, Little Brown Jug, Millers theme puts us all in the mood for what follows.
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  • @PastPerfectVintageMusic
    @PastPerfectVintageMusic  Před 6 lety +388

    Track List: Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade
    ♫ Buy CD or Download Now from Past Perfect: bit.ly/31sxBcV ♫
    1. 00:00:00 Glenn Miller Moonlight Serenade
    2. 00:03:23 Glenn Miller Johnson Rag
    3. 00:03:53 Glenn Miller Blue Orchids
    4. 00:06:52 Glenn Miller American Patrol (Quickstep/Jive) (Quickstep/Jive)
    5. 00:10:11 Glenn Miller Moonlight Cocktail
    6. 00:13:33 Glenn Miller Little Brown Jug
    7. 00:16:26 Glenn Miller Frenesi
    8. 00:19:58 Glenn Miller Elmer's Tune
    9. 00:23:11 Glenn Miller Slip Horn Jive
    10. 00:26:27 Glenn Miller Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
    11. 00:29:44 Glenn Miller A String of Pearls (Foxtrot) (Foxtrot)
    12. 00:33:02 Glenn Miller Chattanooga Choo Choo
    13. 00:36:31 Glenn Miller Take The 'A' Train
    14. 00:40:00 Glenn Miller Perfidia
    15. 00:43:20 Glenn Miller Tuxedo Junction
    16. 00:46:54 Glenn Miller A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
    17. 00:50:36 Glenn Miller Boulder Buff
    18. 00:54:07 Glenn Miller The Story Of A Starry Night
    19. 00:57:39 Glenn Miller At Last
    20. 01:00:51 Glenn Miller Serenade In Blue
    21. 01:04:20 Glenn Miller Kalamazoo (I've Got A Gal In)
    22. 01:07:37 Glenn Miller In The Mood
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  • @RogerCharlesCourtney
    @RogerCharlesCourtney Před 8 měsíci +210

    At 85 years old, I can recall during the war when this was played on the radio. That was truly the big band era. Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Louis Armstrong, all those great musicians were on the radio every day. This was all that was played. That was a time when everyone loved America and was buying war bonds and using ration stamps. We all supported the war effort. We had paper drives at school. All the kids collected and saved news papers for the drive. Our family did not have a car, so my parents traded their gasoline ration stamps for food and meat ration stamps. This was in southern California, we had black outs and the planes patrolling the coast would pass over our house. We kids were scared out of our minds. Mr. Perkins our neighborhood Air Raid Warden would come out into the street and yell "blackout", as he cranked his hand crank siren. Everyone turned their lights out as the street lights went out. It was total darkness. We kids hid under the table as the planes flew over. This music played through all of that. We were in the dark but the radio stayed on for news reports. No TV. We lived through it, and when the war was over, Joe Louis was on the radio performing his boxing matches. And the music played on.

    • @freedomaintfree1030
      @freedomaintfree1030 Před 6 měsíci +22

      Your memories are what we hear in this music. Thanks for your thoughts and thank you for posting.

    • @His-clarity
      @His-clarity Před 5 měsíci +16

      That’s amazing! You described it so well that I felt like I could see it.
      Thank you for sharing this valuable piece of history with us

    • @donbowman5810
      @donbowman5810 Před 5 měsíci +15

      I was born in 1938, so my boyhood included World War II. I grew up near Topeka, Kansas, so no blackouts. However, I do remember the ration stamps, drives to sell war bonds, and one of my sisters twelve years older than me enlisting and serving in the WAVES. I think that she served for three years after her basic training. She was stationed in San Francisco as a Storekeeper 1st. Class. At that location the WAVES were responsible for ordering, storing, and shipping supplies for the war effort in the South Pacific. I had two other sisters still at home during the war and I remember them listening to this kind of music on the radio. Of course I was also listening even though I was only three to six years old.

    • @kentrader2489
      @kentrader2489 Před 5 měsíci +10

      @@donbowman5810it’s amazing you’ve stayed alive this long. I hope to live as much as you. Thanks for your story

    • @ifallthehippies
      @ifallthehippies Před 5 měsíci +15

      What's sad is we live in a time where kids are now taught to hate America. Don't get me wrong, I'm not blind to the things that need changed... however we have the best thing going in this world. It's called FREEDOM!!! This music takes me back to a time where bands were the standard!! Horns, percussion, and band leaders!!!! I'm 57 and I wish I could have seen Glen Miller in his prime.

  • @Super-Shafs
    @Super-Shafs Před 3 lety +91

    Age doesn't play a factor in your music tastes. I'm 16, and this is still better than modern music

    • @Super-Shafs
      @Super-Shafs Před 3 lety +5

      @@wastelandpot0032 - Yeah. The music of the far past never ceases to amaze me and many more, and I'm sure it'll be a true blessing to search for old music

    • @upiksiswatimuara8023
      @upiksiswatimuara8023 Před 3 lety +6

      I'm 13 year old and I love this music

    • @meeeeeeeeeeee
      @meeeeeeeeeeee Před 10 dny

      It's cool how high school bands still play music of this era. When I was in high school in 2014, kids were listening to things like "Summertime" by George Gershwin, aside from the 2010s music.

