Uploaded by classicvinylbiz on Jun 3, 2010
From the LP "101 Strings Present Their Golden Oldies," issued on the Alshire label, serial number S-5285, 1973. "Moonlight Serenade" was composed in 1939 by Glenn Miller (1904-1944) with lyrics added later by Mitchell Parish. When Miller recorded "Sunrise Serenade" in 1939, he placed this song on the back. The song, recorded on April 4, 1939 on RCA Bluebird, was a Top Ten hit on the U.S. pop charts in 1939, reaching number three on the Billboard charts, where it stayed for fifteen weeks. It was the no.5 top pop hit of 1939 on Billboard in the year end Billboard tally of the top records of 1939. It was an immediate phenomenon when first released in May 1939 as an instrumental arrangement and was adopted as Miller's signature tune. In 1991, the recording of "Moonlight Serenade", released on RCA Bluebird in 1939 as Bluebird B-10214-B by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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The 101 Strings Orchestra issued their first LP in 1957; by 1967, 101 Strings had sold over 50,000,000 records throughout the world. Other performances of great music by the orchestra:
Let's Dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37RV4x1dqUc
MacArthur Park: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49RWykxvRVA
Frenesi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWPvdUiJISY
Moon River: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2K7O2DZQFY
Fascination: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rol7UIXmf2s
Misty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLzNkA8Auto
Theme of Exodous: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBVa_6GknGI
Speak Softly Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf45VAmgtTs
A Man And A Woman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdtdX6mkLT4
Do You Know The Way To San Jose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzMh2zrkXHk
Theme from M*A*S*H: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqzga8hzAiU
Theme from "A Summer Place": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iykOUsv-3t0
In The Mood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzVRjHSQj04
Theme from "Hawaii 5-0": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QR_H59DN8E
New York, New York: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBKVkElLOKU
Just One Of Those Things: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3JkIg3ckIg
People: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTvKIreiHWU
Galveston: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8lInFNoFZw
All The Things you Are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWEilMt_pj8
Guantanamera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnAshvM7LYg
By The Time I Get To Phoenix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1pmBEZ4kr0
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Was this really performed by The 101 Strings Orchestra?; If so, what year did it come out?
tthomaselli2 3 weeks ago
Excelente y romantiquísimo tema de Miller; una de las favoritas de mi madre uqe bailaba con mi recordado viejo; ahora no escucho creación de obras así. Le falta romanticismo al mundo? .. porqué hemos dejado que se pìerda? ...
tormolan 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for 101 Strings Orchestra
When I was a child Moonlight Serenade became the official theme for the movie industry. It has stayed with me all of my life like a beacon to remind me of mystical times... Thanks for sharing.
docdurdin 7 months ago
This makes me think of the shining!
Hellmunz 11 months ago
@davidhertzberg, my pleasure Dave and Gut Yontov!
39rc6cf 1 year ago
@39rc6cf Fascinating, thanks for the information! best, david (writing from my new channel)
davidhertzberg 1 year ago
Miller failed "Freshman Music Composition" at Colorado Univ. Why? Because he was concentrating on a certain sound in his mind than anything else. To be reinstated, he had to, over the summer, compose an original song that would catch the ears of the Board of Regents, School of Music. The song was "Moonlight Serenade." Glenn was reinstated and the rest is history.
39rc6cf 1 year ago
Actually, Miller wrote "Moonlight Serenade" earlier than 1939. It went through several different names and while it was not recorded for a commercial record until 1939, airchecks of Miller's orchestra playing the tune exist from before 1939. In fact, on one of those programs from 1938, the announcer states that the orchestra is playing Miller's own composition as its theme, though it "has no name." Sheet music published originally in 1939, as well as the record becoming (as noted here, a hit.
TheSwingShift 1 year ago