Wow, really cool. Born in early 20's like my parents and he's still around. Great post, I'm reading about him now. Thanks for the interesting historical trivia, I love it. Such great music from a long lost bygone era. The sad truth is musical art in American society has deteriorated so pathetically that the likes of rap and hip hop dominate the American musical culture. The simple turth is that it took so much more hard work, talent, and discipline to write, arrange, and perform this music than it does today for some rapper in baggy pants to prance around a stage speaking rythmically and making billions off misguided and brainwashed Americans that have never been exposed to what great musical art really is.
We were fortunate enough to hear the Glenn Miller Orchestra in Dallas two weeks ago. The orchestra has been touring non-stop for 80 years! At this performance, there was a 100 year old lady in a wheelchair who got up and danced along to the orchestra. The really amazing part: in 1942, this same woman danced in front of the REAL Glenn Miller and his orchestra in Norman, OK where they were performing. We will never see anything like that again. When she was 20, how could she have ever known that 80 years later she’d be dancing to this orchestra again?
I’m 36 and there is something about Big Bands, Jazz and oldies music. You can be having the worst day, hear this kind of music and forget everything! It has a way of just immediately making you feel better, puts a smile on your face and transports you to another place and time where everything is right!
Con todos mis respetos, sus padres sabían disfrutar de una música maravillosa , a mí me pasó lo mismo desde niño y ahora que soy diez años más joven que usted siguo disfrutando muchísimo más . Saludos desde España . Swing Forever .
Yes. Still a big Glenn Miller fan at 82. Just lost my wife of 58 yrs. We used to go to ballrooms to dance to local bands playing these tunes. 2 yrs ago we attended a Glen Miller concert at Severance Hall in Cleveland. Beautiful. Just like this clip
You lived in a beautiful time! The big band era was wonderful!! Im much younger than you but I love Glenn Miller & the big band era! The women dressed beautifully & the men were so dapper! The women dressed respectfully & the men were men. I think I was born in the wrong era (80s)😁😁. I love the music , hair styles, the clothing style, everything about that time! I am so sorry for your loss of your wife. I know shes in a beautiful place💜.
My Mom & Dad married 1944. Dad in the Navy. Both gone but not forgotten. They could dance all night to Glen Miller. Miss them so much. 75 years of a happy, loving marriage.
This was the classiest era period. Look at all the handsome gentlemen in the club with beautiful tuxedos on. Their haircuts cuts styled to perfection, and all the beautifully gowned women. My how far we have fallen from class, elegance, and sophistication. Unfortunately, we can't find that these days. Very sad...
As someone who despises any form of hip hop “music”, or any form of post 1940s music of that matter, I’m glad you’ve come to better appreciate the music I grew up listening to.
I had the pleasure of hiring a retired gentleman to work for me in Atlanta. Over 5 years he became a great friend. He passed a few years ago. Loved to hear his stories of his youth. His name was John Purtill. His father was one of the drummers for the Glenn Miller band. He's in this video. The list of famous jazz musicians he met back when he was a kid when his dad would take him along to a lot of his performances was amazing. Just thought I would share.
What a Great story. My grandfather played the tenor sax, clarinet & a little bit of flute. When he passed away back in 1991, my mother gave me his clarinet & I Love having it. One of His saxophone’s went to a nephew of mine (who was in band at school) & another one of his saxophone’s 🎷went to one of my cousins daughters 🎷 She was in High school band class as well. I’m musically inclined, but in song and I Loved hearing him & my Uncle Bob (his only son) play. My Uncle was the pianist while my grandfather played his Sax. I miss them days 😢😢😢
I always loved Glenn Miller. When my grandad passed away years ago I was able to bring his entire Glenn Miller collection to my apartment and I listen to them alot. Thanks grandad!
Your comment hit home with me! I can almost see both of my WWII Grandfathers dancing with my grandmothers in their uniforms too. My paternal grandfather served in the Navy. My maternal grandfather served in the Army Air Corps. I appreciate your grandfather’s services and the services from both of my grandfathers.
As a child of the 60s and 70s I couldn't appreciate these fabulous classics from well before my time, now after all these years I find that these are outstanding
My parents were in high school and College from 1941 to 1950 so I still their Glenn Miller albums and Tommy Dorsey albums. I have fond memories of them in the living room swinging to those records like they were still in school.
@@BarrVason unfortunately/fortunately I was brought up in a religious household, there was no dancing going on, but I'd only heard swing music on 📺 shows, I'm happy for your awesome memories, ✌
Go to Rock That Swing Festival Channel here on TH-cam The young people from the late 80s hunted down Frankie Manning to teach them how to dance the Lindy Hop and Boogie Woogie. They are joined by younger people who love this music also.
I was born in 1959 my darling dad loved the big bands, I went along with him to concerts and we listened to Glen Miller constantly It still stands the test of time
@@homomorphic My Dad was a WWII Army Combat Medic and bought a Selmer Clarinet and Saxophone while on leave in France. He shipped them home and started a four piece band after the war. He played those instruments. He loved music and this was his favorite song. They never made it but they tried playing mostly bars (he didn't drink). He later became a high school band instructor. He used to watch VHS tapes of Glenn Miller and all the big bands in his later years. He and my mom were special. I miss them every day.