  • @conniecoggins3420
    @conniecoggins3420 Před 2 lety +38

    My ,My ,My, how Lovely my precious darling husband and I danced to this beautiful music on our first anniversary and we couldn't keep our eyes off of each other , the whole of the night was all for us, we were in heaven , and our love just kept growing as time past those precious moments away, and to this day he was my greatest love and greatest friend🥰💗

  • @matthewsnyder309
    @matthewsnyder309 Před 3 lety +40

    My mother loved listening to Glenn Miller. I hope she gets to listen to him in heaven.

    • @wtw1427
      @wtw1427 Před 3 lety +6

      Maybe shes met him

    • @hectorrivera5867
      @hectorrivera5867 Před 2 lety +4

      Mat,God bless your mom she hanging with the Big Band and with my mom's.

    • @victoriabraham3692
      @victoriabraham3692 Před 3 měsíci +1

      she does

    • @GrannyEarth
      @GrannyEarth Před měsícem

      There must be Big Band in heaven! Glenn Miller might have greeted her❤️

  • @cristhianbonilla8082
    @cristhianbonilla8082 Před 2 lety +630

    Strange as it may seem, this music make me nostalgic for an era I didn't even live in.

  • @karensibal3314
    @karensibal3314 Před 4 měsíci +37

    Today is my dad's 88th birthday, he passed away a few months ago. Glenn Miller always put him in a great mood. I had to find this channel today to remember my dad and connect with him spiritually, it was meant to be. Thank you for soothing my grief and tears, and for bringing back my great childhood memories.

    • @PastPerfectVintageMusic
      @PastPerfectVintageMusic  Před 4 měsíci +3

      Condolences regarding the loss of your dad, hard to comprehend I know. Glad to know that this wonderful music has somehow helped. It can be so incredibly powerful; so very special. All the best x

    • @paulfrankovich96853
      @paulfrankovich96853 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Condolences to you and yours, Karen. My Dad would have been 94 on Jan. 17th. 2024, so I can relate to the feelings you are experiencing. Their generation experienced one of the greatest eras in music and it's orchestration along with the composition, singing, and dancing that accompanied it.

    • @dallisb1047
      @dallisb1047 Před 2 měsíci

      Pop passed 4 years ago this Wednesday on 3/13/30. On a Friday. Mom 2 years ago in April. I was raised on this music. At 56 I listen to this on a shuffle playlist. Along with Ray Anthony, Dean Martin, Ella, Nat, Jackie Gleason and on and on. My Parents made this the Music of Our Lives. Took them to see the Glenn Miller Orchestra of few times in Indy. They are here with me now as I listen to this wonderful music. Music soothes the soul. Mom and Pop are Dream Dancing in Heaven.

  • @robertcombs55
    @robertcombs55 Před 7 měsíci +36

    My Mom and Dad are dancing in Heaven to this wonderful Music....

  • @patriciaroybal8946
    @patriciaroybal8946 Před měsícem +9

    I am 89 years old dancing and romancing alone in my kitchen remembering my husband

  • @MsWausau
    @MsWausau Před 2 lety +5

    Maybe there wouldn't be so much discontentment in the world if we went back to having dance halls and Saturday nights when having a decent time was lovely and wondrous.

  • @GrannyEarth
    @GrannyEarth Před 4 měsíci +18

    I’m 63 & as a young teen I spent glorious summers in a small midwestern town at my Grandparents house. Days were filled with Big Band music that played on Grandpas HiFi in the basement. The floor vents were speakers! The evenings on the back porch listening to stories of The Great Depression & The War & on. Every time I listen to 40’s now i wish i could go back for just a summer & relive it again.

  • @amandanewton8757
    @amandanewton8757 Před 3 lety +1453

    I'm loving Glenn Miller in 2020 who is listening with me?

    • @jonnyjonny3899
      @jonnyjonny3899 Před 3 lety +8

      Yep

    • @jodigreene5432
      @jodigreene5432 Před 3 lety +10

      Lov,love love ! He allows me to dream!

    • @lornacairns8475
      @lornacairns8475 Před 3 lety +30

      Me. I'm 70 and this song has always been my favourite of the songs my parents used to play on their 78's. They loved to dance, met at a dance and their war memories were interspersed with tales of attending dances in Toronto with some of the biggest of the Bg Bands.

    • @cindyscioli9712
      @cindyscioli9712 Před 3 lety +7

      Yes love it!

    • @paulacooper7702
      @paulacooper7702 Před 3 lety +4

      Me! Wish I could have been there!

  • @gregoryupton9527
    @gregoryupton9527 Před 3 lety +11

    From a time when Men were Gentlemen and Women were Ladies. Dont Know what we have become but if we have evolved from then i wish we wouls start to regress

  • @johnlewington37
    @johnlewington37 Před 3 lety +290

    As a 72 year old Brit who lives in East Anglia, England where the Mighty 8th USAAF was based in WW2. I say thank you to all who served and thank you for the music of your era. With every glass of English ale I toast the memory of those who died to give me my freedom. Thanks guys!

    • @pz3j
      @pz3j Před 2 lety +6

      Gratitude is always wonderful.

    • @cindykane8844
      @cindykane8844 Před 2 lety +8

      John, I am very familiar with the Mighty 8th Air Corps, 466th Bombardment Group based in Attlebridge, England...a long time ago. Glenn Miller's music brings back a lot of memories.

