Glenn Miller LIVE - "I Know Why" - '41 - HQ

My mother and father were dating in 1941 - "Sun Valley Serenade" was Their Movie and "I Know Why" was Their Song. If YouTube can be accessed in Heaven - this one's for YOU, Mum and Dad.

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Music

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• Forties
• big
• band
• Glenn
• Miller
• I Know Why

[Disques13Swing]

Absolutely beautiful...

I Know Why, At Last, Serenade In Blue, Kalamazoo, and Chatanooga Choo Choo were all done in special arrangements for the films they appeared in. These arrangements were longer and much better than the recorded versions of the same tunes.

The vocalist is Lynn Bari but her part was sung by Pat Friday. She and John Payne on piano were only part of this band for the movies and were not regular members. Also, what you hear was recorded separately from the film. Enjoy!

[TheGypsy2352]

@Disques13Swing - Thanks for that info. I have the original 78s and the arrangements used in the films were FAR superior.

[acfinney1]

@TheGypsy2352 Because Glenn insisted on recording at RCA studios, which had the acoustics of a sod hut. I never understood why he couldn't have given Decca a try. As far as arrangements, time limits of 78s were hell on most slow songs. That is why I love radio airchecks. They are allowed more time for solos and you really get an idea of what the band was capable of.

[TheGypsy2352]

@acfinney1 Interesting. In Britain, our pressings of American records were often inferior to the American originals (no digital then!) But I didn't realize that in Glenn's case, the American pressings were little better. It's disappointing to obtain MINT pressings - only to play them and discover they sound like they were strained through a soggy sock!

Thankgawd for "Sun Valley Serenade" and "Orchestra Wives"!

And thanks for the info.

[acfinney1]

@TheGypsy2352 I own a few London and Omega LPs and the quality of Ted Heath, Tubby and other bands are really outstanding for 1950s mono. I believe that the engineers that Glenn picked were at fault. Duke Ellington's Victor recordings sound fine. Thanks for the input from the "old country" P.S. Very few American bands could out swing Ted Heath and Tubby.....can't think of his last name, but he recorded the jazz music in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors.

[TheGypsy2352]

@acfinney1 ...and APPEARED in it! He was Tubby Hayes. I have a piece of his up somewhere. Search "Tubby Hayes Crescendo" - enjoy!

[bradyirishguy]

This woman is truly beautiful.

[thebuzzard577]

Glad to have lived thru the 20's 30's and 40's....The Miller Sound evolved, and improved so much thru the early 1940's. As a pilot during the WAR, his music kept home and loved ones close. Now, at 90, I still thrill to that sound....

[richard4677]

When I was a teenager I heard this song for the first time (1969) and the music was so familiar to me I could sing it, like I kew it, may is true 'bout reincarnation and always left a beautiful feeling of satisfation, Strange isn't it?

[Halo101st]

THIS is what is meant when the word music is spoken of... absolutely beautiful!

[Disques13Swing]

@acfinney1

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Miller couldn't give Decca or anyone else a try because because he had a contract with RCA. Most of his records were released on the low price Bluebird label but they eventually moved him over to RCA pretty late in the game. Being on Bluebird might be responsible for the lower sound quality. Also, GM recorded with RCA in different studios across the USA as he traveled, so plenty of room for variation in sound quality there.

[miguelitotaletin]

Muy buen aporte, y hermosa dedicación.

[Wolfsky9]

A bit of film trivia : this is the song played in the 1991 version of " Memphis Belle"; as the guys are flying over Germany, they ask if the song can be turned up, & indeed, this is it. A musical masterwork of incomparable complexity. The sheet music is absolutely intinidating, & i sould help us all realize what talent Miller's orchestra had behind them in thier 2 films. Wolfsky9

[b3rn41987]

LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT!!!

[UKallthekingsmen]

Absolutely priceless!!!!