@@dantimber if he was a band/music instructor he did make it. Very few occupations in life more important than introducing young people to the magic of music.
I'm 62 years old. I loved playing this song in the high school band in the late seventies. My Dad served in the army in WWII and he and my Mom loved Glen Miller. When I was trying to pick what instrument I was going to play back in grammar school my Dad suggested trombone. I tried it out and loved it. I stopped playing about two years after graduating. I wish I had stuck with it.
You should both pick up your instruments again! Yes, you will be very rusty, but all of skills and knowledge will still be buried away in your brain(s), which means that it is easier to relearn something than to try learning it from the beginning. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
It's 2024 an still sounds good.I grew up listening to this music my dad had me listening to this music when I was a kid my dad was a World War II vet when he was overseas this is what he was listening to RIP.DAD
@@janeleekeller Hello and good Sunday morning. Oh my gosh thank you for sharing this information, I have subscribed to the channel. Have a blessed day. 🤗 :)
@@lisalovessummertime8453 Hi Lisa 😊 Hope you're Enjoying a Blessed Sunday yourself. Also hope you like the Channel I suggested. There are, 'The45Prof' and a 'AnotherProf' Channels as well. I myself have Mostly The45Prof and AnotherProf Songs. I created Playlists for the Songs I chose, and now have a Library of Thousands of Songs I can listen to any time I want, (usually every waking moment, lol !) I have Songs starting from the 1950s to, (so far), 1971. I Absolutely Love Music ❤️. I also have a lot of Classical Music from 'Halidon Music' if you like That. JaneLee 🕊️ 3/6/22 4:08 PM
The Big Band Era was magical, and this tune, along with String of Pearls, by Glenn Miller's Orchestra are among the greatest legacies of American music.
I was born too late for the heyday of big bands and never experienced the sheer power of their music live. Having that many horns and other instruments playing at once in a relatively small room like a night club or dance hall must have been amazing!! It’s no wonder big bands were so popular in the 40s.
actually their heyday was back in the early 30's to early 40's. By the end of WW2, it became expensive to field an large band like this. Housing and food being the big expense. Unless you were on or staring in (Like Sammy Kaye or even Spike Jones) a weekly radio program, you had to cut the band down to a trio/quartet in order to make any money. Even the Dorsey Brothers finally had to come back together for a final gig on TV.
Yes - written by Joe Garland, based on Tar Paper Stomp by Wingy Manone (1930). The original version was ~6 minutes long and no one could figure out how to cut it to fit on a standard 78. That arrangement was bought and sold multiple times, eventually ending up with Artie Shaw who performed it once on a broadcast. He sold it to Miller who DID know what to cut and what tempi to change ... and the rest was history.
I am 54 and just got a whole bunch of old cassette tapes from a lady that her late mother passed them on to her. promised to look after them as cherish them. came here to search for Glenn Miller which was among them. absolute magic that tickles my heart knowing that these records were actually produced between 1939-1941 , priceless treasure.
In 1997 I watched my parents dance to this song . They were part of the Greatest Generation. Rip Mom and Dad you gave me great memories looking through your living room window
When I went to college in the mid-70's, we had a marching band who would play songs in the stands during football games. This was my most favorite song that they would play, although I had no idea what it was. It wasn't until I went home and told my mother about it and "la la'd" a bit of the melody to her that she said, "Oh, that's In The Mood!". It's a timeless song and each generation enjoys hearing it.
Our mum adored Glenn Miller's music, all the "big band" stuff really, but mostly Glenn Miller. All our lives it was playing in the background when she was doing the housework, or her dressmaking, so me and my brother heard it ALL the time. Last year we played it at her funeral, it will never sound the same again. Miss you mum, maybe dad will learn to dance with you up there.
I have played trumpet in a big band since 1980 and our charity performances at senior citizens and nursing homes has gone from the old folks there recognizing all of the 40's big band hits until the past couple of decades where the only song they recognize is "In the Mood".
Makes me remember summer afternoons when my grandpa would be working in the garage. He'd play his big band music and work on cars or whatever grandma wanted fixed. He dropped out of high school to join the Navy in WWII, he and grandma were married in 1947. Grandpa RIP 2013, Grandma RIP 2015, miss them so much.
A number of years ago, I attended an outdoor concert. String of Pearls was being played and an elderly couple got up and danced in the aisle. They did a good job and afterwards I commented on their expertise. They thanked me and said that every time they hear that piece of music, they get up and dance. It was their song. Good memory.
I'm 36. From Costa Rica. This song brings me to tears of emotion and admiration for these exceptional and talented men and women. God bless their souls in heaven and on Earth. I express my thankfulness for all the good music I've enjoyed from the United States. Let's keep dancing!!!
I'm 65, Thank You Dad and Papa for your old phonograph that played 78's and raised me on all the Great Big Bands I miss you and Always will Love 40's Big Band Swing
The sound track you are hearing was recorded in 1983 by a cover band. The REAL Glenn Miller band sounded much better. th-cam.com/video/6vOUYry_5Nw/w-d-xo.html
@@dsvet It definitely is a different track. It's from a CD entitled "In the Digital Mood" and it was recorded in 1983. It's a note for note copy of Miller's 1939 recording. The digitally enhanced version in my post is the actual sound track recorded in 1941 for the movie "Orchestra Wives". Notice the tenor sax and trumpet solos in the digitally enhanced movie version are different from what you are hearing on the CD version (you can actually see that the fingering on Billy May's trumpet solo does not match the notes you are hearing on the CD sound track). I play in a big band and we have this arrangement with the 1939 solos written in. That is the same version the cover band is playing on the track.
