GLENN MILLER AAF BAND
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GLENN MILLER AT YALE
OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1943
The Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra
Directed by Capt. Glenn Miller
Uncle Sam Presents
NBC Recording Sessions
October 2, 1943
November 13, 1943 (part)
December 4, 1943
Vanderbilt Theater
New York, New York
(OWI/VOA) Recordings for Broadcast
Lt. Donald Briggs, announcer
Capt. Glenn Miller, host
I Sustain the Wings
October 30, 1943
November 20, 1943
December 18, 1943 (part)
6:00-6:30 p.m.
11:30 p.m.-Midnight
Vanderbilt Theater
New York, New York
(NBC) (WEAF) Broadcasts
Lt. Donald Briggs, announcer
Capt. Glenn Miller, host
Star-Spangled Radio Hour 69
September 17, 2010
(KEZW) (excerpt)
Rick Crandall & friend, hosts
Playlist
(13Nov43 USP) I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), In the Mood, People Will Say We’re In Love (Pvt. Johnny Desmond, vocal) (17Sep10) SSRH 69 open & remarks (2Oct43 USP) I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), Anvil Chorus, Stormy Weather, Juke Box Saturday Night (The Crew Chiefs, vocal), I Sustain the Wings (closing theme), Everybody Loves My Baby (ride out) (30Oct43 ISTW) The Army Air Corps, I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), Keep ‘Em Flying; Medley: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), Shoo Shoo Baby (The Crew Chiefs, vocal), The Way You Look Tonight (Borrowed from Jerome Kern’s “Swing Time”), Beautiful Blue Danube; Playlet: Aerial Gunner, Tyndall Field, Panama City, Florida), Holiday For Strings, Air WAC announcement, Oh! What A Beautiful Mornin’ (Pvt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Guns In The Sky (Pvt. Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), I Sustain the Wings (closing theme) (20Nov43 ISTW) The Army Air Corps, I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), Here We Go Again; Medley: The End of A Perfect Day, Do You Know? (Pct. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Moonlight Sonata (borrowed from Beethoven), The Blue Room; Playlet: WACs, Army Air Field, Fort Worth, Texas; Star Eyes (Pvt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), The Squadron Song (Pvt. Johnny Desmond, the Crew Chiefs and Glee Club, vocal), American Prayer (read by Lt. Donald Briggs), I Sustain the Wings (closing theme) (4Dec43 USP) I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), Tail End Charlie, My Ideal (Pvt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Honeysuckle Rose, What Do You Do In The Infantry (Pvt. Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), I Sustain the Wings (closing theme), 7-0-5 (ride out) (18Dec43 ISTW) I Hear You Screamin’
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