Tex Beneke-Chattanooga Choo Choo

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  • @TheViralSBK
    @TheViralSBK Před 14 lety +24

    My gosh. Impossible 4-part harmonies flawlessly sung, in a no-autotune, no-multitracking, no-multiple-takes era.

  • @edwardbodnarik1136
    @edwardbodnarik1136 Před 11 lety +8

    Gotta love ol Tex Beneke. I dedicate this song to our Granddaughters Shaina and Heidi The Honey Bunches who now live just north of Chattanooga Tennessee. We love and miss them very much.

  • @karffiol
    @karffiol Před 12 lety +19

    MAAAAN, that's manly voice! I love early 20th century! I want to live in era of Chaplin and Sinatra!

  • @BigBandNewk
    @BigBandNewk Před 14 lety +4

    Nothing and I mean nothing can compare to tex Beneckie and modannaires singing this song with the precision of the Glen Miller Orchestra! I can listen to this all day...there will never be music like this agin and that is sad. this video takes me back to being a kid and listenig to the old standards at my Grandmother's house in Chicago Heights....ahhh memories!

  • @pepperwilliams4428
    @pepperwilliams4428 Před 7 lety +22

    This guy really was cool! Like his singing!!!!

  • @bookworm1818
    @bookworm1818 Před 14 lety +12

    Been listening to Glenn Miller for almost 8 years now, since i was 15, and I always wondered what this singer's name is. Glad to have finally found him, I love Tex's voice. He had his own sound and quality. Great video, thanks for sharing!

  • @monicarwells2
    @monicarwells2 Před 4 lety +12

    Tex was so fine , he was perfect 😳😍😍😍

  • @wiljones1462
    @wiljones1462 Před 8 lety +66

    Tex had chops! His sax and vocals were both awesome.

    • @pellelonnquist3843
      @pellelonnquist3843 Před 7 lety +3

      Wil Jones agree 100%

    • @Kinseydsp
      @Kinseydsp Před 6 lety +4

      You are so right he was GREAT!

    • @kieran3473
      @kieran3473 Před 6 lety +1

      Wil Jones yep

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 Před rokem +1

      He and Coleman Hawkins are my go-to guys for GREAT tenor playing!

    • @user-eb5cb6ud1p
      @user-eb5cb6ud1p Před 8 měsíci

      @@kenturnbull1846 This clip was made after he was hired to lead the re-created Miller Orchestra in 1946. It was a slimmed-down version of the legendary AAF Orchestra.

  • @Flanning
    @Flanning Před 15 lety +10

    You have to realize that, in this era, most of these people are used to being heard almost exclusively on the radio.

  • @notreyf
    @notreyf Před 8 lety +15

    This version has never been bettered. Classic. Thanks for posting .

  • @goni27
    @goni27 Před 14 lety +3

    I love this, there's a real charm to it. love the minimilist appoarch people took to singing in those days. wonderful.

  • @1951kvk
    @1951kvk Před 6 lety +3

    My parents danced to the Miller Orchestra live before I was born. I grew up listening to this music, love it.

  • @adamb696969
    @adamb696969 Před 15 lety +4

    mannnn... His got one of the most confident voices I've ever heard... ever...

  • @THEoneNonlyKATSTARR
    @THEoneNonlyKATSTARR Před 13 lety +4

    tex beneke is adorable

  • @53Topanga
    @53Topanga Před 14 lety +1

    I absolutely adore Big Band Music!! What a wonderful era of music!! I wish I had been there!!
    Thanks for the memories!!!

  • @LieslMcQ
    @LieslMcQ Před 14 lety +3

    Thank you so much for posting this. Tex was my cousin and I just can't tell you how happy it made me to see his sweet face again.

  • @palmyrapalmyra1681
    @palmyrapalmyra1681 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Love his voice!! & Sax playing!! Wonderful!!!🤌

  • @JHawx909
    @JHawx909 Před 11 lety +5

    Great musicians, wonderful music, great films, classier folks, better style of dress, and it seemed like people just had more fun!

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 Před rokem +1

      A good 2/3 of the musicians in the early Beneke band were alumni of one or more of Miller's orchestras. They "knew the book".

  • @kysmet2103
    @kysmet2103 Před 15 lety +1

    Wow...thank you for this. I just happened to run across this today, the day my father passed away 3 years ago. This was one of his favorite songs.

