Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Benny Goodman all had large jazz-oriented groups and were active participants in the Swing Era (1935 -- 1945), but the name most closely associated with that era was ...
Jul. 5—There will be swing music and big band jazz in Highland Park this week. The Kokomo Park Band's annual Big Band Night is one of the group's most popular concerts. Fans of Duke Ellington and ...
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra topped the American pop charts with the ebullient "In the Mood" as war raged overseas on this day in history, Feb. 10, 1940. His most famous song, along with other ...
On February 10, 1942, Glenn Miller was awarded the first-ever Gold Record, for the song "Chattanooga Choo Choo." RCA Victor made the record by taking one of Miller's albums, painting it gold, and ...
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