Scene from The 1941 Movie, 'Sun Valley Serenade', Starring John Payne, (Pianist), Sonja Henie, (Girl), and of course, Glenn Miller and His Band. Thank you C H Stereo 😊 JaneLee - in Suburban Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA 3/6/22
@@philfreer1629 He was musically trained and probably was hitting the keys correctly, but info I've gotten from Miller historians is that he was still dubbed by Chummy MacGregor.
My grandparents tore the dance floors UP to this song, for years. I put it on when I'm thinking of them and missing them. Imagining them dancing like how they showed me they did in the living room, with their record player playing this on vinyl. Even though they were much older, they could still get after it lol
I'm 61 and today is my youngest daughters 18th birthday, she asked me what I did on my 18th, I explained that I had a party at which I introduced all my friends to the Glenn Miller band courtesy of my parents record collection, we had a fabulous party stretching into the night with the Glenn Miller LP on repeat, that was 1980. Timeless ❤
This is the best music video on TH-cam. The greatest music of our greatest generation. God Bless Glenn Miller and the others who gave their lives defending our country in WWII.
Love this. I woke up to this a many Saturday mornings growing up in the 80s in Williamston, NC. I thank my mom for teaching me the value of listening to all kinds of music. Rest in peace and Merry Christmas Ma. 😔🙏
Still a timeless tune...I really love this track...strangely enough it's one track that seems to be enjoyed both by my mum just now and my gran when she was alive...funny how genetics and music can intertwine and keep a piece of music alive in a family over the decades...
The instruments fading, lower and slower in beat and then the anticipation of everyone before the trumpets rise again is wonderful and seems very novel. I know nothing of musical timing, but that was great. Thanks for sharing.
My late father in Malaysia loved the Glenn Miller band. For years, he would play this song for many parties, and we would happily dance along. RIP Acha.
Mom and Dad, please come back, and bring the peace and goodness of those days with you!! We love ❤️ you!! We will see you one day in the beautiful, glorious afterlife!! Thank you for what you did!!
I am a child of 1941 and have listened to the whole gamut of music. I believe this is one of the greatest pieces of orchestral sounds and will live on like Mozart, Bach, etc for centuries.
I have never been a Democrat nor voted GOP. I do not even live in the USA. However I watch with great amusement the foibles of American politics, and no, II do not live in the UK either.
My dad was born in 1935 in Puebla México. He was the one that introduced me to Big Band music. Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman are his favorites. Greetings from Brooklyn New York. 8-1-23.
My parents are from Mexico too. However, they never introduced me to that music, as they were born much later. My mom’s parents were born right at the start of Bebop, but my dad’s parents were born right before the Swing era. I was never introduced via my grandparents, but I had an elderly neighbor (unfortunately, I think she died). During the beginning of COVID-19, I would hear her play this song so loud that I was able to hear it in my apartment room. I had asked my dad what that song was, and he told me to try to look at Glenn Miller. I didn’t start listening to Jazz until this year. I never told my parents I like this kind of music because I am sure they will think I am a weirdo. Anyway, it’s cool to see my fellow Mexican homies listening to Jazz.
Glen Miller is one of the best 1 in history that hit the Billboard top 100 chart 15 times in 1 year a record down never be broken that makes Glen Miller 1 of the best of all time
From the film "Sun Valley Serenade". That's John Payne, who was in "Miracle on 34th Street", on the piano. The Glenn Miller Orchestra played the Phil Corey Orchestra, with Glenn Miller as Phil Corey.
Give her a hug for me! I grew up with this music and have always loved the energy! My parents both played instruments and my dad played with Benny Goodman a couple of times and was blessed to see and meet Glenn Miller! Wow! This music and jitterbugging need to come back! Dancing makes you happy!
I'm sixty two now. My late father was a merchant seaman, he brought hundreds of 78's home from America. We were brought up with the big dance bands and early American R+R. When he and my mother were married, his first purchase was a 50's Garrard record player. It's still in working order and sounds fantastic. Give me the big band sound anyday.
One of the trumpeters in the band, Ray Anthony, is still alive today at age 102. He’s the only surviving member of the band.
The things he’s probably seen …
@Frenite they don’t make them like they used to do they? 😊
Wow, really cool. Born in early 20's like my parents and he's still around. Great post, I'm reading about him now. Thanks for the interesting historical trivia, I love it. Such great music from a long lost bygone era. The sad truth is musical art in American society has deteriorated so pathetically that the likes of rap and hip hop dominate the American musical culture. The simple turth is that it took so much more hard work, talent, and discipline to write, arrange, and perform this music than it does today for some rapper in baggy pants to prance around a stage speaking rythmically and making billions off misguided and brainwashed Americans that have never been exposed to what great musical art really is.
Anthony 200 lat co najmniej życzymy w zdrowiu i radosci
Ray Anthony is not in this recording. This is not Miller's band playing. Its' a band made up of session players called The Serious Dance band.