  • @GeorgeVreelandHill
    @GeorgeVreelandHill Před 6 lety +1

    He was a rare talent who could do it all. Him and Glen are timeless.

  • @edddk12
    @edddk12 Před 11 lety +8

    They had to be SO professional-on radio all you get is what they're singing and playing-no gimmicks or f/x-just superb talent, rehearsed to perfection. Great clip of great time.

  • @stsweeper22
    @stsweeper22 Před 2 měsíci

    Greatest generation!

  • @johnreichard6698
    @johnreichard6698 Před 7 lety +11

    The Glenn Miller Story one of the musicals made. This guy is absolutely great.

    • @rony41165
      @rony41165 Před 9 měsíci

      Is this clip from the Glenn miller story

    • @user-eb5cb6ud1p
      @user-eb5cb6ud1p Před 8 měsíci

      @@rony41165 No. Tex was written out of the script due to a dispute between him and the Miller Estate. This is from a performance shortly after Tex was appointed to lead the re-formed postwar orchestra.

  • @4205lr
    @4205lr Před 15 lety +2

    At Tex's first recording session as a leader on 2/26/46,they were called the Crew Chiefs. Hal Dickenson was still leading the Moderares as an indepedent group elsewhere.

  • @otep062
    @otep062 Před 14 lety +1

    i LOVE this music!!! Glenn Miller was the bomb!!!! I think Tex's voice is so awesome... and I love his bored little face. You don't think that that "duh" face of his could produce such an amazing voice. He's a cutie! I'm 33 years old but how I love big band music!

  • @4205lr
    @4205lr Před 15 lety +2

    He didn't "steal" the Miller band. He was asked to form the new band in 1946 by Miller's widow and attorney David Mackay.

  • @4205lr
    @4205lr Před 15 lety +1

    The Miller story was made in 1953. Tex was not hated by helen Miller. He was only removed from the leadership because he was trying to modernize the band instead of playing the same old tunes. In fact, Don Haynes was the manager of the band along with attorney David Mackay who was looking after the Miller estate.

  • @MrMinecraftjonny
    @MrMinecraftjonny Před 7 lety +3

    Happy Birthday, Tex Beneke :)

  • @millionsofrecordsernieb7587

    That's one cool cat!

  • @zeikerd
    @zeikerd Před 6 měsíci

    oh wow, this is faster than the 1941 movie's version and waaayyyyy faster than the later Tex versions on YT. Sweet!

  • @BigBandNewk
    @BigBandNewk Před 14 lety

    For anyone who loves big band music you must see Shout! Big Band Experience. They are a 18 piece orchestra out of Beecher, Illinois. Outstanding, i took my Mom and family to see them at Scrementi's restaraunt in Steger, Il. Also The Glen Miller Experience is another outstanding band to see. It really brings you back

  • @dottieku
    @dottieku Před 4 lety +1

    I just watched "The Big Band Years" on Vegas PBS tv. I never heard of this person before, but sure knew of Glen Miller. I love all this old stuff!!!

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 Před rokem

      ? Tex was kind of "first among equals" in the Miller band. Lead tenor sax, novelty vocalist (and a heck of a whistler too 😁)

  • @motherfuckerjones2695
    @motherfuckerjones2695 Před 8 lety +10

    That guy's got some dope ass eyes..

  • @53Topanga
    @53Topanga Před 11 lety

    Just listened to this wonderful video again................love it even more!!

  • @elbernal60
    @elbernal60 Před 6 lety +1

    ¡Qué adictiva es esta versión...!

  • @lnefouse
    @lnefouse Před 12 lety

    This ones for you Mom..We know how you loved this music..RIP

  • @swaable
    @swaable Před 12 lety +1

    wonderful to see how real 240p music actually can sound better than modern 1080p 'music'

  • @munk237
    @munk237 Před 12 lety +1

    Tex sure had some pipes on him

  • @yourtruehomie9618
    @yourtruehomie9618 Před 8 lety +51

    They look so tired of performing this song XD

    • @monicarwells2
      @monicarwells2 Před 4 lety +1

      Your True Homie lol probably was for sure 😩

    • @tofiliyoung3711
      @tofiliyoung3711 Před 3 lety +8

      They all looked depressed since this was after the disappearance of Glenn Miller

  • @Whitelitr
    @Whitelitr Před 12 lety +7

    Gee he sure does have a swell voice...