    • @tracedog27
      @tracedog27 Před 2 lety +9

      Thank you for the thoughts. And a toast of that fine ale back to you on that count, both to those who died and those who came back, no matter which flag they served. They built the modern world. It is often said that "we owe them a debt that can never be repaid". I agree completely. My father was in the 467th bomb group based at RAF Rackheath, not far out of Norwich. He was the flight engineer/top turret gunner on a B24. He didn't talk much about his service while I was growing up and me, being young and stupid, unfortunately didn't ask much either. But one story that he always loved to tell was of the times he would be on leave and, going into the local pubs, he was never able to buy himself a drink. The Brits at the bar would never allow it! Lol. Rather, they would insist, in no uncertain terms, on paying for his drink. Its funny how music brings all this back into focus.

    • @dinahjackson8146
      @dinahjackson8146 Před rokem +6

      AAAMEN ! From an English lady living in America... Brought here after war... Mom and dad both served and they met at the base outside London... The name slips me right now... Oh, well, they say OLD AGE DOES THAT ! 😢😊😞😍

    • @stevegoldman8716
      @stevegoldman8716 Před rokem +11

      Hear Hear Hear John! I am an 83 year old Jewish Yank (born in '39 before the War) and every time I see a very old guy with a WWII Vet cap, I stop, salute and say "Thank you for saving my Jewish ass." But they saved us all. And let's not forget about those Spits, Hurricanes, Sterlings and Lancasters! Cheers, Young Mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And may I thank you for all my aviator relatives in it, now all gone of course.

  • @stephenleo5606
    @stephenleo5606 Před 5 lety +1861

    I remember listening to "Elmer's Tune" back in 1944 while waiting for news of my cousin Bob whose escort carrier USS Block Island was sunk in the Atlantic. We found out that he had survived and had been picked up by a destroyer and taken to Casablanca. Glen Miller's music helped this country get through a hard time. It was probably the last time that all Americans were united in a common cause. I'm 85 now born in 1934 and every time I hear Glenn Miller's theme song "Moonlight Serenade" it takes me back to the war years with bitter sweet memories.

    • @kathleenforkey9104
      @kathleenforkey9104 Před 4 lety +122

      So correct in so many ways, we went through such though times but people were kinder, music and melodies were beautiful back then which gave us something beautiful enjoy and love

    • @stephenleo5606
      @stephenleo5606 Před 4 lety +134

      @@kathleenforkey9104 You're certainly correct about the people and the music during the war years. It seemed then that the war would go on forever and Glenn Miller's music helped you get through days filled with both hope and despair as the battles ebbed and flowed. It was a great relief when VE and VJ day finally arrived and the men came home from Europe and the Far East to marry and raise families and optimism for the future of America thrived. We all thought then that there were only better times ahead for all Americans. It is unfortunate that the spirit of cooperation and friendliness that prevailed during the war no longer exists and will in all probability never return. It is indeed strange that it took a war to unite our people and the peace that came after destroyed that unity. The beauty of Glenn Miller's music has disappeared the same way Glenn disappeared over the English Channel flying to France in 1944 and has been replaced by music that is no longer as romantic or inspiring. Most songs written then were love songs with beautiful melodies and lyrics by great composers and musicians -- this is no longer the case.

    • @javiersantiago6621
      @javiersantiago6621 Před 4 lety +11

      Si

    • @ethan9869
      @ethan9869 Před 4 lety +57

      Stephen Leo Amazing story sir, thank you for sharing.

    • @francisbusa1074
      @francisbusa1074 Před 3 lety +8

      In 1944 you would have been 10 years old. Do you mean 1924?
      If so then you have to be 94 as of 2 years ago...

  • @larrylarry1
    @larrylarry1 Před 3 lety +219

    Every generation should hear Glenn Miller! 🎶

  • @Mindset6927
    @Mindset6927 Před 10 měsíci +24

    I would like to dedicate this to my late father, who passed away in 2019. He introduced me to Glenn Miller and the other big band greats.

  • @user-ni2gf8gb9x
    @user-ni2gf8gb9x Před 9 měsíci +4

    I have loved this music all my life. I am only 57. I think maybe I was born out of synch with time. lol

  • @pierrebayard5056
    @pierrebayard5056 Před 3 lety +20

    Would love to go back to those years ...

  • @rupet9377
    @rupet9377 Před rokem +10

    I was raised on this wonderful music. I wish it would come back. You could actually dance to this music.

  • @thomasaccuntius9946
    @thomasaccuntius9946 Před měsícem +4

    I graduated in 1973 and was in Dance Band, I played the tenor saxophone, and Tuxedo Junction was my favorite. This era of big bands is in a class of its own. Speed ahead 30 years and my daughter is in what they now call Jazz Band. They don't play the big band music, but I was so proud of her. She is a much better sax player than I could ever hope to be. BUT....I was in our Alumni Band and got to march on field with her while she was in high school, I will allways remember that.

  • @johnnybaby80
    @johnnybaby80 Před 3 lety +122

    my Granny died on Sunday at the age of 93. she loved Glen Miller. this one's for you, Gran. hope you're dancing up a storm right now

    • @richardscally694
      @richardscally694 Před 3 lety +5

      Bless you and your Granny she had Great Taste.!!

