tex beneke - discografia
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TEX BENEKE
1946-1950
DISCOGRAPHYTHE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA WITH TEX BENEKETEX BENEKE WITH THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA
TEX BENEKE AND THE MILLER ORCHESTRATEX BENEKE AND THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA
MUSIC IN THE GLENN MILLER MOODTEX BENEKE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Prepared by:
Dennis M. Spragg
Updated November 22, 2013GMA-10 (Public)
(Studio Recordings to January 7, 1949)
GLENN MILLER ARCHIVEAmerican Music Research Center
University of Colorado Boulder
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Table of Contents
Personnel 3
Archive Recordings 3
Key To Abbreviations 4
1. Summary of Broadcasts and Recordings 7
2. Summary of Appearances 12
3. 1946 Chronology 15
Prelude 15Teentimers Club 24The Mello Larks 64
4. 1947 Chronology 72
The Chesterfield Supper Club 86
5. 1948 Chronology 121
On The Beam 137Master Music Corporation 141
6. 1949 Chronology 152
NBC Thesaurus Transcriptions 159
7. 1950 Chronology 173
8. Sources 183
8.1 Analog Media 183
10 78 rpm 1837 45 rpm 18712 33 rpm 18816 33 rpm 189Reel To Reel Tape Sources 194
8.2 Digital Media 196American Broadcasting Company (ABC) 196Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) 196Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) 197Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS) 197National Broadcasting Company (NBC) 198Compact Disc 198
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9. Song Titles and Performances 200
References 303
Star-Spangled Radio Hour 303
GMA Library 303
Acknowledgments 304
The cover photograph of Tex Beneke is from the William Gottlieb Collection ofthe Library of Congress.
Personnel
Personnel Changes are noted inBOLD throughout Parts 3-7, Chronology.
Archive Recordings
The Glenn Miller Archive (GMA) maintains internal catalogs of the GMACollections arranged by artist and broadcast type. The Tex Beneke-GMOdiscography is the first public document circulated by the GMA that includes
references to GMA collection tapes and discs. There is duplication within theGMA collections of certain broadcast tapes and discs. In these cases, wedocument which collection or collections that the items are located in. The GMAidentifies and catalogs the RCA Victor studio recordings by RCA Serial numbers.Broadcasts and transcriptions are cataloged by source (AFRS, CBS, NBC, etc.)
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Key To Abbreviations
Arrangers (arr) and Composers (cm)
AC Al Cechvala
BC Bill ConwayBF Bill FineganFN Fred NormanGW George WilliamsHM Henry ManciniJG Jerry GrayNL Norman LeydenPB Perry BurgettPC Pete CandoliRB Ray Block
RM Ray McKinleyRW Ralph WilkinsonRWr Ray WrightSO Sy Oliver
Radio
ABC American Broadcasting CompanyAFRS Armed Forces Radio ServiceCBS Columbia Broadcasting SystemCSC Chesterfield Supper Club (AFRS Series R-13)
HTV Heres To VeteransMBS Mutual Broadcasting SystemMC Magic Carpet (AFRS Series R-4)NBC National Broadcasting CompanyONS One Night Stand (AFRS Series R-25)OTB On The Beam (AFRS Series R-70)R Recording Exists
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Vocalists (No Notation) and Soloists (Noted)
AM Artie MalvinBC Bill ConwayBM Bob Mitchell
BS Bob ShaversBY Buddy YeagerCC Crew ChiefsCD Clark Dennis (Guest)CH Connie Haines (Guest)CW Claire ChatwinDA Desi Arnaz (Guest)DC Dorothy Carless (Guest)DMcK Danny McKenna (Guest)GD Glenn Douglas (Jay Johnson)GL Greg Lawrence
GR Gil Ross (Guest)GS Garry StevensHC Helen Carroll (Guest)HL Helen LeeID
Irene Davis (Guest)JC Jerry Colonna (Guest)JD Johnny Desmond (Guest)JH Jane Harvey (Guest)JL Jack Leonard (Guest)JS Jack Sperling, drumsJST Jo StaffordJM June Mower (Guest)LA Louis Armstrong, vocal and trumpet (Guest)LL Lillian LaneLS Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra (Guest)KS Kay Starr (Guest)ME Marlene Edwards (Guest)MH Marion Hutton (Guest)ML The Mello LarksMLv Marsha Levine (Guest)MM Mary Mayo
MR Martha Raye (Guest)MS The Moonlight SerenadersMT Martha Tilton (Guest)PC Perry Como (Guest)PK Paul Kelly (Guest)PM Peggy Mann (Guest)RD Ronnie DeauvilleRH Ruth Holland (Guest)
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SAMcC Sara Ann McCabe (Guest)SCR Sugar Chile Robinson (Guest)SL The StarlightersSWW Strings With Wings (String Section)TB Tex Beneke
TM The Modernaires (Guest)TS The Satisfyers (Guest)WR Wilma Rysner (Guest)
Other
GMA Glenn Miller Archive-b.- Probable or possible broadcast time (if not verified)-p.- Partial broadcast
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1. Summary of Broadcasts and Recordings
45-06-05 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)45-06-05 AFRS Supper Club 8945-06-05 Glenn Miller Day broadcast, New York (WNEW-Blue-Mutual)
46-01-12 Teentimers Club broadcast, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)46-01-15 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)46-01-26 Teentimers Club broadcast, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)46-05-21 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session46-05-25 Matinee at the Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, N. J. (CBS)46-05-28 Lotos Club Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session46-05-28 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session46-06-05 Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, N. J., AFRS ONS 102246-06-00 Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, N. J., AFRS MC 38746-07-16 RCA Victor Studios, Chicago, Ill., RCA Victor recording session46-09-03 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 113346-09-09 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 115446-09-10 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 114746-09-11 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood (CBS)46-09-