  • @jimbo97
    @jimbo97 Před 11 lety +11

    I'd never seen this clip before! My cousin Jerry Smith played drums for Tex Beneke post-war. Can't tell if it is him on drums in this clip.

  • @4205lr
    @4205lr Před 11 lety +3

    This is from a musical short filmed in Septembert 1946.

  • @TheZackBriggs
    @TheZackBriggs Před 15 lety

    Love that trademark whistle.

  • @davidrubin2461
    @davidrubin2461 Před 8 lety +17

    Awesome, although I like the version from "Sun Valley Serenade" a little more

    • @patriot3431
      @patriot3431 Před 5 lety +5

      It is not the same without Glenn Miller

    • @peterpansplayground
      @peterpansplayground Před 5 lety

      @@patriot3431 is this about the time after they disappeared?

    • @patriot3431
      @patriot3431 Před 5 lety +4

      This was after WW2 and Glenn Miller vanished over the English Channel in 1944.

    • @peterpansplayground
      @peterpansplayground Před 5 lety

      @@patriot3431 thanks for the info. :)

  • @noni44
    @noni44 Před rokem

    So good. Thank you !

  • @atronic92
    @atronic92 Před 14 lety

    The whistling at the beginning is really cool.

  • @tangerineviolet
    @tangerineviolet Před 14 lety

    I adore tex

  • @steveruggia4716
    @steveruggia4716 Před 9 lety +1

    una joya de la música

  • @perpieta
    @perpieta Před 13 lety

    @THEoneNonlyKATSTARR You took the words right out of my mouth! Love Tex and this video.

  • @goldenoldiesPete
    @goldenoldiesPete Před 11 lety

    Tex Benecke forever!!

  • @newnetnerd
    @newnetnerd Před 14 lety

    I used to sing this song as I danced across the flight-line when I was in the Air Force. Everybody thought I was crazy.

  • @elbatosarosatodriguez9769

    Cure 🇵🇷

  • @nycbbbco
    @nycbbbco Před 15 lety

    great post--thank you--BIG BAND MUSIC RULES!!!

  • @MrGamefreak197
    @MrGamefreak197 Před 13 lety +3

    Screw today's musical "talents". This is the real deal.

  • @windingroad9678
    @windingroad9678 Před 2 lety

    Nay it's theirs they luv it

  • @SpiffyGriffy47
    @SpiffyGriffy47 Před 13 lety

    Love This song

  • @SimonOfFortune
    @SimonOfFortune Před 7 lety +2

    I'm used to the Glenn Miller SVS version, so this was pretty interesting ^-^

  • @SuperCaRION
    @SuperCaRION Před 8 lety +2

    This is the best version.

  • @radiowwww
    @radiowwww Před 12 lety

    Tex is a new item in history for me. He certainly had some pipes, for cure.

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 Před rokem +1

      He was considered to be one of the best tenor-sax bluesmen in the business. To my ears he's up there with people like Coleman Hawkins.

  • @juanmonge8
    @juanmonge8 Před 7 lety +1

    I like how when the song is finished the singers say "fuck it" , and just walk off.

  • @mondoshrimpo
    @mondoshrimpo Před 5 lety +2

    Damn that was one good looking man

  • @Juliaflo
    @Juliaflo Před 13 lety +1

    @MrGamefreak197 You said it. Props to Harry Warren for composing such soothing and singable music.

  • @820south3
    @820south3 Před 7 lety +11

    I think I was born in the wrong era...what great music!

    • @voltape
      @voltape Před 6 lety +1

      I WAS born in the right era! 1935 - I was 7 in 1942 - I remember Pearl Harbor!

    • @shorty332
      @shorty332 Před 5 lety

      I think the date the Fred Astaire was born was perfect. He lived through the best of times.

