(1942 cover of ‘billboard magazine’)
(‘age 38’)
“what a fucking dork!”
“i’m WAY cooler than him!”
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“alton glenn miller”
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*born ‘1 march 1904’*
(‘clarinda’ / ‘iowa’)
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*missing in action ’15 december 1944’*
‘age 40’
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“big band”
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‘musician’
‘arranger’
‘composer’
‘band-leader’
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(in the ‘swing era’)
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(precursor to the ‘steve miller band’)
(“not quite”)
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(he was the best-selling recording artist from ‘1939’ to ‘1943’, leading one of the best known ‘big bands’)
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(miller’s recordings include…)
“in the mood”
“moonlight serenade”
“pennsylvania 6-5000”
“chattanooga choo choo”
“a string of pearls”
“at last”
“(i’ve got a gal in) kalamazoo”
“american patrol”
“tuxedo junction”
“elmer’s tune”
“little brown jug”
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(while he was traveling to entertain american troops in ‘france’ during ‘world war 2’, miller’s aircraft disappeared in ‘bad weather’ over the “english channel”)
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“IN THE MOOD”
(1939)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