12 RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, RCA Victor recording session46-09-13 Erskine Johnson Show (Mutual-Don Lee)46-09-13 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood (CBS)46-09-17 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 114046-09-18 RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, RCA Victor recording session46-09-30 RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, RCA Victor recording session46-09-00 Tex Beneke Personal Recording for his Parents
46-09-00 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS MC 46246-09-25 Tex Beneke and the GMO, Universal-International film46-10-01 Melody Time, RKO film46-10-02 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood (CBS)46-10-02 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood (CBS)46-10-00 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 116146-10-00 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS MC 50346-10-00 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS MC 52746-10-00 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS MC 53446-12-14 WOR Program Service, Inc., New York, recording session46-12-21 WOR Program Service, Inc., New York, recording session
46-12-23 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session46-12-28 WOR Program Service, Inc., New York, recording session46-12-30 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session46-00-00 Voice of America 146-00-00 Voice of America 247-01-00 400 Restaurant, New York, AFRS ONS 139547-01-25 Treasury Bandstand, CBS or Capitol Theatre, New York (CBS)
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47-02-18 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session47-02-24 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-03-10 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session46-03-10 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-05-14 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)
47-05-15 Glen Island Casino, New Rochelle, New York (CBS)47-05-21 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session47-05-22 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session47-05-23 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session47-05-28 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session47-05-29 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session47-06-09 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-06-10 Your Date With Deb, New York (Unidentified)47-06-11 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-06-13 Chesterfield Supper Club, Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, N. J. (NBC)47-06-16 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-06-18 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-06-20 Chesterfield Supper Club, Totem Pole, Newton, Mass. (NBC)47-06-23 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-06-23 NBC Radio City, New York, AFRS Supper Club 61247-06-25 Chesterfield Supper Club, Totem Pole, Newton, Mass. (NBC)47-06-27 Chesterfield Supper Club, Totem Pole, Newton, Mass. (NBC)47-06-30 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-07-02 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-07-04 Chesterfield Supper Club, Ashbury Park, N. J. (NBC)47-07-07 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)
47-07-09 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-07-11 Chesterfield Supper Club, Doreny Park, Allentown, Penn. (NBC)47-07-11 Dorney Park, Allentown, Penn., AFRS Supper Club 62647-07-14 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-07-16 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-07-18 Chesterfield Supper Club, Steel Pier, Atlantic City, N. J. (NBC)47-07-19 AFRS Heres To Veterans 5347-07-21 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-07-21 NBC Radio City, New York, AFRS Supper Club 63147-07-23 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-07-25 Chesterfield Supper Club, Eastwood Gardens, Detroit, Mich. (NBC)
47-07-28 Chesterfield Supper Club, Eastwood Gardens, Detroit, Mich. (NBC)47-07-28 Eastwood Gardens, Detroit, Mich., AFRS CSC 63647-07-30 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-08-01 Chesterfield Supper Club, Moonlight Gardens, Cincinnati, O. (NBC)47-08-04 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-08-06 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-08-08 Chesterfield Supper Club, Hampton Beach, N. H. (NBC)
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47-08-11 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session47-08-11 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-08-13 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-08-15 Chesterfield Supper Club, Wilson (Durham), N. C. (NBC)47-08-18 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)
47-08-19 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session47-08-20 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-08-22 Chesterfield Supper Club, Waldermeer Park, Erie, Penn. (NBC)47-08-25 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-08-27 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-08-29 Chesterfield Supper Club, Lewiston, Maine (NBC)47-09-01 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-09-03 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Radio City, New York (NBC)47-09-05 Chesterfield Supper Club, The Click, Philadelphia, Penn. (NBC)47-09-05 Frank Palumbos Click, Philadelphia, Penn. (ABC)47-10-00 AFRS Magic Carpet 83847-10-00 AFRS Magic Carpet 84147-10-00 AFRS Magic Carpet 85047-10-01 RCA Victor Studios, Chicago, RCA Victor recording session47-10-27 RCA Victor Studios, Chicago, RCA Victor recording session47-11-13 RCA Victor Studios, Chicago, RCA Victor recording session47-12-17 Martin Blocks Musical Merry-Go-Round, MGM film47-12-19 RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, RCA Victor recording session47-12-26 RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, RCA Victor recording session47-12-26 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 156947-12-27 RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, RCA Victor recording session
