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Glenn Miller Festival gaining promotion on Iowa's pbs tv network

The Clarinda Herald-Journal reports that the Glenn Miller Birthplace folks in Clarinda are hoping for a boost in this year’s attendance at...
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The festival of a music icon is upcoming in Iowa

The 2012 Glenn Miller Festival will take place June 7th-10th in the big band leader and American hero's birthplace of Clarinda, Iowa.Visitors...
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Paula Kelly Jr. of The Modernaires is dead

Our friend, Alan Glasscock, posted this very sad news about Paula Kelly Cole on Facebook this morning:"I am saddened to report that Paula...
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The day Glenn Miller played Broadway

Q. In a recent article about the great big band leader Glenn Miller it mentioned that he had worked in a show orchestra on Broadway. Do you know...
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Big Band swing on the coast of Spain

Evidence of the universal appeal of the big band sound and in particular the music of Glenn Miller arrive on our desk just about everyday. Today...
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Glenn Miller's birthday March 1, 1904

Yesterday, March 1, was Glenn Miller's birthday (1904). For the young readers, Glenn Miller, who died in 1944, was the all-time most popular...
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Quality issue with Glenn Miller's Tuxedo Junction?

Attention...all big band fans, as a follow up to our recent story about the great big band classic Tuxedo Junction, you may find this following...
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Glenn Miller's Tuxedo Junction recorded on this date

On February fifth, 1940, Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded "Tuxedo Junction" for RCA Victor's Bluebird label.Per Wiki: "...
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Glenn Miller snubbed by the Nebraska Hall of Fame

Does Glenn Miller belong in a state Hall of Fame? The good folks who run the Nebraska Hall of Fame have deleted Glenn Miller from their list of...
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Legendary singer Etta James dead at 73

Singer Etta James, considered one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, died today after a long illness. She would have been 74 next week (born...
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