    • @helbitkelbit1790
      @helbitkelbit1790 Před 3 lety +2

      Hope she is to..

    • @yankeetraveler70
      @yankeetraveler70 Před 3 lety +2

      @ Johnnybaby80, I’m sorry to hear about your Granny! I hope she is resting in peace now! 🌹🌹🌹🌹

    • @maryannparrish2570
      @maryannparrish2570 Před 2 lety +1

      She is! / Healing to your heart & blessings.
      🌹

    • @zeelophone3765
      @zeelophone3765 Před 2 lety

      Sorry to hear that pal. I'm sure she's somwhere, enjoying herself. Great taste in music too.

  • @marcuswilson2785
    @marcuswilson2785 Před rokem +8

    I may be tattooed man but this music always brings a tear to my eye. Marcus

  • @maggerswaggers
    @maggerswaggers Před rokem +7

    this music make me nostalgic for an era I didn't even live in.

  • @gretchenkaszuba734
    @gretchenkaszuba734 Před rokem +27

    I dedicated my "first dance" at my Wedding that is supposed to be with your Dad to my Dad. He had passed away before I got married. My Uncle (his brother) and I danced to Moonlight Serenade. There wasn't a dry eye in the house. I grew up on this music. ❤️

  • @dp2905
    @dp2905 Před rokem +6

    I was born far too late. Thank you to my Uncle Ed for introducing me to this music when I was a teenager. Forever in your memory. Love Danny.

  • @cjrrun
    @cjrrun Před 8 měsíci +9

    Moonlight serenade is Such a bittersweet melody. Sad and beautiful at the same time

  • @howthcliffcruises
    @howthcliffcruises Před 3 měsíci +6

    My own Dad passed away in 2002. We played Moonlight Seranade as we carried him out of church. Grew up listening to All the greats, Benny goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Elleton My Dad used to BLARE these on a sunday morning! RIP wonderful Dad. You placed this beautiful music in my palm, and in my heart forever. Xxx

  • @charleneebbs4557
    @charleneebbs4557 Před 3 lety +243

    Born in 1928, lived in LA just under the Hollywood Hills. Danced and sang to all these songs. Remember Green Eyes, Mr. Five by Five, In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade. It was a time of love, war and family. Americans worked together. The music was music and you understood the lyrics.

    • @catarinaalves6788
      @catarinaalves6788 Před 3 lety +18

      What a golden and resilient generation. My grandmother was born in 1929, the stories and experiences she tells us are mesmerizing. Connected by Glenn Miller magic. Have a wonderful day.

    • @kefield5161
      @kefield5161 Před 2 lety +2

      Wasn't there legal segregation sanctioned by the American govt then?

    • @mdlmrc1051
      @mdlmrc1051 Před 2 lety +2

      Bless you!

    • @changeeyecolor3891
      @changeeyecolor3891 Před 2 lety +1

      👍👍👍👍👍aa

    • @rob7hg
      @rob7hg Před 2 lety +6

      @@kefield5161 When the United States entered World War II the U.S. military was racially segregated. President Truman abolished racial segregation in the military in 1948.

  • @jonmutanen8896
    @jonmutanen8896 Před rokem +7

    When music WAS MUSIC!!!

  • @glo3139
    @glo3139 Před 9 měsíci +12

    I very much appreciate this Big Band style. Especially, this song. I think I was born in the wrong era.

  • @dallisb1047
    @dallisb1047 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I am 56. This is what I grew up listening to. Thank you Mom and Pop. I took My Parents to Beef & Boards in Indianapolis to see the Glenn Miller orchestra a few times. I loved watching them dance around the edge of the dance floor. My fiancee and I saw them April 23 in Effingham IL. Absolutely some of the best music. Mom and Pop are Dream Dancing in Heaven now. To the Music of Our Lives!!

  • @loriclark5491
    @loriclark5491 Před rokem +51

    I miss music like this. I absolutely love Glenn Miller. I was born in 1963 and it wasn't until I watched old movies that I heard about Big Band music and I was hooked.

  • @FallouFitness_NattyEdition
    @FallouFitness_NattyEdition Před 2 lety +45

    I am a nursing assistant and I work in a nursing home. At my first CNA job, one of the residents would have me play Moonlight Serenade as I got her dressed and ready for the day. I always think of her when I hear that song.

  • @connieblanton3686
    @connieblanton3686 Před 3 lety +11

    The greatest generation saved civilization!

  • @karenglenn2329
    @karenglenn2329 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you so much.
    My parent were very good dancers .
    Glenn Miller was their favorite.
    of all the old greats Glenn Miller is mine as well.

  • @thetigerstripes
    @thetigerstripes Před 2 lety +2

    My WW 2 / Depression Era parents loved this song…..in 8th grade I came home from school and caught them dancing to this song on the record player.