47-12-29 Recording Session, MGM Studios, Culver City, California47-12-00 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 155147-12-00 Tex Beneke, Universal-International film47-00-00 Voice of America 4548-01-01 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 158148-01-03 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 155748-01-09 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 156348-01-00 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 157548-01-15 Chesterfield Supper Club, NBC Hollywood (NBC)48-01-23 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 159948-01-23 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS On the Beam 6
48-01-27 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 160548-01-28 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 159348-01-29 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 158748-01-30 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS On the Beam 248-01-30 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 161148-01-31 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 161748-02-00 McCormack General Hospital, Pasadena, Calif., AFRS Jubilee 273
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48-02-00 McCormack General Hospital, Pasadena, Calif., AFRS Jubilee 27548-02-06 New Armory, Seattle, Wash., AFRS On the Beam 348-02-13 Riverside Ballroom, Phoenix, Ariz., AFRS On the Beam 448-02-29 Capitol Theatre, New York, AFRS On the Beam 548-02-20 Memorial Union, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Ia., AFRS OTB 7
48-02-27 Hagerstown High School, Hagerstown, N. Y., AFRS OTB 848-03-12 AFRS On the Beam 948-03-19 Mutual Studios, New York, AFRS OTB 1048-03-26 Mutual Studios, New York, AFRS OTB 1148-04-02 Mutual Studios, Philadelphia, Pa., AFRS OTB 1248-04-09 AFRS On the Beam 148-04-00 AFRS On the Beam 1348-05-07 AFRS On the Beam 1448-05-12 Cotton Carnival of 1948, Ellis Auditorium, Memphis, Tenn. (NBC)48-05-21 AFRS On the Beam 1548-05-28 Meadowbrook Club, Cedar Grove, N. J., AFRS OTB 1648-06-03 Meadowbrook Club, Cedar Grove, N. J., AFRS ONS 171148-06-04 Meadowbrook Club, Cedar Grove, N. J., AFRS OTB 1748-06-11 The Click, Philadelphia, Pa., AFRS On the Beam 1848-06-11 The Click, Philadelphia, Pa., AFRS ONS 173648-06-18 Mutual Studios, New York, AFRS On the Beam 1948-06-25 AFRS On the Beam 2948-07-02 Central Park, Allentown, Pa., AFRS OTB 2048-07-09 AFRS On the Beam 2148-07-16 AFRS On the Beam 2248-07-23 AFRS On the Beam 24 (probable)
48-07-30 AFRS On the Beam 23 (probable)48-08-06 AFRS On the Beam 2548-08-13 The Dells, East Lansing, Mich., AFRS On the Beam 2648-08-27 Starlight Ballroom, Wildwood-By-The-Sea, N. J., AFRS OTB 2748-09-03 Convention Hall, Ashbury Park, N. J., AFRS On the Beam 2848-09-10 Canobie Lake Park, Salem, N. H., On The Beam 34 (Mutual)48-10-12 Hotel Chase, St. Louis, Mo., AFRS ONS 180848-00-00 Voice of America 7849-01-07 RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, RCA Victor recording session49-01-21 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 188749-01-24 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 1859
49-01-25 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 192649-01-26 RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, RCA Victor recording session49-01-28 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, AFRS ONS 195649-02-10 RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, RCA Victor recording session49-03-09 RCA Victor Studios, Chicago, RCA Victor recording session49-05-05 Meadowbrook Club, Cedar Grove, N. J., AFRS ONS 198649-05-12 Meadowbrook Club, Cedar Grove, N. J., AFRS ONS 1967
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49-05-13 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session49-05-30 NBC Studios, New York, NBC Thesaurus recording session49-06-29 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session49-07-12 NBC Studios, New York, NBC Thesaurus recording session49-08-26 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session
49-09-00 NBC Studios, New York, NBC Thesaurus recording session(s)49-11-18 RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood, RCA Victor recording session50-01-03 RCA Victor Studios, Chicago, RCA Victor recording session50-01-00 Sweet Serenade, Universal-International film50-02-06 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session50-04-24 RCA Victor Studios, Chicago, RCA Victor recording session50-05-22 RCA Victor Studios, New York, RCA Victor recording session50-06-00 NBC Studios, New York, NBC Thesaurus recording session(s)50-00-00 NBC Studios, NBC Thesaurus recording sessions (s)50-00-00 Voice of America 21450-00-00 Voice of America 220
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2. Summary of Appearances
460117-460119 Metropolitan Theatre, Providence, Rhode Island460120-470123 Plymouth Theatre, Plymouth, Mass.460124-460227 Capitol Theatre, New York
460228-460306 Loews Capitol Theatre, Washington, D. C.460307-460313 Adams Theatre, Newark, N. J.460314 Geo. F. Pavilion, Johnson City, N. Y.460315 Masonic Auditorium, Scranton, Pennsylvania460316 Sunnybrook Ballroom, Pottstown, Pennsylvania460318-460323 Totem Pole Ballroom, Newton, Mass.460324 The Valley Arena, Holyoke, Mass.460326 Allentown, Pennsylvania460329-460404 Earle Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania460405 Richmond, Virginia460406 Valencia Ballroom, York, Pennsylvania460407 Arena, New Haven, Connecticut460408-460410 New England One-Nighters460412-460414 State Theatre, Hartford, Connecticut
