Glenn Miller (I) (1904–1944) |
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Alton Glenn Miller was born on March 1, 1904, in Clarinda, Iowa; the son of Lewis Elmer and Mattie Lou Cavender Miller. He started his music studies when his father gave him a mandolin. He soon traded the mandolin for an old horn. In 1916 he switched to trombone. In 1923, he enrolled in the University of Colorado, but after a year, he dropped out ...
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Soundtrack (137 credits)
2018
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- We're Going to the Catskills!
(2018)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
2018
A Discovery of Witches
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.4
(2018)
... (performer: "Tuxedo Junction")
Pose
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2018) (writer - 1 episode, 2018)
- Pilot
(2018)
... (performer: "Moonlight Serenade") / (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
2017
Criminal Minds
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Red Light
(2017)
... (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
2016
11.22.63
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Other Voices, Other Rooms
(2016)
... (performer: "Little Brown Jug" - uncredited)
2015
Colorado Inside Out
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Time Machine - Circa 1940
(2015)
... (performer: "Mission to Moscow")
2014
The Mindy Project
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Annette Castellano Is My Nemesis
(2014)
... (performer: "In The Mood" - uncredited)
2014
Endeavour
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Sway
(2014)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
Fleming
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014)
- Episode #1.4
(2014)
... (performer: "Moonlight Serenade" - as Glenn Miller Sound, uncredited) / (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
2014
Grimm
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Good Soldier
(2014)
... (performer: "In the Mood" - uncredited)
Waterloo Road
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)
- Don't Mention the War
(2013)
... (performer: "Blue Orchids", "American Patrol", "Moonlight Serenade", "In the Mood") / (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011)
- Woody Allen: A Documentary
(2011)
... (performer: "In the Mood") / (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
2011
Blue Bloods
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Lonely Hearts Club
(2011)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
2011
Metal Evolution
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Pre-Metal
(2011)
... (performer: "In the Mood")
2011
Dancing with the Stars
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #11.4
(2011)
... (performer: "In The Mood" - uncredited)
Independent Lens
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011)
- Marwencol
(2011)
... (performer: "Moonlight Serenade") / (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
2009
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Morning of Creation: 1946-1980
(2009)
... (performer: "Little Brown Jug" - as Maj. Glenn Miller)
2009
Banda sonora
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #5.10
(2009)
... (performer: "In the Mood")
- Episode #5.6
(2009)
... (performer: "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)")
Cold Case
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 2004 - 2007) (performer - 1 episode, 2007)
- Family 8108
(2007)
... (performer: "This Is No Laughing Matter")
- World's End
(2007)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
- Factory Girls
(2004)
... (writer: "American Patrol", "In The Mood")
2007
Family Guy
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Stewie Kills Lois
(2007)
... (performer: "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee" - uncredited)
2007
Torchwood
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Captain Jack Harkness
(2007)
... (performer: "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" - uncredited)
Lost
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2006) (writer - 2 episodes, 2006)
- A Tale of Two Cities
(2006)
... (performer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited) / (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
- The Long Con
(2006)
... (performer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited) / (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
The Simpsons
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2006) (music - 1 episode, 1994)
- Million Dollar Abie
(2006)
... (performer: "Pennsylvania 6-5000")
- Lady Bouvier's Lover
(1994)
... (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
Doctor Who
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2005) (writer - 2 episodes, 2005)
- The Doctor Dances
(2005)
... (performer: "In The Mood", "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited) / (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
- The Empty Child
(2005)
... (performer: "In The Mood", "Moonlight Serenade") / (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
2004
Scrubs
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- My Last Chance
(2004)
... (performer: "In The Mood" - uncredited)
2003
Cuéntame
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- La llegada del futuro
(2003)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
2002
Gilmore Girls
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?
