The Hits

~ Release by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD: The Hits CD1
#TitleRatingLength
1In The Mood
3:37
2Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
3:25
3Chattanooga Choo-Choo
3:30
4Pennsylvania 6-5000
recording of:
Pennsylvania 6‒5000 (PEnnsylvania 6‒5000)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
written at:
Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, New York, United States (in 1940)
3:09
5Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
3:31
6Little Brown Jug
arranger:
Bill Finegan
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (arr. Finegan 1939) (on 1939-04-10)
writer:
Joseph Eastburn Winner (composer/publisher) (in 1868)
arranger:
John Wasson and Bill Finegan (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
2:54
7Moon Love
2:56
8Over The Rainbow
recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司 (EMI Music Publishing (S.E.Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1939 winner)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
2:32
9When You Wish Upon A Star
2:56
10Imagination
2:52
11Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
recording of:
Danny Boy
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
Public Music AB
is based on:
Londonderry Air
2:19
12A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
recording of:
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
lyricist:
Eric Maschwitz (Holt Marvell)
composer:
Manning Sherwin (in 1939)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:42
13Blueberry Hill
2:55
14Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar
3:07
15Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
3:16
16The Story Of A Starry Night
3:33
17Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
2:38
18At Last
3:06
19Mission To Moscow
2:36
20Blue Orchids
recording of:
Blue Orchids
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
2:58
21Elmer's Tune
recording of:
Elmer’s Tune
lyricist:
Sammy Gallop
composer:
Elmer Albrecht and Dick Jurgens
3:12
22Juke Box Saturday Night
recording of:
Juke Box Saturday Night
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Paul McGrane
3:09
23Song Of The Volga Boatmen
recording of:
Song of the Volga Boatmen (Bill Finegan arrangement for the Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1941)
arranger:
Bill Finegan
version of:
Эй, ухнем! (Song of the Volga Boatmen)
3:29
24Stairway To The Stars
2:56
25Falling Leaves
3:10
2▼CD: The Hits CD2
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1Serenade in Blue
live recording of:
Serenade in Blue
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc.
3:30
2Blue Rain
3:13
3Along The Santa Fe Trail
3:24
4Give A Little Whistle
2:32
5The Boogie Wooglie Piggy
3:28
6Moonlight Cocktail
3:19
7(I've Got A Gal) In Kalamazoo
3:19
8My Blue Heaven
recording of:
My Blue Heaven
lyricist:
George A. Whiting (popular songwriter) (in 1924)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1924)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
composed at:
New York Friars Club in New York, New York, United States (in 1924)
3:16
9Bugle Call Rag
recording of:
Bugle Call Rag
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter), Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
2:58
10Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
2:37
11The Nearness Of You
recording of:
The Nearness of You
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3:15
12A String Of Pearls
recording of:
A String of Pearls
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Scarsdale Music (ASCAP)
3:17
13American Patrol
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
3:20
14The St. Louis Blues March
4:29
15G.I. Jive
3:06
16Over There
2:07
17The Woodpecker Song
2:35
18Stardust
double bass:
Rollie Bundock (on 1940-01-29)
drums (drum set):
Maurice Purtill (on 1940-01-29)
guitar:
Dick Fisher (on 1940-01-29)
piano:
Chummy MacGregor (on 1940-01-29)
reeds:
Jimmy Abato (on 1940-01-29), Tex Beneke (on 1940-01-29), Al Klink (on 1940-01-29), Hal McIntyre (on 1940-01-29) and Wilbur Schwartz (on 1940-01-29)
trombone:
Frank D'Annolfo (on 1940-01-29), Tommy Mack (on 1940-01-29), Glenn Miller (jazz band leader) (on 1940-01-29) and Paul Tanner (on 1940-01-29)
trumpet:
Clyde Hurley (on 1940-01-29), John Best (jazz trumpeter) (on 1940-01-29), Legh Knowles (on 1940-01-29) and Mickey McMickle (on 1940-01-29)
arranger:
Bill Finegan and Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Midtown New York (A,B,C,D,E,F)) in New York, New York, United States (on 1940-01-29)
instrumental cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1940-01-29)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
33:24
19When Johnny Comes Marching Home
3:11
20On A Little Street In Singapore
2:44
21Always In My Heart
3:11
22That Old Black Magic
recording of:
That Old Black Magic
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1942)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1942)
publisher:
Famous Chappell and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:06
23Wishing (Will Make It So)
2:54
24Careless
3:06
25Sunrise Serenade
alto saxophone:
Hal McIntyre (on 1939-04-10) and Wilbur Schwartz (on 1939-04-10)
baritone saxophone:
Stanley Aronson (on 1939-04-10)
clarinet:
Stanley Aronson (on 1939-04-10) and Wilbur Schwartz (on 1939-04-10)
double bass:
Rolly Bundock (on 1939-04-10)
drums (drum set):
Moe Purtill (on 1939-04-10)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1939-04-10)
piano:
Chummy MacGregor (on 1939-04-10)
tenor saxophone:
Tex Beneke (on 1939-04-10) and Al Klink (on 1939-04-10)
trombone:
Al Mastren (on 1939-04-10), Glenn Miller (jazz band leader) (on 1939-04-10) and Paul Tanner (on 1939-04-10)
trumpet:
Legh Knowles (on 1939-04-10), Dale McMickle (on 1939-04-10) and Bob Price (Big band trumpet player) (on 1939-04-10)
orchestra:
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (use only for releases Glenn Miller performed with) (on 1939-04-10)
conductor:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader) (on 1939-04-10)
arranger:
Bill Finegan
recorded at:
Victor Studio #1 (Cherokee A) in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-10)
instrumental recording of:
Sunrise Serenade (on 1939-04-10)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1939)
composer:
Frankie Carle (in 1939)
33:26
3▼CD: The Hits CD3
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1Slip Horn Jive
recording of:
Sliphorn Jive
writer:
Edgar Battle and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
3:17
2Glen Island Special
3:02
3I want To Be Happy
3:07
4Farewell Blues
3:14
5Johnson Rag
2:51
6Rug Cutter's Swing
3:04
7Slow Freight
recording of:
Slow Freight (instrumental vers.)
composer:
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer, and arranger) and Esmond Edwards
3:14
8Pagan Love Song
3:42
9I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem
recording of:
I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem
lyricist:
Robert B. Wright
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor), Leonard W. Ware (American jazz guitar player and composer) and Ben Smith (big band songwriter)
3:42
10Sun Valley Jump
3:01
11The Spirit Is Willing
3:36
12Boulder Buff
recording of:
Boulder Buff
writer:
Fred Norman and Eugene Novello
3:33
13Take the "A" Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
3:28
14Long Tall Mama
3:06
15Keep 'Em Flying
3:04
16Caribbean Clipper
2:43
17Here We Go Again
3:03
18Rainbow Rhapsody
3:22
19Rhapsody in Blue
3:06
20King Porter Stomp
3:28
21Moonligh Becomes You
3:21
22Faithfull Forever
3:23
23When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
2:43
24The Man With The Mandolin
2:57
25Boog-It
2:18