460420 Rochester, New York460421 Elms Ballroom, Youngstown, Ohio460422 Akron, Ohio460423 Columbus, Ohio460424 Charleston, West Virginia460425 Castle Farms, Cincinnati, Ohio460426 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
460427 South Bend, Indiana460428-460503 Kansas City, Missouri460504-460507 Des Moines, Iowa460508 Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, Wisconsin460509 Trianon Ballroom, Toledo, Ohio460510-460516 Michigan Theatre, Detroit, Michigan460517 St. Louis, Missouri460518 Dayton, Ohio460520 Kingston, Pennsylvania460521 Syracuse, New York460522 Castle Garden Ballroom, Buffalo, New York
460523 Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania460524-460606 Frank Daileys Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, N. J.460603 Graduation Hop, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y.460607 Sunnybrook Pavilion, Pottstown, Pennsylvania460608 Hershey Ballroom, Hershey, Pennsylvania460609 Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey460610 Agawam, Massachusetts
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460611 Kingston, Pennsylvania460612-460618 Appearances in Ontario460619 Sunset Ballroom, Carrolltown, Pennsylvania460620-460623 Palace Theatre, Akron, Ohio460624-460626 Keiths Palace Theatre, Columbus, Ohio
460627-460630 Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana460705-460718 College Inn, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois460719-460801 Eastwood Gardens, Detroit, Michigan460802 Indiana Lake, Russells Point, Ohio460803 Lakeside Park, Dayton, Ohio460804 Toledo, Ohio460805 Elm Ballroom. Youngstown, Ohio460807 Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, Wisconsin460808-460821 Oriental Theatre, Chicago, Illinois460822 Rochester, Minnesota460823-460829 Minneapolis, Minnesota460830 Omaha, Nebraska460831 Kansas City, Missouri460903-461007 Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, California
461010 Balboa, California461011-461013 Mission Beach Ballroom, San Diego, California461015 San Bernardino, California461016-461018 California One-Nighters461019 Sacramento, California461020 California One-Nighter461022-461028 Million Dollar Theatre, Los Angeles, California
461030-461105 RKO Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, California461108-461114 Orpheum Theatre, Omaha, Nebraska461115 Undetermined Venue461116 Crystal City, Tulsa, Oklahoma461118 Municipal Auditorium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma461119 The Plantation, Dallas, Texas461120-461121 Houston, Texas461122 Austin, Texas461123 Houston, Texas461124 New Orleans, Louisiana461126-461127 Matz Hotel, Bluefield, West Virginia461128 The Hippodrome, Nashville, Tennessee461129-461205 Matz Hotel, Bluefield, West Virginia461206-461207 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C.461209 Norfolk, Virginia461210 Richmond, Virginia461211 Baltimore, Maryland461212-461231 400 Restaurant, New York
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Major Alton Glenn MillerArmy of the United States
Army Air Forces
(1904-1944)
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3. 1946 Chronology
Prelude
Friday December 15, 1944, Americas most popular and successful bandleader,Major Alton Glenn Miller, disappeared while traveling as a passenger on amilitary aircraft flying from England to France. No trace of the aircraft or Millerwas ever found. A year after his disappearance the United States Army AirForces officially declared him legally dead although his status remained missingin action. His widow, Helen and his children Steven and Jonnie survived Miller.His legacy, reputation, recordings, music library and the business commitmentsthat he had put in place in anticipation of his return from military service followingthe Second World War also survived Miller.
One of the commitments that Miller left behind was a lucrative RCA Victor
recording agreement. To fulfill this agreement and further the still potentiallystrong Miller franchise, his friend, prewar manager and wartime administrativeofficer Donald Wayne Haynes put together a plan with attorney and executorDavid Macka
y and approved by Helen Miller to launch a postwar Glenn MillerOrchestra. The organization would be set up along the lines of the Miller AAFOrchestra, using the Miller civilian and military music library and including arobust string section. A concert orchestra as large as Millers AAF unit wasfinancially impossible but the new band was designed to showcase the richarrangements the AAF Orchestra had performed. Members of the AAF orchestrawere approached to join the new band, which would be promoted as the AAFOrchestra now in civilian clothes. Many of the AAF veterans did join the newband. Others declined, including bandleader and drummer Ray McKinley, whohad led the AAF Orchestra for live appearances following Millers disappearanceand who in 1956 would agree to lead the official Glenn Miller Orchestra. Haynesand Mackay approached Chief Petty Officer Gordon Lee Tex Beneke, USNR,who agreed to lead the new band. Plans were put in place to have the new bandassembled, rehearsed and ready to appear by January 1946.
Millers old commercial sponsor Chesterfield Cigarettes now sponsored theMonday-Friday NBC Supper Club starring Perry Como, who felt a specialconnection with Tex Beneke and Marion Hutton as well as a great respect for
Glenn Miller. As Como reminded his audience March 17, 1947, Marion Huttonwas the godmother of his son. Perhaps the sentiments of Perry Como in part ledhim and manager Nick Perito to Alan Cass, the Glenn Miller Archive, AmericanMusic Research Center and the University of Colorado Boulder as the permanentrepository for his professional collection. It is no coincidence that the GlennMiller and Perry Como legacies reside and are permanently preserved at CU.
