Tex Beneke-Chattanooga Choo Choo

[munk237]

Tex sure had some pipes on him

[Whitelitr]

Gee he sure does have a swell voice...

[DickCabeza123]

Wonderful

[DickCabeza123]

Wom

[lnefouse]

This ones for you Mom..We know how you loved this music..RIP

[joelwarfe306]

Easy way to sing it: isthatthecatwhochewedthenewsho­es

[nedthebed07]

@joelwarfe306 or "paddy me boy, is that the chattin' of the cho-cho"

[mariaxtortilla]

Absolutey love WWll era music! Glen Miller with Tex Beneke, the Andrew sisters....

[cuttysark711]

1:03 !!!! I'm 24 and I can appreciate Tex Beneke and Glenn Miller. I wish I could find some others my age who would sing this style with me.

[beast72486]

@cuttysark711 i'm game

[beast72486]

@cuttysark711 I'm game.....I'm 25 and love this song.

[lunchboxdell234]

Press 6 over and over. "Nazis" Thank me later

[sirCheeseMaster]

I can not think of a better voice for the swing era... go Tex!

[illyas1]

the great gatsby

[jakepb96]

Chattanooga is great.

[matteuklol]

black books



[THEoneNonlyKATSTARR]

tex beneke is adorable <3

[perpieta]

@THEoneNonlyKATSTARR You took the words right out of my mouth! Love Tex and this video. 

[mecwag]

All I can say is: It's a shame that Tex Beneke was not asked to appear in "The Glenn Miller Story". Franses Langford (The girl who sang Chatanooga Choo Choo in the movie) butchered it.

[losrobotsnolloran]

this is the best version, i can't find the mp3 dammit

[iWatchYouuhTube]

dude i live in chattanooga!! :P it sucks!!!!!!!!

[lnefouse]

Damn, This is what I'm talkin about...CAN I HAVE AN AMEN???

[Merriberryful]

Freaking AWESOME!! Love me some Big Band ;)

[torstvillinger]

Sir(s): Sing It, Tex! I have MY TICKET in My Pocket. See you there. --Attributed, J. D., SATX 78202 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (=U. S. A.) "For a Most Happy Holiday and Merry Christmas 2010"

[Gurugriff1000]

Love This song 

[Ganymede1moon]

amazing! My choir class murdered this song :(

[illyas1]

what genre is this considered?

[jiffydoom]

@MrGamefreak197

sure...

[MrGamefreak197]

Screw today's musical "talents". This is the real deal.

[Juliaflo]

@MrGamefreak197 You said it. Props to Harry Warren for composing such soothing and singable music.

[Master1950]

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW­W LOVE IT!! That's REAL music!!!

[TheViralSBK]

My gosh. Impossible 4-part harmonies flawlessly sung, in a no-autotune, no-multitracking, no-multiple-takes era.

[dahsuerk]

What movie?

[jabsco23]

I JUST CAME

[Ryukil]

Girls were much prettier back then. I think modesty makes you more attractive. Anyway, that girl looks prettier than today's sluts.

[MrAnalChrist]

@Ryukil Haha what are you 70?

[LapanConnor]

it's odd to think that the music HAD to be recorded separately from the video, to think of cameras with no mic.

[newnetnerd]

I used to sing this song as I danced across the flight-line when I was in the Air Force. Everybody thought I was crazy.

[matthewmercury1]

This is good because it's also awesome. 

[12Lukebott]

I :) at Glenn Millers song chattanooga choo choo

[tangerineviolet]

I adore tex <33333333333

[barelysoup]

This song ended too soon! I expected the special last part of the piece (featured in the movie where Tex and the gang sang this same song). Out of ignorance I'll call it a "coda". Anyway, just when you think the song is ending, the band kicks into a raucus, swinging coda that I find thrilling. It's not here, but this was still great.

[neatoauctions]

To barelysoup:

Yes! I love that last part too (that wasn't present in this version)!

And, it is a great effect, the few songs that have it - when the listener believes a song is ending but that tune kicks back up and into an additional piece. Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth" is a great example of that presence of effect.