We were fortunate enough to hear the Glenn Miller Orchestra in Dallas two weeks ago. The orchestra has been touring non-stop for 80 years! At this performance, there was a 100 year old lady in a wheelchair who got up and danced along to the orchestra. The really amazing part: in 1942, this same woman danced in front of the REAL Glenn Miller and his orchestra in Norman, OK where they were performing. We will never see anything like that again. When she was 20, how could she have ever known that 80 years later she’d be dancing to this orchestra again?
The Glenn Miller Orchestra does a phenomenal job!! I seen them recently for the first time and plan on going back!
What a beautiful thing to see ! God Bless that sweet elderly lady !
If she really didn't dance in front of Glenn Miller in 1942, you'd have no way of knowing, would you?
I saw the Glenn Miller Orchestra a few weeks ago in Newbery, SC. Most awesome band of all time.
Tell the B's to watch out for the little fella below them.
JANUARY 2025 here. Miller's sounds are becoming timeless. Tough break, losing him at 40. I guess those are the breaks at war.
I’m 36 and there is something about Big Bands, Jazz and oldies music. You can be having the worst day, hear this kind of music and forget everything! It has a way of just immediately making you feel better, puts a smile on your face and transports you to another place and time where everything is right!
Absolutely!
Dude same. I’m 33 and my grandfather introduced me to this, even though he’s gone this shit is hands down the greatest.
33 year old bigband guy from Holland!!! got miller Harry James Woody Herman on lp records bigbands rule@@XJ290
Yesss!!!
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I was born in 1949 & growing up in 1950’s & 1960’s my parents played this on the record player constantly! Love love this music ! I’m now 74 !
born in '48 here
Con todos mis respetos, sus padres sabían disfrutar de una música maravillosa , a mí me pasó lo mismo desde niño y ahora que soy diez años más joven que usted siguo disfrutando muchísimo más . Saludos desde España . Swing Forever .
47 here, and I looooove this music
Maravilha!!!
Yep born in 49 myself and the same thing with my folks
Yes. Still a big Glenn Miller fan at 82. Just lost my wife of 58 yrs. We used to go to ballrooms to dance to local bands playing these tunes. 2 yrs ago we attended a Glen
Miller concert at Severance Hall in Cleveland. Beautiful. Just like this clip
Bless her soul and bless you too.
You lived in a beautiful time! The big band era was wonderful!! Im much younger than you but I love Glenn Miller & the big band era! The women dressed beautifully & the men were so dapper! The women dressed respectfully & the men were men. I think I was born in the wrong era (80s)😁😁. I love the music , hair styles, the clothing style, everything about that time! I am so sorry for your loss of your wife. I know shes in a beautiful place💜.
Sorry, for the loss of your wife.
One of the greatest pieces of music of all times.
Great music, better man.
Along with Moonlight Serenade. ❤️
No.
I totally agree with you
"In The Mood" was played at my Nanna's funeral. She and Pa used to dance to it when they were courting.
If you got to grow up in the 40's through the 90's with all of the golden classic movies, music and concerts, YOU were very blessed.
I´ve always thought of the 20th century, especially the ´20´s/on, as the golden age of melody and rhythm (with rhyme perhaps taking over in the ´90´s)
Indeed
I agree.
I think you forgot the rise of fascism was happening, so it really wasn't a blessing...@thomasblanchard6778
@slapchopenthusiast1065so was World War II 🥰
My Mom & Dad married 1944. Dad in the Navy. Both gone but not forgotten. They could dance all night to Glen Miller. Miss them so much. 75 years of a happy, loving marriage.
OMG I hope you and your family is doing alright your mom and dad seemed like the perfect couple 😊
They sure don't make em like they used to❤
So cool!
🌺💜💜💜💜
How so very lovely, @ldav2006, and so sweet for you to share this info with us!!!
My grandmother's era of music. RIP Grandma. Beautiful!
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This has to be the classiest era of music.❤😢
This was the classiest era period. Look at all the handsome gentlemen in the club with beautiful tuxedos on. Their haircuts cuts styled to perfection, and all the beautifully gowned women. My how far we have fallen from class, elegance, and sophistication. Unfortunately, we can't find that these days. Very sad...
@@albertplummer2973 very sad indeed.
Yes it is
@@albertplummer2973 Clothing and haircuts - surely not the most important thing in life?
in usa ?, because Chopin , richard wagner, Tchaikvsky , Shostakovich , Schubert are incredible
My Dad played the Sax in the 50’s and 60’s, and I remember him playing along with this piece. Great times!
I’m listening 2024. Totally blown away.
Same! Obsessed with the good music
Real jazz
James Stewart was the best actor for the life portrait of this amazing musician
I am 50 and lov3 this song
Am in a wheelchair and still move around to this music. Am 70 and I love this music!😅❤
No words were spoken.
Nice teeth and eyebrows
YES! - Love hearing it. Life can destroy our bodies, but only _we_ can destroy our spirit!
I love your comment.
Wonderful gin and tonic music! Cheers, Everyone!
The age of good manners, courage, strength and endurance.
Amen
Also war, discrimination, sexism, and many others.
@@she4390 sure kid, stay triggered
And really bad racism, We have come a long way (some have)
@@rodterrell304 it must be fucking exhausting to be constantly looking for shit to be offended by
Real classy times!!!