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Tuesday, June 5, 1945, 8:30 p.m. Midnight EWTGlenn Miller DayParamount Theatre43rdStreet and BroadwayNew York
Martin Block, Master of Ceremonies
With the war continuing in the Pacific, the U. S. Treasury Department launchedthe Seventh War Loan Drive in the spring of 1945. At the direction of ParamountTheatre manager and Miller friend Bob Weitman, a major bond-raising eventcalled Major Glenn Miller Day was held in honor of Maj. Glenn Miller. As part ofthe days events, a three and a half hour entertainment extravaganza wasbroadcast from the stage of the theatre (see below for program and participants).
Chief Petty Officer Gordon Lee Tex Beneke appears twice during the program,having flown in from Norman, Oklahoma. He performs with Charlie Spivak andhis Orchestra and joins Marion Hutton with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra.
The following segments were broadcast:
WNEW (local) 8:30 p.m. Midnight (entire broadcast)Blue (WJZ) 10:30 11:00 p.m. segment1Mutual (WOR) 11:30 p.m. Midnight segment
The program exists on 23 16 NBC acetates (WNEW) that overlap from one side
to the next (Parts are noted 1-23 and music content in BOLD):
Part 1 8:30 p.m.Newscast (five minutes)Colors
Mitchell Field AAF BandPledge to the Flag
Part 2 Memorials to SoldiersTaps
Mitchell Field AAF Band
Program continued
1The identity of the Blue Network (operated by ABC) became ABC Friday, June 15,1945
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June 5, 1945, continued
Part 3 Moonlight SerenadeCharlie Spivak and his Orchestra
Charlie Spivak dialogue
Armed Forces Medley: The Army Air Corps, Anchors AweighCharlie Spivak and his Orchestra
Spivak introduces CPO Tex Beneke, who speaksIda! Sweet As Apple Cider
Tex Beneke (vocal) with Spivak orchestraTip. Tap and Toe Dance Team
Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra, accompanimentPart 4 Spivak introduces Jo Stafford
Embraceable YouCandy
Jo Stafford (vocal) with Spivak orchestraToora, Loora, Loora (An Irish Lullaby)
Charlie Spivak and his OrchestraSpivak introduces Shep Fields, who speaks
Part 5 Spivak introduces Dean Murphy, comedian and routineSpivak introduces Gene Krupa, who speaks
Part 6 Drum BoogieGene Krupa, drums, with Spivak orchestra
Closing ThemeCharlie Spivak and his Orchestra
Opening Theme
Louis Prima and his BandLouis Prima dialogueRobin Hood
Louis Prima (vocal) with his bandPart 7 9:30 p. m.
Newscast (five minutes)(End Of) Moonlight Cocktail
Paula Kelly and the Modernaires (vocal) with Prima band(Ive Got a Gal in Kalamazoo)
Paula Kelly and the Modernaires (vocal) with Prima bandPrima introduces Gil Lamb, comedian and routine
Program continued
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June 5, 1945, continued
Part 8 Prima introduces Perry ComoTemptation
Perry Como (vocal) with Prima band
Como speaksGoodbye Sue
Perry Como (vocal) with Prima bandPart 9 Angelina
Louis Prima (vocal) with his bandThe Blizzard
Louis Prima and his BandPrima introduces the Harmonica RascalsMartin Block speaks
Part 10 Tico-Tico and Other TunesThe Harmonica Rascals
One OClock Jump (theme)Count Basie and his Orchestra
B-FlatCount Basie and his Orchestra
Im Gonna See My BabyMaxine Sullivan (vocal) with Basie orchestra
Basie introduces Sammy Kaye, who speaksPart 11 Basie introduces Cab Calloway
Calloway Medley: Minnie the Moocher, St. James Infirmary,(Hep-Hep) The Jumpin Jive
Cab Calloway (vocal) with Basie orchestraCalloway introduces Pearl BaileyDuration Blues
Pearl Bailey (vocal) with Basie orchestraBasie introduces Xavier Cugat, who speaks
Part 12 Red Bank BoogieCount Basie and his Orchestra
10:30 p.m.Newscast (five minutes)Martin Block introduces Milton Berle and Benny GoodmanStart of Nationwide Broadcast
Moonlight SerenadeBenny Goodman and his Orchestra
Martin Block speaksDont Be That Way
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
Program continued
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June 5, 1945, continued
Part 13 Milton Berle, comedian and routineBerle introduces Marion HuttonI Had A Little Talk With The Lord
Marion Hutton (vocal) with Organ accompanimentPart 14 Dont Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)
Tex Beneke and Marion Hutton (vocal) with Goodmanorchestra
Berle, Goodman, Joe Bess comedy routineThe World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
Benny Goodman SextetPart 15 Berle introduces Johnny Johnson
LoveJohnny Johnson (vocal) with Goodman orchestra
Moonlight SerenadeBenny Goodman and his Orchestra
Gotta Be This or ThatBenny Goodman (vocal) with is orchestra
Goodbye (closing theme)Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
Part 16 Ed Sullivan, emceeGen. Ralph G. DeVoe, Commanding Officer, Halloran GeneralHospital, speaksSullivan talks about Glenn MillerBob Whitman, Managing Director, Paramount Theatre, speaks
Sullivan introduces Fred WaringPart 17 Everytime We Say Goodbye
