Rare Glenn Miller "Little Brown Jug" framed gold disc
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Description
This is a rare opportunity to acquire a framed Gold Disc by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra.
The disc is on the His Masters Voice record lable and is a size/speed 78rpm.
Underneath the gold disc is a commemorative plaque with the inscription:
Glenn Miller
"Little Brown Jug"
First released 1939
To commemorate sales of more than 1,000,000 copies.
The gold disc is mounted on a black background and the gold coloured frame measures 36cm x 47cm.
Glenn Miller (1904-1944), American jazz bandleader, arranger, and trombone player, who led the most popular dance band of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Miller was a capable trombonist and an excellent arranger. His distinctive use of clarinet lead over four saxophones became his trademark and contributed to his success.
Miller was born Alton Glenn Miller in Clarinda, Iowa. He grew up in Colorado. Before starting his own band, Miller led a busy career as a dance band and studio trombonist, working in the bands of American bandleaders Ben Pollack (1927) and Red Nichols (1929-1930). In 1934 Miller worked with the Dorsey Brothers Band, and later joined English bandleader Ray Noble (1935) as a trombonist and arranger. Miller formed his own swing orchestra in 1937, but the group met with little success until 1939, when the band received extensive radio airplay during engagements at the Meadowbrook Ballroom in New Jersey and the Glen Island Casino in New York. A number of Miller's songs became hits that year, including “Little Brown Jug,””Sunrise Serenade,””Moonlight Serenade” (the band's theme song), and Miller's biggest hit, “In the Mood.”
In a move that stunned the music world, Miller disbanded his orchestra in September 1942 and enlisted in the United States Army. He formed the 42-piece, all-star Army Air Force Band, which entertained World War II service personnel with regular radio broadcasts in the United States (1943) and in England (1944). In December 1944, Miller died when his small plane, headed to Paris, France, disappeared over the English Channel during bad weather. The exact circumstances of his death have never been determined. American drummer Ray McKinley assumed direction of the band and subsequently led a reorganized version of the Glenn Miller Orchestra from 1955 to 1966. Other leaders of the band include American clarinetist Buddy DeFranco and American trombonists Jimmy Henderson and Buddy Morrow. American trombonist Larry O'Brien assumed leadership of the orchestra in 1981. Miller's life and career were portrayed in the 1953 movie The Glenn Miller Story, which starred American actor Jimmy Stewart.
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