  • @williamsmithus7418
    @williamsmithus7418 Před 3 lety +555

    Man this brings back memories. One day, in the spring of 1978, while I was rummaging through the record bins at the local K-Mart (we didn't have a local record store, so K-Mart was our only option for music), I came across a double album of Glenn Miller's greatest hits. My mom was a big Glenn Miller fan, so for once in my miserable, self-centered existence I did something for someone else and bought the album for her (I still have it, by the way, along with Aerosmith's first release, Frank Zappa and countless other classics of the era). I remember playing the album on my Lafayette turntable stereo system in my bedroom. Mom came in, sat down on the foot of my bed and I swore I watched 40 years of life's hardships magically melt away. Insofar as Dad was born in 1917 and Mom was born in 1918, they were true "Swing Kids" (for the reader's benefit, I came along rather late in my parents' lives: I was born when they were in their 40s). As we sat there together in the back bedroom of the old house on Fort Hunt Road in the growing darkness of a warm spring evening, we listened to Tuxedo Junction, Moonlight Serenade, Perfidia, The Chatanooga Choo Choo and so many others of Miller's classics. As her mind drifted down memory lane to people and experiences and events long since past, to life before the arduous years of the war, the taxing decades of marriage to a naval aviator and raising three sons, her normally impenetrable facade of stoicism dropped and I caught a brief glimpse of what she must have been like when my father first met her at the Army-Navy game of 1938: a vivacious, vibrant, ebullient young woman in the prime of youth, when life was a "bowl of cherries" (her quote, not mine).

    • @karenglenn2329
      @karenglenn2329 Před 3 lety +48

      I thought my message was sent.
      Are you aware of your ability to to write.
      I was so present to your moment and message..

    • @ThomasRSkillman
      @ThomasRSkillman Před 3 lety +29

      That is a wonderful story.

    • @signbear999
      @signbear999 Před 3 lety +7

      This is a copy of another story.

    • @birdsaloud7590
      @birdsaloud7590 Před 3 lety +12

      What a good writer you are.

    • @rustypresnall5953
      @rustypresnall5953 Před 3 lety +12

      Please tell me you're a writer - if you are, I'd like a good read...

  • @earllutz2663
    @earllutz2663 Před 2 lety +130

    Although Glen Miller was long gone, when I was born in 1948, my father kept him alive, by always playing his records, when I was growing up. It caused me to take up the Saxophone, with some moderate success. Thank you Dad, for always supporting me. I miss my father very much, but Glen Miller's music, always reminds me of my father.

    • @dianemagor1167
      @dianemagor1167 Před rokem +5

      I wasn't born until 1954 but grew up with my dad constantly playing BIg Band music, including the wonderful Glen MIller, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Joe Loss and their music reminds me of dad to this day. Dad has been gone 35 years now...

    • @craighurring5666
      @craighurring5666 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Born in 49 I always heard my parents play this music.

    • @kateballam6942
      @kateballam6942 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Reminds me of my grandmother. Beautiful.

  • @kevinsnyder8448
    @kevinsnyder8448 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Ahhh! Yes all of you are wonderful souls❤ keep your hearts open and them ears will lead you back home brothers and sisters😊

  • @mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854

    Boy, the way Glenn Miller played...
    ...songs that made the _Hit Parade!_

  • @luckypyjamastv1473
    @luckypyjamastv1473 Před 2 lety +13

    I was born in 2001, I'm currently 20 years old and I love this type of music. Greetings from Europe.

  • @erichvonmolder9310
    @erichvonmolder9310 Před 3 lety +190

    This to my Uncle Tony who died of COVID-19 the other day, A Good Man. He loved to play the great old music. He had a playful nature and didn't take things too seriously, something to aspire towards. Here's to Uncle Tony!

    • @erichvonmolder9310
      @erichvonmolder9310 Před 3 lety +4

      Interesting fact: my Uncle's Grandmother died of the Spanish Flu in 1918, he never knew her though.

    • @thatguy1060
      @thatguy1060 Před 3 lety +6

      Sorry you lost him but he lives on for you through this music. . He sounds like a good man.

    • @erichvonmolder9310
      @erichvonmolder9310 Před 3 lety +4

      @@thatguy1060 , he was a "Salt of the Earth" kind of person.

    • @overaroundunder
      @overaroundunder Před 3 lety +12

      Everybody please get vaccinated.

    • @badsiknius4862
      @badsiknius4862 Před 2 lety +9

      @@overaroundunder Uhm, no.

  • @edludwig1337
    @edludwig1337 Před rokem +3

    The greatest generation's music! God bless em....

  • @zeikerd
    @zeikerd Před rokem +17

    Glenn miller gets my tears flowing. My dad loved it and I miss him

  • @darrylmitchell5639
    @darrylmitchell5639 Před 2 lety +13

    Moonlight serenade is the kind of music you would like to hear when you enter into heaven.

  • @user-qw1ei1tb6y
    @user-qw1ei1tb6y Před 3 lety +4

    Great music for all time .

  • @Cristina-hx1zp
    @Cristina-hx1zp Před 2 lety +9

    Before my time but my father taught me to appreciate fantastic music and he introduced me to everything of his era and I still prefer his era of superb music and talent.

  • @louisel9090
    @louisel9090 Před 3 lety +10

    Great music from THE greatest generation

  • @biocentroartecultura
    @biocentroartecultura Před 3 lety +3

    Gratitude for this moment !

  • @orlandogarcia7082
    @orlandogarcia7082 Před 3 lety +4

    The radio was the main source of entertainment at home and big band music is what people listened to. The good old times before TV.