Deep RiverFred Waring and his Pennsylvanians (band and chorus)
Sullivan introduces Allan JonesThe Donkey Serenade
Allan Jones (vocal) with the Waring bandPart 18 Sullivan introduces Guy Lombardo, who speaks
Waring introduces Lloyd Nolan, who speaks11:30 p.m.Newscast (five minutes)
(End of) Begin the BeguineComin Through the Rye
Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians (band and chorus)
Program continued
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June 5, 1945, continued
Part 19 Sullivan introduces Eddie CantorThe Ladys In Love With YouIda! Sweet As Apple Cider
MargieIf You Knew SuzieI Love To Spend This Hour With You
Eddie Cantor (vocal) with Waring bandPart 20 Waring introduces Diana Lynn, pianist
Greig Piano ConcertoDiana Lynn, pianist, accompanied by Waring band
Waring introduces Brian Aherne, actor, who speaksWaring introduces Bill Bojangles Robinson
Part 21 Auld Lang SyneRobinson tap dance routine with Waring band
Bill Robinson speaksWaring presents Glenn Miller batons, one for Ray McKinley,one for Mrs. Helen Miller and one for future auction(When Your Hearts On Fire) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Fred Waring and his PennsylvaniansPart 22 Jack Miller conducts Waring band and chorus for Kate Smith
Kate Smith speaksDreamOn The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Kate Smith (vocal) with Four Chicks and Chuck
and the Waring bandPart 23 The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Fred Waring and his PennsylvaniansThe Army Air Corps
OrganProgram CloseMidnight
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Tuesday, June 5, 1945, 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. EWTNBC Radio City, New YorkChesterfield Supper ClubMartin Block, announcerPerry Como, host
Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, Paula Kelly and the Modernaires, guestsLloyd Shaffer Orchestra
Salute to Major Glenn Miller Day
Chesterfield Theme (open)Moonlight Serenade with stringsDont Sit Under The Apple Tree
(With Anyone Else But Me) TB-MH-PK-TMAt Last PC; arr BF-JGTuxedo Junction
(Ive Got A Gal in) Kalamazoo TB-MH-PK-TMThats Sabotage MH (partial)CommercialTo You PC (partial)Chattanooga Choo Choo PK-TMMoonlight Cocktail (partial)Chesterfield Theme (close)
This program was broadcast the same evening as a Glenn Miller War-BondSpecial from the Paramount Theatre in New York at 8:30 p.m that was broadcastin full by WNEW and in part by The Blue Network (WJZ) and Mutual (WOR). Tex
Beneke was still in uniform (Navy).
AFRS Supper Club 89
AFRS-650
Dubbed AFRS OpenI Should Care PC
(Dubbed from another program)Moonlight Serenade with stringsDont Sit Under The Apple Tree
(With Anyone Else But Me) TB-MH-PK-TMAt Last PC; arr BF-JGTuxedo Junction(Ive Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo TB-MH-PK-TMThats Sabotage MH (partial)To You PC (partial)Chattanooga Choo Choo PK-TM (fade)Dubbed AFRS Close
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The Billboard, October 6, 1945:
New York, Sept. 29 - The much talked about plans for the Major Glenn Miller Air
Force band, which recently got back into the states, has finally boiled down and
the latest word is that the band will go under the baton of Tex Beneke, former sax
man and vocalist with the outfit before Miller and his men went into the service.
Beneke, now in the service, is slated to come out soon. Capt. Don Haynes, who
managed Miller, is also due to exit from military duties soon and will be handling
the reins again. It is understood that Beneke will have the Miller library to build
on and will follow that style. Miller has been missing for some months now, ever
since he disappeared in a plane flight over the English Channel last year. The
band is currently doing four shots a week from New York now for the AAF.
THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA WITH TEX BENEKE
Personnel
Tex B
eneke (ldr/ts/voc); Bobby Nichols, Steve Steck, Whitey Thomas, Graham
Young (tp); John Halliburton, Nat Peck, Jimmy Priddy, Paul Tanner (tb); Freddie
Guerra, Jack Ferrier (cl/as); Stanley Aaronson, Vince Carbone (ts); Manny Thaler
(as/bar); Gene Bergen, James Caesar, Phil Cogliano, Earl Cornwall, Stan Harris,
Jaspar Hornyak, Joseph Kowalewski, Stan Kraft, Richard Motylinski, Fred
Ostrovsky, Bob Ripley, Dave Schwartz (strings); Stan Freeman (p/arr); Carmen
Mastren (g); Rollie Bundock (b); Maurice Purtill (d); Lillian Lane, Artie Malvin, TheCrew Chiefs: Murray Kane, Gene Steck, Steve Steck (voc), Bill Conway (voc/g);
Bill Finegan, Jerry Gray, Norm Leyden (arr)
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New York Herald Tribune, January 2, 1946:
EX-SERVICEMEN MUSICIANS PLAN TO CONTINUE GLENN MILLER BAND
New York Organization of the Glenn Miller Orchestra to carry on the name anddistinctive music styling of Major Glenn Miller, who was lost in a plane flight over
the English Channel on December 15, 1944, was announced here yesterday.