    • @unescoworldheritagesite7508
      @unescoworldheritagesite7508 Před 5 lety

      @@voltape not sure that's a good thing but you certainly seen much

  • @swaable
    @swaable Před 12 lety +1

    I stil have my recordplayer set up in my room, with all tex's records :p

  • @askovarjorinne9074
    @askovarjorinne9074 Před rokem

    perfect

  • @DickCabeza123
    @DickCabeza123 Před 12 lety

    Wonderful

  • @karffiol
    @karffiol Před 12 lety +1

    same here :))

  • @etorimani1
    @etorimani1 Před 15 lety

    SALUDOS..........SE CONOCE AL MAESTRO ---TEX BENNEKE EN OTROS VIDEOS SALE DE CHUMPA DE CUERO Y DE GORRA.PERO ERA EXCELENTE. sinceramente etorimani1 desde EL SALVADOR CENTRO AMERICA 21.09.09. P.D.---------MIS RESPETO PARA EL MAESTRO GLENN MILLER.POR SIEMPRE.

  • @draconpost
    @draconpost Před 12 lety +1

    240p and 1080p are the resolutions, but youtube sets higher audio quality when played in HD, you should say about modern music recorded in lossless, high audio quality, anyways this music should be listened to on analog, but sadly we aren't gonna listen to it like that anymore :( now imagine that in 50 years from now people will listen to 009soundsystems and say it was awesome (just kidding)

  • @ninjutsukan
    @ninjutsukan Před 14 lety

    i do mah best! My goal is to bring jazz back to the spotlight, cuz the current ''pop'' music needs to go. Jazz and anything big band is the best for a mood boost or to relax you, and more people need to realize that..

  • @4205lr
    @4205lr Před 15 lety +1

    Apparently, at this time(September 1946) they were called the Crew Chiefs, after Glenn's AEF group.

  • @tonymcgrew2774
    @tonymcgrew2774 Před 6 lety +7

    And that's how I got a crush on a guy who's probably dead by now 🙀

    • @harryjansen6990
      @harryjansen6990 Před 5 lety +1

      Oh yes, quite awhile ago, but surely handsome here!

    • @r6sty577
      @r6sty577 Před 3 lety +1

      Ur gay. I really Hope you changed ur ways after 3 years.

  • @1Garagehero
    @1Garagehero Před 5 lety +1

    They look a little stiff, probably the 8th take and the director was probably making them nervous, but what a fantastic sound. What a great orchestra. Is it Glenn Miller? And what a great voice. Tex was awesome. Is that Marion Hutton singing with the quartet. Perfect harmony. One reason there was an explosion of great music in America from the 1920s to the 50s was that every high school back then had a music department which taught voice, instruments, orchestra and lots of music theory. Many high schools today dont teach as intensly or have dropped music altogether. Look at all the crappy "music" today, or should I say, "autotune".

    • @tonerow7603
      @tonerow7603 Před rokem +2

      The vocal group was The Crew Chiefs and the female singer was Lillian Lane.

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 Před rokem +1

      Sadly by this time Glenn was long gone. His plane was lost over the English Channel on Dec. 15th 1944.
      For decades it was thought the plane carrying him and another officer had been hit by jettisoned RAF bombs. Later research using modern forensic methods showed that was impossible: the plane was positively ID'ed by coast spotters at a time and position that put it at the wrong place and wrong time to have been anywhere near the bombers.
      What the new investigation found is even sadder, because it turns out that the crash was totally avoidable IF people had followed standard safety rules:
      > The plane was known to have a defective fuel de-icer, but was patched and sent out rather than being properly repaired.
      > Neither Maj. Miller nor the other officer got clearance for the flight. If they had asked they would have almost certainly been ordered to stand down, due to the bad weather that day.
      > The pilot agreed to make the trip despite not being trained for bad-weather flying.
      So take your pick: mechanical failure, pilot error, or maybe both.

  • @malamri424
    @malamri424 Před 6 lety +2

    Fallout 5 should have trains

  • @davidclarke10
    @davidclarke10 Před rokem +1

    How did you like bigband compare to later oldies rock and roll with morown?

  • @tlsafir
    @tlsafir Před 15 lety

    =]
    awesome

  • @ninjutsukan
    @ninjutsukan Před 14 lety

    @jabsco23 true FACT lol...we sounded good, and I got a thumbs up from this lady who handles jazz music at her recording studio, but I'm only 16, so I still have a LONG way to go. And of course there's never anything as good as the original

  • @eduardomoreno559
    @eduardomoreno559 Před 12 lety +3

    I was never ment to be in 2012

  • @Saxy64
    @Saxy64 Před 9 lety +10

    Lillian Lane and the Pied Pipers too!