BRING these time’s back.
Ano, 165 let se v USA neválčilo, tam se čile tančilo. Viz zde. Jen v Evropě se stále válčí.
Even if you’re not in the mood you’re still in the mood for this song. 😎
Thank you Glenn Miller!
Britain and America in WW2 wouldn't have been the same without Glenn Miller.
I was a former hip hop and break dancer but learned to appreciate all music. This is pure brilliance and timeless!!!
As a hip hop fan myself I would love to hear a remix of this. Why not both!!!!
Totally agree. Music knows no boundaries and gives memories and brings people together in a way nothing else ever will.
As someone who despises any form of hip hop “music”, or any form of post 1940s music of that matter, I’m glad you’ve come to better appreciate the music I grew up listening to.
Smh 1945 to 1956 is better@@UnclearHistory41
It is music.... just because you don't enjoy doesn't mean it isn't "real" music, whatever that means.@@UnclearHistory41
I had the pleasure of hiring a retired gentleman to work for me in Atlanta. Over 5 years he became a great friend. He passed a few years ago. Loved to hear his stories of his youth. His name was John Purtill. His father was one of the drummers for the Glenn Miller band. He's in this video. The list of famous jazz musicians he met back when he was a kid when his dad would take him along to a lot of his performances was amazing. Just thought I would share.
What a Great story. My grandfather played the tenor sax, clarinet & a little bit of flute. When he passed away back in 1991, my mother gave me his clarinet & I Love having it. One of His saxophone’s went to a nephew of mine (who was in band at school) & another one of his saxophone’s 🎷went to one of my cousins daughters 🎷 She was in High school band class as well. I’m musically inclined, but in song and I Loved hearing him & my Uncle Bob (his only son) play. My Uncle was the pianist while my grandfather played his Sax. I miss them days 😢😢😢
That would be Maurice (Mo) Purtill
I love that they play Glenn Miller-Moonlight Serenade‼️🧡
I always loved Glenn Miller. When my grandad passed away years ago I was able to bring his entire Glenn Miller collection to my apartment and I listen to them alot. Thanks grandad!
Your grandpop had good taste and it was passed on to you.
My father was born in '26. I was raised on the music of the 30's and 40's and I wish we could have music that good again.
so do i
My Dad was a sax player, and we grew up listening to big band music. Love In The Mood.
Can almost see my grandpa in his Navy uniform dancing with my grandma to this! Thanks for your service in WW2, grandpa 🫡
My late father was a Navy veteran of WW2. God bless all veterans.
I doubt he’s in the comments.
Yes, this was the music of my parent's era. Wonderful stuff.
Your comment hit home with me! I can almost see both of my WWII Grandfathers dancing with my grandmothers in their uniforms too. My paternal grandfather served in the Navy. My maternal grandfather served in the Army Air Corps. I appreciate your grandfather’s services and the services from both of my grandfathers.
My dad service in royal Air force in world war 2 😢
As a child of the 60s and 70s I couldn't appreciate these fabulous classics from well before my time, now after all these years I find that these are outstanding
My parents were in high school and College from 1941 to 1950 so I still their Glenn Miller albums and Tommy Dorsey albums. I have fond memories of them in the living room swinging to those records like they were still in school.
@@BarrVason unfortunately/fortunately I was brought up in a religious household, there was no dancing going on, but I'd only heard swing music on 📺 shows, I'm happy for your awesome memories, ✌
Couldn't agree with you more happy times
Absolutely right!!!!
Well before your time? I mean that would be like a 40YO today calling Metallica "well before his time" 😂😂😂
We played this in Stage band in high school in the 70's. I played Alto sax, so much fun.
This type of music needs to be revived!! BEST EVER!!!!
Go to Rock That Swing Festival Channel here on TH-cam
The young people from the late 80s hunted down Frankie Manning to teach them how to dance the Lindy Hop and Boogie Woogie. They are joined by younger people who love this music also.
I was born in 1959 my darling dad loved the big bands, I went along with him to concerts and we listened to Glen Miller constantly
It still stands the test of time
Jill, I was also born in 1959. Big band music was about all I heard growing up. Best music ever.
80 years later and people are still listening.
People will be listening to Glenn Miller for a thousand years.
Yes
Not those in the video though.....
Estamos ouvindo e dançando ❤
You know it
Great music of all times and peoples. I first heard it in 1997 on the shores of the Barents Sea in the village of Teriberka.
I used to listen to this every Sunday when I was growing up in the 60s. My father would play his albums.
My dad played sax in a band ... when they played this music I was proud to see my father ! I was 8 years old .. rip dad 🙏
So awesome! Trigger Alpert was my grandfather to my step dad Bill and he was fantastic
Father's are awesome. Musician fathers are extra awesome.
@@homomorphic My Dad was a WWII Army Combat Medic and bought a Selmer Clarinet and Saxophone while on leave in France. He shipped them home and started a four piece band after the war. He played those instruments. He loved music and this was his favorite song. They never made it but they tried playing mostly bars (he didn't drink). He later became a high school band instructor. He used to watch VHS tapes of Glenn Miller and all the big bands in his later years. He and my mom were special. I miss them every day.