The orchestra will be composed exclusively of ex-servicemen who served with
Miller either in the Army Air Forces Overseas Band or who played with his band
prior to entering one of the branches of the armed forces. Tex Beneke, formerly
Millers featured saxophonist and vocalist, who was discharged from the Navy in
November, will conduct the band. The band will be substantially the same in
composition as the one that triumphed in almost every popularity poll prior to its
entry into the service. However, Miller added a string section to the Army Air
Forces Band and this section will be retained. In all, the band will have five
saxophones, four trombones, four trumpets, a French horn, four rhythm, nine
violins, two violas, a cello and the Crew Chiefs, a vocal group. Don Haynes,
wh
o managed the Miller band before joining the Army Air Forces and was
executive officer for Miller in the AAF, announced the organization of the band.
He was the last man to see Miller alone and, on the night before the tragic flight,
received from Miller a list of instrumentalists to be included in the postwar Miller
band, together with the part each was to play. The band will make its civilian
radio debut on The Teentimers Club NBC program at 11 a.m. on Saturday,
January 12. There will be 34 members in all, including the vocal group. Mr.Haynes also announced that Mrs. Miller has consented to turn over to him Major
Millers entire music library and has granted permission for the use of her
husbands name.
Saturday, January 12, 1946
Records show a recording session for:
Buchman & Co., 1501 Broadway, New York
This and a January 26, 1946 recording session may be connected with the NBC
Teen Timers programs of January 12 and January 26.
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Saturday, January 12, 1946, 11:00-11:30 a. m. ESTTeentimers Inc. (Teentimers Club) broadcastNBC, Radio City, New York (NBC) (WEAF)Johnny Desmond, host
From the NBC program card:
Jan. 12, 1946, Guest Orchestra: The late Major Glenn Millers Orchestra still
called Glenn Miller Orchestra --- with Tex Beneke leading the new Glenn Miller
Band --- this is the first appearance anywhere of this new civilian band. The
organization is composed of former members of Major Glenn Millers Overseas
Orchestra with all the boys back in civilian clothes.
Teentimers Club
Teentimers, Inc. (Teentimers Club) debuted over NBC December 8, 1945 and
was directed toward teenage audiences (see January 26, 1946 NBC program
card d
escription). Name bands appeared on the Saturday morning program that
originated in New York. Ex-AAF singer Johnny Desmond who had already
appeared on several NBC programs before and following his discharge in
November 1945 was a hot commodity and selected to host the program because
of his perceived appeal to teen age girls. The program contained public service
messages emphasizing racial and religious tolerance. There were other local
radio teenage programs on the air at this time and they were the forerunners ofthe programming genre that led to ABCs American Bandstand hosted by Dick
Clark, which originated in Philadelphia.
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Tuesday, January 15, 1946, 7:00 p. m. and 11:00 p. m. ESTNBC Radio City, New York (NBC) (WEAF)2Chesterfield Supper ClubMartin Block, announcerJo Stafford, host
Tex Beneke, guestLloyd Shaffer Orchestra and The Satisfyers
Chesterfield Theme (open)Arent You Glad Youre You JSTCommercialBeneke Dialogue JST-TBExactly Like You TBDont Blame Me JSChattanooga Choo Choo TB-JST-TSChesterfield Theme (close)
Tex Beneke appears alone as a guest. He describes the forthcoming openingdate for the band of January 24, 1946 at the Capitol Theatre in New York,including five shows a day.
Thursday, January 17 to Friday, January 20, 1946Metropolitan Theatre, Providence, R. I.Stage Shows
The Glenn Miller orchestra with Tex Beneke made their first appearance with abreak-in date in Providence, Rhode Island before their formal opening at the
Capitol Theatre in New York3
.
Saturday, January 21 to Monday, January 23, 1946Plymouth Theatre, Plymouth, Mass.Stage Shows
Thursday, January 24 to Wednesday, February 27, 1946Capitol Theatre, New YorkStage Shows
The Glenn Miller Orchestra with Tex Beneke (leader) opened at the Capitol
Theatre in New York Thursday, January 24, 1946 for their first formalengagement (noted incorrectly as January 17, 1946 by author George T. Simon).This was a five-week engagement with options.4
2The call letters for NBC flagship station WEAF, New York (660 kc.) were changed toWNBC effective November 6, 1946.3Daily Variety, January 16, 19464Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, Simon, p. 437
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Saturday, January 26, 1946
Records show a recording session for:
Buchman & Co., 1501 Broadway, New York
See January 12, 1946 for details.