  • @KaathleenLujan
    @KaathleenLujan Před 3 měsíci

    Goose bumps every time I hear Moonlight Serenade - thanks Dad!!!

  • @cliffb43
    @cliffb43 Před 3 lety +3

    Listened to this music on AFN when I was in my early teens, still.listening in my late seventies

  • @christianpatriot7439
    @christianpatriot7439 Před 3 lety +125

    Sadly, the Music industry has gone from big bands to big mouths.

  • @robertbawden1702
    @robertbawden1702 Před 3 lety +13

    im in western australia and my dad is 90 and about to die. im playing his favourite album wholesale 24/7 in memory of a beautiful life not much of a father but a good man all the same im 63 now and im next i spose but i always remember pa saying "SON LIFE IS TO SHORT DRINK THE GOOD WINE FIRST" happy new year to the old folk cheers roberty lee

  • @salvatoreaiello3047
    @salvatoreaiello3047 Před 2 lety +2

    Brings back great memories jumping up in bed with my dad on Saturday morning as he turned on the big band station on the radio, he would tell me stories from his teenage years in the early 40’s about the dances and how he meet my mom.

  • @celiavasquez4380
    @celiavasquez4380 Před rokem +3

    CADA VEZ QUE BUSCO PAZ ..CALMA.. PARA MI ALMA...TE BUSCO Y SIEMPRE ESTAS AQUÍ .MI QUERIDO GRAN MAESTRO...NOS ENTREGASTE MAGIA!!! ASI ES LO QUE SIENTO MAGIA EN MI CORAZÓN CUÁNDO TE ESCUCHO...EN MARZO 2023 DESDE LOS VILOS CHILE YO SOY MÚSICA ❤

  • @andracritchfield2767
    @andracritchfield2767 Před 3 lety +392

    This is real music.
    Makes me feel both my parents are still here.

    • @yuhkami_
      @yuhkami_ Před 3 lety +6

      all music is real music and sorry for your loss

    • @lewisedwards8600
      @lewisedwards8600 Před 3 lety +7

      R.I.P to your parents. Hopefully, they can dance to these songs together in a better place:)

    • @debbiemclaughlin3460
      @debbiemclaughlin3460 Před 3 lety +4

      Me too

    • @noahamoe3394
      @noahamoe3394 Před 2 lety +4

      This music will always live on for millions of years

    • @celesteagana6440
      @celesteagana6440 Před 2 lety +6

      I feel the same way, Andra. My parents danced with the Moonlight Serenade during their 50th Wedding Anniversary. RIP to your parents.

  • @gwynenglishnielsen8596
    @gwynenglishnielsen8596 Před 2 lety +104

    It is amazing that Glenn Miller has over a million views. Wow! It just goes to show you that the good stuff never dies.

    • @user-jh6um6xy8d
      @user-jh6um6xy8d Před 11 měsíci +6

      Потому что это музыка божественна, проста и понятна каждому....

    • @lensroscoman54
      @lensroscoman54 Před 8 měsíci +4

      2,500,000 talk about good stuff

    • @fredfarkle-bp9en
      @fredfarkle-bp9en Před 4 měsíci

      and you get 100 thumbs up

    • @gwynenglishnielsen8596
      @gwynenglishnielsen8596 Před 4 měsíci

      @@fredfarkle-bp9en Thanks! Check out my original music on CZcams. Just search Gwyn Nielsen. Take care.

  • @elainelosee7974
    @elainelosee7974 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for sharing, I'm lot older, but memories are fresh as yesterday. These sounds will never
    Die. How lucky we are, to have his 🎶 🎵 🪕 💘 love is not forgotten ❤ 💙 ♥ 💖 💜 💔 ❤ 💙

  • @sallybahner3464
    @sallybahner3464 Před 23 dny +1

    Gawd, I never get tired of this music!!

  • @grahamdesmond422
    @grahamdesmond422 Před 2 lety +3

    I'm 45 I remember listening to this in my 20's and I prentended to be the conductor

  • @aaronfox7182
    @aaronfox7182 Před 3 lety +58

    Nothing beats the sounds of a big band

  • @heatherhammond6120
    @heatherhammond6120 Před rokem +3

    Listening to this divine music on New Years Eve-2023 ❤

  • @CuppaTea-UK
    @CuppaTea-UK Před rokem +1

    Absolutely exquisite ... background music of my youth; brings back wonderful memories of when the world was beautiful, less-complicated, fun, intelligent, carefree ...
    Thank you very much indeed.

  • @me_TJ_MrB
    @me_TJ_MrB Před 3 lety +6

    Remember my mom and dad dancing to this from an old WWII video a guy had. They loved dancing to this music. I wasn't born until the 60s but I remember my Mom listening to this with happy tears in her eyes. She was thinking if the friends she danced with in those years as they too went off to war. She passed a few years ago and Dad passed in 08. I miss them both so much. I'm here today to teach their grandchildren (who are now in their late teens) all about everything in this period in time that my parents taught me. I still have the records and the player, but this is the media kids understand now. I'm thankful my parents were good people and good citizens and brought me up the same. I hope I have done them justice by passing that on to my kids. How many teens now days would sit respectfully and learn about such nostalgic things. Not many. I'm proud 2 of them are mine and I thank you for the videos and taking time to post them.

