GLENN MILLER AAF ORCHESTRA
THIS WEEK’S EPISODE
SSRH 725
APRIL 20, 2024
GLENN MILLER AAF ORCHESTRA
APRIL 1944 – PART 1
ARMY AIR FORCES TRAINING COMMAND ORCHESTRA
DIRECTED BY CAPT. GLENN MILLER
ARMY AIR FORCES SECOND RADIO PRODUCTION UNIT
Home Base
Recording Session
Treasury Department
Thursday, April 6, 1944
NBC Radio City
New York, NY
Lt. Donald Briggs, announcer
Capt. Glenn Miller, host
Uncle Sam Presents
Recording Session
Saturday, April 1, 1944
NBC Radio City
New York, NY
Lt. Donald Briggs, announcer
Capt. Glenn Miller, host
I Sustain The Wings
Broadcasts
Saturday, April 1, 1944
Saturday, April 15, 1944
6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt Theater
New York, NY
(NBC) (WEAF)
Lt. Donald Briggs, announcer
Capt. Glenn Miller, host
Music From America
Recording Session
Voice of America #12
Friday, April 21, 1944
NBC Studio 6-A
Radio City
New York, NY
(OWI)
Playlist
(6Apr44, HB) Flying Home (1Apr44 USP) Yankee Doodle (fanfare), I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), American Patrol, Goodnight, Wherever You Are (Cpl. Bob Carroll and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), Holiday For Strings, I Sustain the Wings (closing theme), Sun Valley Jump (ride out) (1Apr44 ISTW) The Army Air Corps (fanfare), I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), American Patrol, Goodnight, Wherever You Are (Cpl. Bob Carroll and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), Playlet (Aerial Engineer); Medley: All Through The Night, I Love You (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Take It Easy (borrowed from Guy Lombardo) (The Crew Chiefs, vocal), Blue Hawaii; Holiday For Strings, I Sustain the Wings (closing theme) (15Apr44 ISTW) The Army Air Corps (fanfare), I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), Caribbean Clipper, Now I Know (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Playlet: Aerial Photographer; 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 (Cpl. Bob Carroll, vocal); Join the WAC (The Crew Chiefs, vocal), There Are Yanks (T/Sgt. Ray McKinley and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), I Sustain the Wings (closing theme) (21Apr44 OWI-12, 17-1617) I Sustain the Wings (theme), The Army Air Corps (bridge), I Hear You Screamin, How Sweet You Are (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Goin’ Home, Little Brown Jug, I Sustain the Wings (theme), (6Apr44, HB) Poinciana (Sgt. Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), I Sustain the Wings (closing theme)
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