@@dantimber if he was a band/music instructor he did make it. Very few occupations in life more important than introducing young people to the magic of music.
El mío acompañaba haciendo soñar a los cubiertos ❤
I'm 62 years old. I loved playing this song in the high school band in the late seventies. My Dad served in the army in WWII and he and my Mom loved Glen Miller. When I was trying to pick what instrument I was going to play back in grammar school my Dad suggested trombone. I tried it out and loved it. I stopped playing about two years after graduating. I wish I had stuck with it.
never too late to pick it up again old timer ;D
Heh, I'm 43, I played this in the high school band in the 90s, on trumpet. And I too stopped playing after graduating.
You should both pick up your instruments again! Yes, you will be very rusty, but all of skills and knowledge will still be buried away in your brain(s), which means that it is easier to relearn something than to try learning it from the beginning.
Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
It's 2024 an still sounds good.I grew up listening to this music my dad had me listening to this music when I was a kid my dad was a World War II vet when he was overseas this is what he was listening to RIP.DAD
Over 80 years and it's STILL a CLASSIC!!
1000% TRU
My favorite Glenn Miller song.
glenn miller music remembered never forgotten.
Oh I love my grand parents era..the big band era! Yes, the Glenn Miller band is sweet! 💕
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In case you haven't already Lisa, look up
The78Prof - Lots of Big Band Music 😊.
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3/6/22
@@janeleekeller Hello and good Sunday morning. Oh my gosh thank you for sharing this information, I have subscribed to the channel. Have a blessed day. 🤗 :)
@@lisalovessummertime8453
Hi Lisa 😊
Hope you're Enjoying a Blessed Sunday yourself.
Also hope you like the Channel I suggested.
There are, 'The45Prof' and a 'AnotherProf'
Channels as well.
I myself have Mostly The45Prof and AnotherProf Songs.
I created Playlists for the Songs I chose, and now have a Library of Thousands of Songs I can listen to any time I want, (usually every waking moment, lol !)
I have Songs starting from the 1950s to, (so far), 1971.
I Absolutely Love Music ❤️.
I also have a lot of Classical Music
from 'Halidon Music' if you like That.
JaneLee 🕊️
3/6/22
4:08 PM
Yes the big era !
and these guys are the best instrumental band to dance to
Es una melodia q alegra la vida, yo aqui en en pleno 2024 disfrutando la melodia 🎉
I was born in ‘69 and thank my Mom & Dad for playing this music when I was a kid. Nothing today compares.
I was born in 1967 and have always liked this tune since I was a kid
Lol, no it can't !
1951 here, and I agree.
1956 for me, my parents danced to this in high school and I grew up listening to big band music and others, great stuff!
Born 64 yes i heard from my parents still my favorite era esp now
This was Mother and Father's favorite song.
They were teens during WWII and loved the Big Bands.
I miss them.
I have dreams of my mom and dad. Makes me think I'll see them again. Hope so.
They loved Glen Miller and his band.
"IN THE MOOD" one of the most treasured pieces of music in the 20th Century...
The Big Band Era was magical, and this tune, along with String of Pearls, by Glenn Miller's Orchestra are among the greatest legacies of American music.
Sing Sing Sing for me!
I'm 63. I listen to this daily. I play Trumpet. This music is GREAT!
I’m 78 play great on my banjo. Kind regards Tim
This song is a tribute to my father that I lost recently, he was a great fan and it will always remind me of him... Excellent music of all times!
I was born too late for the heyday of big bands and never experienced the sheer power of their music live. Having that many horns and other instruments playing at once in a relatively small room like a night club or dance hall must have been amazing!! It’s no wonder big bands were so popular in the 40s.
actually their heyday was back in the early 30's to early 40's. By the end of WW2, it became expensive to field an large band like this. Housing and food being the big expense. Unless you were on or staring in (Like Sammy Kaye or even Spike Jones) a weekly radio program, you had to cut the band down to a trio/quartet in order to make any money. Even the Dorsey Brothers finally had to come back together for a final gig on TV.
The Glenn Miller Band is still touring - check out their website. You may still get to hear them live.
One of the greatest songs of all time. It really represents the time it was written and the brilliance of Glenn Miller.
Yes - written by Joe Garland, based on Tar Paper Stomp by Wingy Manone (1930). The original version was ~6 minutes long and no one could figure out how to cut it to fit on a standard 78. That arrangement was bought and sold multiple times, eventually ending up with Artie Shaw who performed it once on a broadcast. He sold it to Miller who DID know what to cut and what tempi to change ... and the rest was history.
Born 1947 and grew up on The Big Band era. Thanks Mom and Dad, I keep their music alive!
I remember playing this in Jazz band as the rhythm section, by far my favorite memories in the early 2000s
I was born in 54. My mom was from NY and loved Glenn Miller. She dressed beautifully and loved to dance. I still love listening to those musicians.
I am 54 and just got a whole bunch of old cassette tapes from a lady that her late mother passed them on to her. promised to look after them as cherish them. came here to search for Glenn Miller which was among them. absolute magic that tickles my heart knowing that these records were actually produced between 1939-1941 , priceless treasure.
In 1997 I watched my parents dance to this song . They were part of the Greatest Generation. Rip Mom and Dad you gave me great memories looking through your living room window
Обожаю Гленна Миллера и фильм «Серенада Солнечной долины»…
My late father got me into Glenn Miller a while back , sadly he passed away a year ago today....Love the sound !!