    • @PastPerfectVintageMusic
      @PastPerfectVintageMusic  Před 3 lety +2

      ... And thank you for taking the time to comment :-) All the best to you, and I hope you continue to surround yourself in love ... and wonderful music!

  • @cbanks5455
    @cbanks5455 Před 3 lety +347

    This was my dad's favorite song (moonlight serenade) and when he was in the hospital suffering from a heart attack and not knowing if he was going to make it, I was on the other side of the country. When I knew my brother was there visiting with him I called him while my dad was asleep in a coma and played his song over the phone and my brother placed it next to my dad's ear and he swore my dad started to smile a bit. I am sorry to say my father did not survive his attack but for one brief moment in his final hours he did get to smile one more time. My dad grew up in the 40's and remembers everything about how things were when he and my mother meet in in 1940 and how he and my mom use to go to nightclubs and dance to this music. I miss him...

    • @chrisbigarani1691
      @chrisbigarani1691 Před 3 lety +10

      What a beautiful memory! What a gift!
      When my dad was dying I sang to him I'll Be Seeing You. It was very rich... Music soothes the soul!

    • @ciudadanomex4526
      @ciudadanomex4526 Před 3 lety +12

      When a son miss its father, it means that the father made his job. You are PROUD of him and -even now- you can make your father PROUD of u. CONGRATS!

    • @alfredscott7861
      @alfredscott7861 Před 3 lety +8

      That's quite possibly one of the most romantically tragic stories I've ever heard. It honestly brought tears to my eyes to read this.

    • @hazelharper1748
      @hazelharper1748 Před 3 lety +8

      I play this music to my 92 year old father who has dementia. It seems to resonate with him and calms him.

    • @dorisanderson1070
      @dorisanderson1070 Před 3 lety +8

      I am VERY SURE your dad heard it. How thoughtful of you to do that.

  • @hugoparrafernandez1098
    @hugoparrafernandez1098 Před rokem +2

    This famous musican brings bachk memories with great nostalgia of my crazy and romantic youthful loves

  • @zw97
    @zw97 Před 9 měsíci +2

    This video is where my big band journey began almost 3 years ago. CZcams recommended to me while vacationing in Myrtle Beach SC. After listening once I was hooked, and fell in love with this type of music. I'm only 26.

  • @candacespechtoman6638
    @candacespechtoman6638 Před 3 lety +5

    Long distance learning teaching music appreciation to granddaughter. Music from her great grandparents era..thanks

    • @aidennewell4034
      @aidennewell4034 Před 3 lety

      I wanna go back in time and just stay in this time 😄 How are you doing?

  • @jannance1173
    @jannance1173 Před 10 měsíci +4

    My mom and dad's music. I feel close to them when I hear it!

  • @craig4867
    @craig4867 Před rokem +1

    I'm 3 months old and I listen to Glenn Miller in my crib! I find it very relaxing, while I stare at the ceiling!

  • @donnaorchard1430
    @donnaorchard1430 Před 3 lety +155

    I WAS BORN IN1946. I REMEMBER ALL THIS MUSIC BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WAS PLAYED ON THE RADIO WHEN I WAS GROWING UP . STILL LOVE IT.

    • @karenglenn2329
      @karenglenn2329 Před 3 lety +6

      I also remember it as well.l am 76 and can still see my parent knowing all the move.
      This is so much fun to dance to.

    • @eyraclarisse144
      @eyraclarisse144 Před rokem +3

      It's 2022 and I'm 75, love this music. Reminds me of my childhood and the many good moments with my godmorher, I grew up with her.

    • @crwonshe
      @crwonshe Před rokem +3

      I'm 46 years old and I love Glenn Miller's music so does my son.

  • @peteykwia2752
    @peteykwia2752 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Was für eine fantastische Musik der 30, 40ger Jahre!!! Ich liebe sie, es ist schwierig es nicht zu mögen!!! ❤ Vielen Dank für die Möglichkeit es zu höheren und zu genießen! 👍💥🌹🌹

  • @pascouter7374
    @pascouter7374 Před rokem +4

    Forever music.......can't say that about what is done today

  • @deaniemack
    @deaniemack Před 3 lety +3

    Will we ever be able to make anything this beautiful again?

  • @retardedvaxxedliberal
    @retardedvaxxedliberal Před 3 lety +28

    I cant believe I'm listening to music made 50 years before I was born

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 Před 3 lety +2

      That’s true of any great composer. Earlier today I listened to some AAF Band broadcast recordings and now I have a Haydn CD spinning.

    • @TheLMC323
      @TheLMC323 Před 2 lety +1

      That's awesome, haha. My mom listened to it, so I grew an affinity for it too...And I was born in '68.😅

    • @changeeyecolor3891
      @changeeyecolor3891 Před 2 lety

      👍👍👍👍👍aa

  • @danmareno4642
    @danmareno4642 Před 2 lety +7

    My Mom, 🙏 whenever she heard this song would cry. I asked her and she would say I was thinking of your father being overseas and all the other soldiers. Luckily he made it home but passed way to soon. 👍🇺🇸

  • @elizabethgrega8199
    @elizabethgrega8199 Před 3 lety +17

    My daddy would ONLY allow good music to be played in his presence! I grew up loving big band! Glenn Miller is one of my favorites!💝

  • @user-co6qe6bj7g
    @user-co6qe6bj7g Před 2 měsíci

    55 years old and I love That music. I love 💜💜 is BEAUTIFUL music.

