Name: Chattanooga Choo Choo
Brand: Celebrity Profiles Publishing (US)
SKU: 9781575792774
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Chattanooga Choo Choo

The Life & Times of the World-Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra

By (author): Richard Grudens

Published by Celebrity Profiles Publishing (US)

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£22.99

Format: Paperback
Pages: 281
Illustrations: 170 b/w photos
ISBN: 9781575792774
Publication Date: 01-Feb-2004

Subjects:
Light orchestral & big band music

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A must read for the countless Glenn Miller Orchestra fans who still cherish his music. Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Glen Miller's life and the 60th anniversary of his disappearance over the English Channel in late 1944, this is the tribute book which Glenn Miller fans all over the world have been waiting for, a compendium of authentic stories, interviews, over 150 photographs and features illustrating the life and times of the most popular musical organisation in American show business history, spread out under a shower of stars tracing the career of legendary bandleader, arranger and slide trombonist, Alton Glenn Miller, and placing to rest, once and for all, the truth about his mysterious loss during World War II.

Richard Grudens was initially influenced by Pulitzer Prize dramatist Robert Anderson; New York Herald Tribune columnist Will Cuppy; and detective/mystery novelist Dashiell Hammett, all whom he knew in his early years. Grudens worked his way up from studio page in NBC's studios in New York to news writer for radio news programs, the Bob and Ray Show and the Today Show. He has written over 100 magazine articles on diverse subjects from interviews with legendary cowboy Gene Autry in Wild West Magazine in 1995 to a treatise on the Beach Boys in the California Highway Patrol Magazine, and countless articles on Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Richard Grudens and his wife Madeline, reside in St James, New York.

"A well written book and most interesting read that I can recommend... and I thank Richard Grudens for his efforts and am sure that members buying this book will not be disappointed." -- Moonlight Serenader, Journal of the Glen Miller Society, Autumn 2004.