Omg I'm so sorry he passed 😔
I was born in 1985 and my Father made me listen to Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington
And weren’t you lucky to have a dad that appreciated great music!?! 👍♥🇺🇸
A Train ❤
incredible
When I went to college in the mid-70's, we had a marching band who would play songs in the stands during football games. This was my most favorite song that they would play, although I had no idea what it was. It wasn't until I went home and told my mother about it and "la la'd" a bit of the melody to her that she said, "Oh, that's In The Mood!". It's a timeless song and each generation enjoys hearing it.
One of my favorites of the big band era !!❤🎉
Our mum adored Glenn Miller's music, all the "big band" stuff really, but mostly Glenn Miller. All our lives it was playing in the background when she was doing the housework, or her dressmaking, so me and my brother heard it ALL the time. Last year we played it at her funeral, it will never sound the same again.
Miss you mum, maybe dad will learn to dance with you up there.
Glen And His Orchestra Were An Inspiration During Such A Dark Time In Human History.
All Of Those Guys In That Orchestra Looked Sheer Class!
FWIW, he spelled his name Glenn. And why all of the random capitalizations?
WOW ! SUPER ! Sound !🤗
After more than 80 years still a masterpiece😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉
I don't care when you were born. This is a tune.
Such class! Bring this back to society please!
I have played trumpet in a big band since 1980 and our charity performances at senior citizens and nursing homes has gone from the old folks there recognizing all of the 40's big band hits until the past couple of decades where the only song they recognize is "In the Mood".
Makes me remember summer afternoons when my grandpa would be working in the garage. He'd play his big band music and work on cars or whatever grandma wanted fixed. He dropped out of high school to join the Navy in WWII, he and grandma were married in 1947. Grandpa RIP 2013, Grandma RIP 2015, miss them so much.
Замечательный сборник!!! Жаль, что Гленн Миллер рано погиб!!!
Always in the mood for some Glenn Miller...
My dad would play this on his accordion. Rest in peace Dad!
Rip to your dad bro
My dad used to play this on the ocarina.
I always joke and say this is music from my previous life. I've always felt connected to this era ever since I was a little kid in the 80s.
A number of years ago, I attended an outdoor concert. String of Pearls was being played and an elderly couple got up and danced in the aisle. They did a good job and afterwards I commented on their expertise. They thanked me and said that every time they hear that piece of music, they get up and dance. It was their song. Good memory.
I'm 36. From Costa Rica. This song brings me to tears of emotion and admiration for these exceptional and talented men and women.
God bless their souls in heaven and on Earth.
I express my thankfulness for all the good music I've enjoyed from the United States.
Let's keep dancing!!!
One of the best tunes ever.
Oh, this is BRILLIANT! A tune - and performance - which is 80 years old, and still as fresh and attractive as when it was 80 years ago!!
Best song ever 😍 I'm 11 but I love old songs ❤❤
I believe this is a clip from the film, Sun Valley Serenade (1941); the female is Sonja Henie, 3-time Norwegian Olympic Ice-Skating Champion.
I'm 65, Thank You Dad and Papa for your old phonograph that played 78's and raised me on all the Great Big Bands
I miss you and Always will Love 40's Big Band Swing
Absolutely AWESOME! It doesn't get any better than this. LOVE it
Yes, at least 1 better Jumpin Jive - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothersth-cam.com/video/_8yGGtVKrD8/w-d-xo.html
The sound track you are hearing was recorded in 1983 by a cover band. The REAL Glenn Miller band sounded much better. th-cam.com/video/6vOUYry_5Nw/w-d-xo.html
@@davidpugh7503 no this is the same track but your post has the digitally enhanced version. Its even in the title. Its been remastered.
@@dsvet It definitely is a different track. It's from a CD entitled "In the Digital Mood" and it was recorded in 1983. It's a note for note copy of Miller's 1939 recording. The digitally enhanced version in my post is the actual sound track recorded in 1941 for the movie "Orchestra Wives". Notice the tenor sax and trumpet solos in the digitally enhanced movie version are different from what you are hearing on the CD version (you can actually see that the fingering on Billy May's trumpet solo does not match the notes you are hearing on the CD sound track). I play in a big band and we have this arrangement with the 1939 solos written in. That is the same version the cover band is playing on the track.
Scene from The 1941 Movie, 'Sun Valley Serenade', Starring John Payne, (Pianist), Sonja Henie, (Girl), and of course, Glenn Miller and His Band.
Thank you C H Stereo 😊
JaneLee - in Suburban Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA
3/6/22
Thought I saw John Payne playing piano!
@@philfreer1629
You Did 😊,
JaneLee - in Suburban Philadelphia
3/19/22
Where did they get the color copy
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Topaz Video Enhance AI
JaneLee - in Suburban Philadelphia
9/5/22
@@philfreer1629 He was musically trained and probably was hitting the keys correctly, but info I've gotten from Miller historians is that he was still dubbed by Chummy MacGregor.
