Yep - 69 years ago today the Miler orchestra recorded one of the biggest anthems of the Swing Era - IN THE MOOD.
Maybe some current Swing bad will play it tonight somewhere in tribute to one of the best know recordings of all time.
IN THE MOOD - Glenn Miller - recorded 8/1/1939 - 69th anni.
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IN THE MOOD - Glenn Miller - recorded 8/1/1939 - 69th anni.
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Re: IN THE MOOD - Glenn Miller - recorded 8/1/1939 - 69th an
Nice Freudian slip!Eyeball wrote:Maybe some current Swing bad will play it tonight somewhere in tribute to one of the best know recordings of all time.
I played the Edgar Hayes version at our outdoor dance last Tuesday, wedged between Wingy Manone's Sister Kate and Jelly Roll Morton's West End Blues.
The King Sisters did a version on ITM around the fall of 1939. I don't recall if it was any good, though. If anyone would have a good vocal version it would be them.
"We had cut one record for Bluebird, which was 'In The Mood,' says Donna. We were the first to record a vocal version of the Glenn Miller hit, with words added. Shortly after that, we were booked into the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, which had these weekly dances that a lot of high school and college kids went to. We were shocked to see about 4000 kids show up! That's when we realized just how many people were listening to our KHJ broadcasts. The kids requested 'In The Mood' over and over again, so we sang that song again and again! We hadn't realized how popular we were becoming, because they didn't have anything like Neilsen ratings for radio shows at that time. We were absolutely floored at the response!"
"We had cut one record for Bluebird, which was 'In The Mood,' says Donna. We were the first to record a vocal version of the Glenn Miller hit, with words added. Shortly after that, we were booked into the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, which had these weekly dances that a lot of high school and college kids went to. We were shocked to see about 4000 kids show up! That's when we realized just how many people were listening to our KHJ broadcasts. The kids requested 'In The Mood' over and over again, so we sang that song again and again! We hadn't realized how popular we were becoming, because they didn't have anything like Neilsen ratings for radio shows at that time. We were absolutely floored at the response!"