(2002)
... (performer: "A String of Pearls" - uncredited)
2001
Changi
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Private Bill
(2001)
... (performer: "I Know Why (and So Do You)")
King of the Hill
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2001) (writer - 1 episode, 2001)
- Luanne Virgin 2.0
(2001)
... (performer: "Moonlight Serenade") / (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
2000
Midsomer Murders
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Blue Herrings
(2000)
... (performer: "A String of Pearls")
1996
The Christmas Party
(arranger: "Jingle Bells") / (performer: "Jingle Bells", "I'll Be Home for Christmas")
1994
Baseball
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- The National Pastime
(1994)
... (performer: "String of Pearls", "Little Brown Jug")
1992
Cyber Eden
(performer: "American Patrol", "Moonlight Serenade", "In the Mood") / (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
1992
Kuudesti laukeava
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2
(1992)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
1991
Perfect Strangers
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- This New House
(1991)
... (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
1991
Muuttolinnun aika
("In the Mood", "Little Brown Jug", "String of Pearls") / (arranger: "In the Mood", "Tuxedo Junction") / (performer: "In the Mood", "Tuxedo Junction", "Little Brown Jug", "String of Pearls")
1990
The Wonder Years
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Little Debbie
(1990)
... (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
1990
Beverly Hills, 90210
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The First Time
(1990)
... ("In The Mood", uncredited) / (writer: "In The Mood" - uncredited)
1990
Twin Peaks
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.3
(1990)
... (performer: "Pennsylvania 6-5000")
1989
Star Trek: The Next Generation
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Manhunt
(1989)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
1989
Die Wicherts von nebenan
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Ein tragischer Abschied
(1989)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
1987
The Golden Girls
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- One for the Money
(1987)
... (performer: "In The Mood")
1987
Growing Pains
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Some Enchanted Evening
(1987)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
1987
Radio Days
(performer: "In the Mood" (1939), " (There'll Be Blue Birds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" (1941), "American Patrol" (1891))
1985
The Day the Universe Changed
(TV Series documentary) (music - 1 episode)
- Making Waves: The New Physics - Newton Revised
(1985)
... (music: "Moonlight Serenade")
1983
The Winds of War
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Defiance
(1983)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
1983
M*A*S*H
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- U.N., the Night and the Music
(1983)
... (performer: "I Know Why (And So Do You)")
1982
Quincy M.E.
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Next Stop, Nowhere
(1982)
... (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
1982
T.J. Hooker
(TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Empty Gun
(1982)
... ("Moonlight Serenade", uncredited)
1981
Remember When...
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Birds and the Bees
... (performer: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree")
1980
Stardust Memories
(music: "Moonlight Serenade" (1939)) / (performer: "Moonlight Serenade" (1939))
1978
American Bandstand
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #21.37
(1978)
... (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
1977
Starsky and Hutch
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Collector
(1977)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
Sanford and Son
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1972) (music - 1 episode, 1972)
- A Guest in the Yard
(1972)
... (lyrics: "It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That)" - uncredited) / (music: "It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That)" - uncredited)
All in the Family
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1972) (writer - 1 episode, 1972)
- Archie and Edith Alone
(1972)
... (performer: "Moonlight Serenade") / (writer: "Moonlight Serenade")
Dad's Army
(TV Series) (arranger - 1 episode, 1968) (performer - 1 episode, 1968)
- Museum Piece
(1968)
... (arranger: "In the Mood" - uncredited) / (performer: "In the Mood" - uncredited)
1962
The Bell Telephone Hour
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Portals of Music
(1962)
... (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
Glenn Miller Time
(TV Series) (writer - 5 episodes, 1961) (music - 1 episode, 1961)
- Episode #1.5
(1961)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.4
(1961)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.1
(1961)
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.10
(1961)
... (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.3
... (writer: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
1954
The Glenn Miller Story
(arranger: "St. Louis Blues" - uncredited) / (music: "Moonlight Serenade" - uncredited)
1942
Orchestra Wives
(music: "Moonlight Serenade", "Boom Shot" - uncredited) / (performer: "Chattanooga Choo Choo" - uncredited)
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Music department (3 credits)
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Archive footage (15 credits)
Archive footage (15 credits)
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Other Works:
CD: "Glenn Miller: The Lost Recordings" See more »Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 2 Portrayals | 1 Article | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »Official Sites:
CMG WorldwideAlternate Names:
Glenn Miller Band | Capt. Glenn Miller | Ray Noble and His Orchestra
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Personal Quote:
A band ought to have a sound all of its own. See more »Trivia:
Very first music artist to win a golden record, when his band's recording of "Chattanooga Choo-choo" sold 1.2 million copies. See more »Trademark:
Theme songs: "Moonlight Serenade" and "Slumber Song"Star Sign:
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