[LieslMcQ]

Thank you so much for posting this. Tex was my cousin and I just can't tell you how happy it made me to see his sweet face again.

[BigBandNewk]

For anyone who loves big band music you must see Shout! Big Band Experience. They are a 18 piece orchestra out of Beecher, Illinois. Outstanding, i took my Mom and family to see them at Scrementi's restaraunt in Steger, Il. Also The Glen Miller Experience is another outstanding band to see. It really brings you back

[BigBandNewk]

Nothing and I mean nothing can compare to tex Beneckie and modannaires singing this song with the precision of the Glen Miller Orchestra! I can listen to this all day...there will never be music like this agin and that is sad. this video takes me back to being a kid and listenig to the old standards at my Grandmother's house in Chicago Heights....ahhh memories!

[atronic92]

The whistling at the beginning is really cool.

[electronbluegirl]

I'm astounded by their ability to stand completely still and sing.. Lol

[markxxx21]

Too funny

[bookworm1818]

Been listening to Glenn Miller for almost 8 years now, since i was 15, and I always wondered what this singer's name is. Glad to have finally found him, I love Tex's voice. He had his own sound and quality. Great video, thanks for sharing!

[53Topanga]

I absolutely adore Big Band Music!! What a wonderful era of music!! I wish I had been there!!

Thanks for the memories!!!

[DISRUPTOR40]

@53Topanga I have to agree with you 100 %

[TownBranchDandy]

Totally Awesome song, I love Big Band, I try to play drums like Gene Kruppa, or Buddy Rich, but to no avail, I'll never in a million years be that good

[stlgtrace]

Great song and great song about trains!! This was the first record ever awarded a Gold Record Award!

[otep062]

i LOVE this music!!! Glenn Miller was the bomb!!!! I think Tex's voice is so awesome... and I love his bored little face. You don't think that that "duh" face of his could produce such an amazing voice.  He's a cutie! I'm 33 years old but how I love big band music!

[GERMANOPHILE]

So Classic!! these songs need to be heard in the spirit they were sung! such raw talent WITHOUT technology, just human talent!! so imperfect technicaly, but so perfect!! love Glenn Miller stuff enjoy it all for what it was!

[goni27]

I love this, there's a real charm to it. love the minimilist appoarch people took to singing in those days. wonderful.

[etorimani1]

SALUDOS..........SE CONOCE AL MAESTRO ---TEX BENNEKE EN OTROS VIDEOS SALE DE CHUMPA DE CUERO Y DE GORRA.PERO ERA EXCELENTE. sinceramente etorimani1 desde EL SALVADOR CENTRO AMERICA 21.09.09. P.D.---------MIS RESPETO PARA EL MAESTRO GLENN MILLER.POR SIEMPRE.

[bkutscher]

It takes a lot of concentration to sing 4 part harmony and to hold pitch perfectly without modern technology to help out. Try to sing the argeggiated chords that Tex is singing in the chorus of that song and hit the notes spot on like he does! In those days, you had to do the whole song in one pass - no tape to edit, not multiple tracks to choose from or cutting and pasting the best notes, or pitch correcting software. People had REAL talent then. "Kids" today have no idea.....

[TankGun1944]

Totally.

[ninjutsukan]

T_T...i'm doing that song with a live audience and i can promise you it will sound even better than this...we're actually gonna open our mouths enough to have a facial expression and project proper sound.

[jabsco23]

too bad youll never sound this good

[ninjutsukan]

@jabsco23 true FACT lol...we sounded good, and I got a thumbs up from this lady who handles jazz music at her recording studio, but I'm only 16, so I still have a LONG way to go. And of course there's never anything as good as the original<3 ^_^

[jabsco23]

well keep it up because there is no more raw talent like this anymore :)

[ninjutsukan]

i do mah best! My goal is to bring jazz back to the spotlight, cuz the current ''pop'' music needs to go. Jazz and anything big band is the best for a mood boost or to relax you, and more people need to realize that..

