GLENN MILLER
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SSRH 824
March 21, 2026
GLENN MILLER
MARCH 1944
The Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra
Second AAFTC Radio Production Unit
Directed by Capt. Glenn Miller
Music From America
OWI Recording Sessions
(Parts)
Friday, March 10, 1944
17-1306 (No. 3)
Friday, March 24, 1944
17-1407 (No. 5)
NBC Studio 6-A
Radio City
Rockefeller Center
New York, New York
Música de las Fuerzas Aéreas
ND5-4125-1 (No. 7)
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Uncle Sam Presents Recordings
Uncle Sam Presents
OWI Recording Sessions
Saturday, March 4, 1944
Saturday, March 18, 1944
Saturday, March 25, 1944
2:15 – 2:45 p.m.
NBC Vanderbilt Theater
New York, New York
Lt. Donald Briggs, announcer
Capt. Glenn Miller, host
I Sustain the Wings
Saturday, March 11, 1944
6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
NBC Vanderbilt Theater
New York, New York
(NBC) (WEAF) Broadcast
Lt. Donald Briggs, announcer
Capt. Glenn Miller, host
Playlist
(10Mar44) (17-1304) I Sustain the Wings (theme), Mission to Moscow (ND6-4125-1) I Sustain the Wings (dub), (USP 4Mar44) In the Mood (USP 25Mar44) Long Ago and Far Away (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Peggy, The Pin Up Girl (T/Sgt. Ray McKinley and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), I Sustain the Wings (dub) (USP 4Mar44) Yankee Doodle, I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), In the Mood, Now I Know (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Dipsy Doodle, Guns In the Sky (Sgt. Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), I Sustain the Wings (closing theme), Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (ride out) (ISTW 11Mar44) The Army Air Corps, I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), It Must Be Jelly (‘Cause Jam Don’t Shake Like That, Long Ago (and Far Away) (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Playlet (“Resourcefulness”); Medley: Songs My Mother Taught Me, It’s Love, Love, Love (The Crew Chiefs, vocal), In An Eighteenth Century Drawing Room (borrowed from Raymond Scott), Blue Orchids (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal); Air-WAC announcement, Poinciana (Song of the Tree) (Sgt. Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), V-Mail Announcement, I Sustain the Wings (closing theme) (USPO 18Mar44) Yankee Doodle, I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), Anvil Chorus, A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (Sgt. Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chefs, vocal), Annie Laurie, There’ll Be A Hot Time In The Town of Berlin (T/Sgt. Ray McKinley and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), I Sustain the Wings (closing theme), Oh! So Good (ride out) (USP 25Mar44) Yankee Doodle, I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), I Hear You Screamin’, Long Ago (and Far Away) (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Cherokee, Peggy, the Pin Up Girl (T/Sgt Ray McKinley and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), I Sustain the Wings (closing theme), Flying Home (ride out) (24Mar44) (17-1407 ) Here We Go Again, I Sustain the Wings (theme)
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