My grandparents tore the dance floors UP to this song, for years. I put it on when I'm thinking of them and missing them. Imagining them dancing like how they showed me they did in the living room, with their record player playing this on vinyl. Even though they were much older, they could still get after it lol
I'm 61 and today is my youngest daughters 18th birthday, she asked me what I did on my 18th, I explained that I had a party at which I introduced all my friends to the Glenn Miller band courtesy of my parents record collection, we had a fabulous party stretching into the night with the Glenn Miller LP on repeat, that was 1980. Timeless ❤
Cool! What does your daughter think of Glenn Miller? I am around your daughter’s age, and I enjoy this too.
Love this! Glenn Miller was great, this is the year I was born, 1941.
The talent is just so amazing 🤩
One of the greatest feel-good tunes ever! Gets you on your feet!!
I'm ALWAYS "in the mood" to listen to those "big band era" tunes and dream of time travel!!
This is the best music video on TH-cam. The greatest music of our greatest generation. God Bless Glenn Miller and the others who gave their lives defending our country in WWII.
Love this. I woke up to this a many Saturday mornings growing up in the 80s in Williamston, NC. I thank my mom for teaching me the value of listening to all kinds of music. Rest in peace and Merry Christmas Ma. 😔🙏
thats awesome
I know right!?!?
Just up US 17 from you. I listen to 40s Junction on Sirius XM on my drives to Raleigh.
Same here. Swing Music is alive and kicking.
Still a timeless tune...I really love this track...strangely enough it's one track that seems to be enjoyed both by my mum just now and my gran when she was alive...funny how genetics and music can intertwine and keep a piece of music alive in a family over the decades...
The instruments fading, lower and slower in beat and then the anticipation of everyone before the trumpets rise again is wonderful and seems very novel. I know nothing of musical timing, but that was great. Thanks for sharing.
My late father in Malaysia loved the Glenn Miller band. For years, he would play this song for many parties, and we would happily dance along. RIP Acha.
Mom and Dad, please come back, and bring the peace and goodness of those days with you!! We love ❤️ you!! We will see you one day in the beautiful, glorious afterlife!! Thank you for what you did!!
Beautiful comment! My Dad’s favorite song and boy could he and my Mom dance!
WW2!!!
It’s sad to think most, if not all the people in this video have passed on. May they all rest in eternal peace with The Lord, Amen.
40 years ago I promised my momma this song would be played at her funeral and I kept that promise in september. Such a joyful song!
Love seeing adorable Sonja Henie!! Such a precious face and such an awesome skater!! Loved Sun Valley Serenade!
I am a child of 1941 and have listened to the whole gamut of music. I believe this is one of the greatest pieces of orchestral sounds and will live on like Mozart, Bach, etc for centuries.
Only if you could
stop voting Democrat. 🙄
@@AlwaysAwesome001why does everything have to be political? Stop being a thief of joy and just appreciate some good music 🎉
I have never been a Democrat nor voted GOP. I do not even live in the USA. However I watch with great amusement the foibles of American politics, and no, II do not live in the UK either.
@@caitlynharbidge3056
You little socialist have no problem with interference with people's religious beliefs-STFU.
@@CarlSteyn
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Must be third world.
Cowards never tell. 🤗
I grew up in my grandparent house hearing this beautiful music. Would love to be able to transport myself back in time.
My dad was born in 1935 in Puebla México. He was the one that introduced me to Big Band music. Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman are his favorites. Greetings from Brooklyn New York. 8-1-23.
My parents are from Mexico too.
However, they never introduced me to that music, as they were born much later. My mom’s parents were born right at the start of Bebop, but my dad’s parents were born right before the Swing era.
I was never introduced via my grandparents, but I had an elderly neighbor (unfortunately, I think she died). During the beginning of COVID-19, I would hear her play this song so loud that I was able to hear it in my apartment room. I had asked my dad what that song was, and he told me to try to look at Glenn Miller. I didn’t start listening to Jazz until this year.
I never told my parents I like this kind of music because I am sure they will think I am a weirdo. Anyway, it’s cool to see my fellow Mexican homies listening to Jazz.
Glen Miller is one of the best 1 in history that hit the Billboard top 100 chart 15 times in 1 year a record down never be broken that makes Glen Miller 1 of the best of all time
From the film "Sun Valley Serenade". That's John Payne, who was in "Miracle on 34th Street", on the piano. The Glenn Miller Orchestra played the Phil Corey Orchestra, with Glenn Miller as Phil Corey.
hello Mike, how are you doing today
Give her a hug for me! I grew up with this music and have always loved the energy! My parents both played instruments and my dad played with Benny Goodman a couple of times and was blessed to see and meet Glenn Miller! Wow! This music and jitterbugging need to come back! Dancing makes you happy!
Now this was music ❤❤❤❤❤
Yeah, before it was all about reciting semi-rhyming couplets as percussion solos keep a beat that's great for ..... basketball game warm-ups!
Absolutely Fabulous !
Talk about PEAK! The suit, the hair, the cheeky charismatic smile ...and then the voice! The song. The sight. Sublime.❤❤❤
What voice are you talking about? In the mood is an instrumental
I'm sixty two now. My late father was a merchant seaman, he brought hundreds of 78's home from America. We were brought up with the big dance bands and early American R+R. When he and my mother were married, his first purchase was a 50's Garrard record player. It's still in working order and sounds fantastic.
Give me the big band sound anyday.