[Pitfossil]

@bkutscher - do we read a sound engineer here, whose underpaid job is making casted plastic dolls "sound"? If so, have a drink on me - can´t say I envy you.

[nintendork121]

@bkutscher Well, being a 17 year old "kid: musician, and future choral and instrumental ensemble director who a)prides in not needing or relying on such things and b)wouldn't use them if I had the opportunity, I beg to differ in a few cases. I look somewhat down upon people who use auto tune because, I think, it shows laxidasical musicianship and low pride in your work. I do understand your point though that most younger musicians do rely on it, and they think the little trill isn't obvious. lol

[008Mamoru800]

@bkutscher Youre right... but dont blame all the kids that live today .. some, like me, also still know what REALLY is good music.

[HOGEFAN]

@bkutscher Amazingly, I can knock this out in the shower. Matter of fact, I sound just like him....and them!

[TheLivingSeven]

@bkutscher To actually believe that would be an insult to the people who created such technology to make the process easier.

[Factnotfictionpeople]

It was a different time people - these people did the best they could with what they had - and they were the best then and among the best now, so stop mocking, okay?

[TheNomadicview]

No need to apologize. Different times, different techniques. Most singers sang for radio or for large audiences. I find all this emphasis on looks and behavior over technique very distracting and unnecessary.

[gsaugen]

I love those Big Band years! (I guess I was born in the wrong time!) It's a pity there's no such orchestra like Miller's today!

[Abriggs500]

Love that trademark whistle.

[gsaugen]

Have you noticed the singers just SING? Where are the facial and hand expressions back in 1940-50?

[Flanning]

You have to realize that, in this era, most of these people are used to being heard almost exclusively on the radio.

[ninjutsukan]

i KNOW!!!! Even in their voices, there was no expression at all. they sound so BORED!! ugh..

[RockLives4u]

Let him RIP, he was very good, and tried very hard to appease all, including some of the detractors who need a life..

Try not changing Benekes history,Glenn Millers widow liked Tex, So stop posting your ideas that do not hold up to the truth

[TankGun1944]

My god how young he was and how hansom he was :)

[kysmet]

Wow...thank you for this. I just happened to run across this today, the day my father passed away 3 years ago. This was one of his favorite songs.

[nycbbbco]

great post--thank you--BIG BAND MUSIC RULES!!!

[TankGun1944]

Totaly ^_^

[53topanga53]

Thank you, Thank you for posting this!!!!

Big Band Music is still the very, very best!!

If I had been alive then I know I would have been in love with Tex Beneke!!!!

[jmcine01]

Super.....the absolute best music in the world...

[jmcine01]

How do they make music soooooooo good

[4205lr]

The Miller story was made in 1953. Tex was not hated by helen Miller. He was only removed from the leadership because he was trying to modernize the band instead of playing the same old tunes. In fact, Don Haynes was the manager of the band along with attorney David Mackay who was looking after the Miller estate.

[4205lr]

He didn't "steal" the Miller band. He was asked to form the new band in 1946 by Miller's widow and attorney David Mackay.

[4205lr]

At Tex's first recording session as a leader on 2/26/46,they were called the Crew Chiefs. Hal Dickenson was still leading the Moderares as an indepedent group elsewhere.

[Factnotfictionpeople]

Lost my father 32 years ago this year and my mom 4 days ago - they introduced me to this great band and its music - how do you thank anyone for such a great thing? RIP both of you........

[adamb696969]

mannnn... His got one of the most confident voices I've ever heard... ever...

[pmfcal]

Great video. Thanks. Keep posting!

[tlsafir]

=]

awesome

[CharlestonDog6]

Great tune by Tex!  thankuGlennMillerII

[lnefouse]

shades of my mother...g-d rst her soul

[4205lr]

Apparently, at this time(September 1946) they were called the Crew Chiefs, after Glenn's AEF group.

[4205lr]

He called the group "The Moonlight Serenaders"

[glennmiller2005]

they were called the modernaires when he hired them.

[sodpoo]

No one whistles like Tex !! Is that the Modernairs (sp) backing him up?