  • @mamesaccount3811
    @mamesaccount3811 Před 3 lety +1

    I was born 1948 war is over that music moonlight serenade makes my heart so happy listening to it glen miller is the best!!

  • @alexcuriel2950
    @alexcuriel2950 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Great memories of growing up in 40's my Mom teaching us to dance never get tired of it....

  • @stetson8843
    @stetson8843 Před 3 lety +13

    Glenn, rest in peace, I don't know how many times I have listened to this music but surely not enough.

  • @jeanpalumbo3411
    @jeanpalumbo3411 Před 9 dny

    I wish they would bring back this kind of music I also wish they would teach dancing in Junior High and High School and have Friday night dances at the school.
    The greatest Generation was all about dancing and having fun being patriotic and fighting for freedom which we are about to lose if we don't wake up.
    Glenn Miller and musicians like him Played All around Europe during WW2 entertaining the troops.God bless them all

  • @jkennedy1048
    @jkennedy1048 Před 3 lety +5

    Reading the below comments, I can tell this music rekindles different memories for different people. For me, when I hear Glenn Miller I have flashbacks to dining in the "91st Bomb Group Restaurant", a WWII-themed restaurant that operated in the 1980s in Memphis, TN. The restaurant was located next to the Memphis International Airport and even had the famous B-17 bomber, the Memphis Belle, parked next to the building. The vintage atmosphere attracted young and old alike and was especially popular among veterans. The building was designed to resemble a bombed-out European farmhouse and was filled with 1940s era memorabilia such as old maps, photos, flags and posters. The doors operated with sandbags and pulleys, wait staff wore period clothing and big band music played in the background. I ate there with my parents on several occasions as it was one of their favorite classy "date-night" dinning establishments. Thanks for the memories...

  • @joannekerr3
    @joannekerr3 Před 3 lety +6

    Listening and remembering my awesome Grandpa! He would listen to big band music while reading his newspaper and drinking his beer at night. Glenn Miller in the mood was his favourite song 🍻 Here's to you, Grandpa!

  • @ifallthehippies
    @ifallthehippies Před 7 měsíci +4

    Moonlight Serenade might just be the single greatest song ever composed and performed. It makes a person feel like everything is perfect , calm and meant to be. I have listened to every genre and it is by far the to use a term I hate... The GOAT!!!!!!!!

  • @onlybosslion9267
    @onlybosslion9267 Před 3 lety +3

    Awesome Swing Band!

  • @edwinpascua2653
    @edwinpascua2653 Před rokem +3

    Glen Miller music brings back memories of my loving father who passed away several years ago bec of cancer. He played his trombone well..likewise taught my elder brother how to play sax and my youngest brother the slide trombone.
    We still have glen miller's long playing record (LP) up to now..well preserved!
    Thanks for the video.

  • @stevenhall7495
    @stevenhall7495 Před rokem +3

    The superb brilliance of Glen Miller truly a wonder of the ages .Which this day an age lacks sadly.

  • @thayermanns4286
    @thayermanns4286 Před 2 lety +4

    From progressive to experimental music how did I come to this? This is a new universe.

  • @leannevitale3228
    @leannevitale3228 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I grew up in Australia listening to my Dad playing Glenn Miller and loved it.

  • @esterherschkovich6499
    @esterherschkovich6499 Před 2 lety +1

    You can imagine a Gentlemen taking you on the dance floor.I can🙂..timeless music.⚘

  • @GoatyGoatGirl
    @GoatyGoatGirl Před rokem +7

    So brilliant. Always loved old movies and music growing up; and now that I am old, it is harder to find. 54 and still in love with what was popular 20 to 30 years before I was born.

  • @themoonchild7302
    @themoonchild7302 Před 2 lety +3

    This was the golden age of music

  • @playerscongress3435
    @playerscongress3435 Před 2 lety +1

    It can't be done much berrer than this beautiful arrangement.

  • @lawerncevandruff3853
    @lawerncevandruff3853 Před 3 lety

    I'm a 1963 and I remember these beautiful wonderful old tunes

  • @beverleypowell127
    @beverleypowell127 Před 3 lety +5

    I wish that my mother & father was here they love the music they dance to it.

    • @Kelly-nm4kw
      @Kelly-nm4kw Před 2 lety

      Hello Beverly, How are you doing?

    • @beverleypowell127
      @beverleypowell127 Před 2 lety

      @@Kelly-nm4kw I am doing fine .nice night here.

    • @Kelly-nm4kw
      @Kelly-nm4kw Před 2 lety

      @@beverleypowell127 Sounds Interesting, So where are you from Beverly?

  • @annavt1792
    @annavt1792 Před 3 lety +35

    so many older people in the comments, but as a gen z this music is so calming to me, i love listening to it.

    • @chromerotica
      @chromerotica Před 3 lety +1

      yeeesss this kind of music goes perfect with sitting outside making a fire. young gen z here

  • @karlmartinek6939
    @karlmartinek6939 Před rokem +5

    Nothing beats 40s music. I was born 50 years too late.😁