    • @4205lr
      @4205lr Před 8 lety +2

      +Tim Denton They were called the Crew Chiefs at that time.

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 Před rokem +1

      @@4205lr The two groups were separate. The Crew Chiefs had been associated with the AAF Orchestra while the Pied Pipers shot to fame with TD.

  • @12Lukebott
    @12Lukebott Před 14 lety

    I :) at Glenn Millers song chattanooga choo choo

  • @DISRUPTOR40
    @DISRUPTOR40 Před 13 lety

    @53Topanga I have to agree with you 100 %

  • @rkmugen
    @rkmugen Před 12 lety +2

    I'd love to sing this style too!!! Too bad my voice sucks and I'm too camera shy! =\

  • @markxxx21
    @markxxx21 Před 14 lety

    Too funny

  • @sodpoo
    @sodpoo Před 15 lety

    No one whistles like Tex !! Is that the Modernairs (sp) backing him up?

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 Před rokem

      No. They'd gone out on their own when Miller went into the AAF in 1942. This group is the Crew Chiefs who were carried over from the AAF Orchestra. The Modernaires didn't rejoin Tex until the 1950s, after he'd split with the Miller Estate.

  • @oliviaslife2625
    @oliviaslife2625 Před 8 lety +3

    I have a solo on this "pardon me boy is that the chaganoga choo
    choo" in school!

  • @lnefouse
    @lnefouse Před 13 lety

    Damn, This is what I'm talkin about...CAN I HAVE AN AMEN???

  • @lnefouse
    @lnefouse Před 15 lety

    shades of my mother...g-d rst her soul

  • @hobbygamer6220
    @hobbygamer6220 Před rokem

    Inspiration to Magic Bus by The Who ?

  • @MrHigherplane
    @MrHigherplane Před 10 lety +7

    pardon me boy lol

  • @rogersteixeira9941
    @rogersteixeira9941 Před rokem

    ❤️😁😘❤️‍🩹😊Brasil Anápolis 🇧🇷

  • @LapanConnor
    @LapanConnor Před 14 lety

    it's odd to think that the music HAD to be recorded separately from the video, to think of cameras with no mic.

  • @TheLivingSeven
    @TheLivingSeven Před 12 lety

    @bkutscher To actually believe that would be an insult to the people who created such technology to make the process easier.

  • @BryanAlexander2005
    @BryanAlexander2005 Před 2 lety

    I wonder how they felt knowing Glenn wasn’t there.

    • @hobbygamer6220
      @hobbygamer6220 Před rokem

      Where was he ?

    • @user-eb5cb6ud1p
      @user-eb5cb6ud1p Před 8 měsíci

      @@hobbygamer6220 Uh, google is your friend.
      Miller was lost in a plane crash over the English Channel on Dec. 15th, 1944. The most recent investigation put blame on a poorly-maintained aircraft combined with a pilot who agreed to the trip despite bad weather.
      The sad, frustrating part is that if ANYONE - the repair crew, the pilot, or even Miller himself who signed on for a risky trip - had followed standard safety protocols he'd have been with us for years to come.

  • @theratchetdaily154
    @theratchetdaily154 Před 6 lety

    who lives beside chattanooga tennessee? 🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻 me lol

  • @anissueofursincerity
    @anissueofursincerity Před 11 lety

    What is this clip from?

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 Před rokem

      It's a 1946 musical short, possibly a "Soundie". They were kind of like an early form of music videos.

  • @FernandoHorna
    @FernandoHorna Před 4 lety

    Playback speed at 0.85x seems to be the original tempo. The one in the video is too fast.

  • @DickCabeza123
    @DickCabeza123 Před 12 lety

    Wom

  • @aaronrobinson8313
    @aaronrobinson8313 Před 2 lety

    What year is this guys please?

  • @torstvillinger
    @torstvillinger Před 13 lety

    Sir(s): Sing It, Tex! I have MY TICKET in My Pocket. See you there. --Attributed, J. D., SATX 78202 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (=U. S. A.) "For a Most Happy Holiday and Merry Christmas 2010"

  • @dahsuerk
    @dahsuerk Před 14 lety

    What movie?

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 Před rokem +1

      It's a sound short, possibly a "Soundie". They were sort of predecessors of modern music videos.