GLENN MILLER AAF BAND – ON THE CONTINENT, PART 2
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SSRH 781
May 17, 2025
ON THE CONTINENT, PART 2
Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra
Directed by Capt. Glenn Miller
MUSIC FROM AMERICA
Office of War Information
Programs 11 & 12
(17-1621) (ND4-MM-5988)
(17-1617) (ND4-MM-5989)
Recorded April 21, 1944
NBC Studio 6-A
Radio City
New York
Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra
Directed by T/Sgt. Jerry Gray and T/Sgt. Ray McKinley
BBC SLO-70215
THE AMERICAN BAND OF THE AEF
Recorded Monday, March 12, 1945
3:15-4:00 pm
Olympia Theatre
Paris, France
First Broadcast Tuesday, March 13, 1945
8:30 – 9:00 pm
(AEFP)
WOJC Paul Dudley, announcer
BBC SLO-70222
THE AMERICAN BAND OF THE AEF
Recorded Monday, March 12, 1945
8:30-9:00 pm
Olympia Theatre
Paris, France
First Broadcast Friday, March 16, 1945
8:30 – 9:00 pm
(AEFP)
WOJC Paul Dudley, announcer
BBC-SLO-70336
THE SWING SHIFT
T/Sgt. Ray McKinley and the American Dance Band
Recorded Tuesday, March 13, 1945
3:15-2:45 pm
Olympia Theatre
Paris, France
First broadcast Saturday, March 24, 1945
3:01-3:30 pm
(AEFP)
Cpl. Paul Dubov, announcer
T/Sgt. Ray McKinley, host
BBC-SLO-70268
THE SWING SHIFT
T/Sgt. Ray McKinley and the American Dance Band
Recorded Thursday, March 15, 1945
10:40-11:10 pm
Olympia Theatre
Paris, France
First broadcast Thursday, March 29, 1945
7:30-8:00 pm
(AEFP)
Cpl. Paul Dubov, announcer
T/Sgt. Ray McKinley, host
BBC SLO-70285
THE AMERICAN BAND OF THE AEF
Recorded Monday, March 19, 1945
3:15-3:45 pm
Olympia Theatre
Paris, France
First Broadcast Tuesday, March 20, 1945
8:30 – 9:00 pm
(AEFP)
WOJC Paul Dudley, announcer
BBC SLO-70759
THE AMERICAN BAND OF THE AEF
Recorded Monday, March 26, 1945
2:40-3:20 pm
Olympia Theatre
Paris, France
First Broadcast Tuesday, March 27, 1945
8:30 – 9:00 pm
(AEFP)
WOJC Paul Dudley, announcer
BBC SLO-71948
THE AMERICAN BAND OF THE AEF
Recorded Monday, April 2, 1945
3:20-3:55 pm
Olympia Theatre
Paris, France
First Broadcast Tuesday, April 17, 1945
8:30 – 9:00 pm
(AEFP)
WOJC Paul Dudley, announcer
BBC SLO-71948
THE AMERICAN BAND OF THE AEF
Recorded Tuesday, April 3, 1945
2:45-3:20 pm
Olympia Theatre
Paris, France
First Broadcast Tuesday, April 24, 1945
8:30 – 9:00 pm
(AEFP)
WOJC Paul Dudley, announcer
Playlist
(21Apr44) (17-1617) I Hear You Screamin’ (12Mar45-A) Moonlight Serenade (opening theme), Sun Valley Jump, Estrellita (Little Star) (M/Sgt. Norman Leyden arrangement), Song of the Volga Boatmen (partial); Medley: Annie Laurie (missing), You, Fascinating You (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Blue is the Night; No Compris (Pvt. Mel Powell composition), The Caisson Song (U. S. Army Field Artillery March) (John Philip Sousa composition; M/Sgt. Norman Leyden arrangement) (The Ensemble, vocal) (salute to the Army Ground Forces), Moonlight Serenade (closing theme), Pavanne (brief) (18Apr39: Bluebird B-10286), AFN ID (12Mar45-B) Measure for Measure, Notre Dame Victory March (13Mar45) Introduction Fragments, Fruit Cake (trio), Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam) (T/Sgt. Ray McKinley and the Ensemble, vocal), G. I. Jive (T/Sgt. Ray McKinley and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), Flying Home (15Mar45) King Porter Stomp, Sleepy Town Train (partial), I’ve Found a New Baby (trio), Spanish Shawl, No Compris, Somebody’s Wrong (partial), Song and Dance (closing theme) (19Mar45) Limehouse Blues, Some Other Time (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), It Must Be Jelly (‘Cause Jam Don’t Shake Like That) (interrupted by BBC news bulletin: U. S. Third Army Kaiserslautern captures and Mainz, reaching the Rhine River); Medley: The Old Refrain (partial), Pearls on Velvet (26Mar45) Moonlight Serenade (opening theme), Introduction to a Waltz, You, Fascinating You (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal) (partial), Tuxedo Junction (partial); Medley: Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, Together (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Alouette (Cpl. Artie Malvin and the Crew Chiefs, vocal); Acc-en-tu-ate the Positive (Mister in Between) (T/Sgt. Ray McKinley, the Crew Chefs and the Ensemble, vocal), Measure for Measure (2Apr45) Long Tall Mama, Waitin’ for the Evening Mail (T/Sgt. Ray McKinley, vocal), After You’ve Gone (trio) (3Apr45) Medley: Music Makers, Farewell Blues; The Red Cavalry March, Moonlight Serenade (closing theme) (21Apr44) (17-1621) Flying Home
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