Saturday, January 26, 1946, 11:00-11:30 a. m. ESTTeentimers Inc. (Teentimers Club) broadcastNBC, Radio City, New York (NBC) (WEAF)Johnny Desmond, host
From the NBC Program Card:[Award, Best Teen-Age Program of 1945]
Guest Orchestra: The Glenn Miller Orchestra under the direction of Tex Benekemakes a return guest appearance on Jan. 12, 1946. Another guest on todaysprogram is Mr. Maynard Morgan, a representative of the American Schools andColleges Association. Mr. Morgan is on the program to announce that theAmerican Schools and Colleges Association has selected the Teentimers Clubprogram as the best program in the high school age group --- this is an annualaward to a teentimer program --- judges this year made the award because theTeentimers Club program is providing clean and understanding entertainmentfor teen agers, and because in sincere and straightforward talks included in theprogram, listeners are being reminded of the importance of tolerance andfriendship for everyone. The program receives a plaque from Mr. Morgan ---Johnny Desmond, MC, accepts the plaque on behalf of Teentimers Club. ---
NOTE (Not broadcast) A plaque inscribed for the promotion of racial andreligious understanding was presented to Johnny Desmond, singing MC andstar of Teentimers Club by This Month magazine through its editor AdaSiegel, citing the program as the program of the month because of its manyappeals for tolerance as made in brief talks by Johnny Desmond and othermembers of the cast.
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New York Post, January 26, 1946, p. 16:
The Variety Stage
MILLER BAND IN THE DOUGH
By Paul Denis
Of course you wouldnt like to have your salary raised 10 times. But the 35 boysin the Glenn Miller Band, at the Capitol, have had to accept such a salary raise.The band used to average, in the Army, about $3,000 per month. Now its forcedto take about $30,000 per month. And its such a bother! Don Haynes, whomanaged the band before it went into the Army and then served as its ExecutiveOfficer, continues as manager. He complains that even with that big salaryraise, the boys dont salute any more when I pay them. The boys arms are justtoo tired from counting all that dough. Tex Beneke, formerly the bands vocalist
and lead saxophonist, is now leader and the band is already set to record forVictor and play 26 weeks of vaudeville. Overseas, the band played in 11countries, before 3 million GIs.
D
own Beat, January 28, 1946:
NOBODY SALUTED
New York - Recent air debut of ex-Chief Petty Officer Gordon Lee (awright,awright, so its Tex) Benekes band marked reunion between ex-Sgt. Johnny
Desmond, who sings, and ex-Staff Sgt. Tom Hudson, who announces, and ex-Master Sgt. Norman Leyden, who arranges. First time latter three had mettogether since Miller AAF band days.
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Down Beat, January 28, 1940
NEW BENEKE CREW HAS MILLER NAME AND BOOK
New York Those who have eyed with some curiosity the band fronted by TexBeneke since its recent theatre debut here (Capitol, Jan. 24) have observed anumber of features about it, musical and otherwise, which are interesting. Theoutfit, billed as the Glenn Miller Orchestra with Tex Beneke, is tabbed bymanager Don Haynes (reportedly the last person to see Miller before he took offon his ill-fated flight) as the band Glenn wanted to present to the Americanpublic upon his return from overseas. The present crew consists of 90 percentof the personnel that comprised the AAF orchestra, with the balance in the mainsidemen who played with Miller prior to the war.
34 In Band
In all, band plus Beneke has 34 members five saxes, four trams, four trumpets,French horn, four rhythm, a vocal group, the Crew Chiefs and the string sectionMiller added to his AAF band, 9 violins, two violas and a cello. Permission to useMill
ers name in connection with advertising and billing was granted by Mrs.Miller, who also turned over Glenns entire music library to the new crew. Thusthe crew is able to present many of the great prewar arrangements in addition tosome of the latest up-to-the-minute scorings, which are furnished by Jerry Grayand Artie Malvin.
Malvin Takes Desmond Spot
Featured artists with the band, plus Malvin who is also filling the spot vacated byJohnny Desmond, are Lillian Lane, among other things the former Thornhillthrush, and Bobby Nichols, the 21-year-old redhead who made a nametrumpeting with Vaughn Monroe.
Some incidental information: Beneke was discharged as a chief petty officer inNovember AAF Band had a total of 500 hours of flying time in everything froma B-25 to and L-5, was awarded Bronze Star for Northern France campaigns Malvin and Lillian Lane hadnt seen each other since they both left Thornhill
Band, in addition to being set at Capitol for five weeks with options, has signedwith Victor for waxing Miller would have been 41 years old March 1 OriginalMiller gangs recording of Chattanooga Choo Choo sold a million and a halfcopies. In fact, in 1940, one of every three jukebox nickels spun a Miller record.
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Variety, January 30, 1946:
CAPITOL, N. Y.
Glenn Miller Orch. Conducted by Tex Beneke, with Murray Kane, Crew Chiefs;
Ladd Lyon, Paul Regan; The Harvey Girls (M-G-M), reviewed in VARIETY Jan.
2, 46.
This is the first major date by this orchestra carrying the name of the late Major
Glenn Miller, conducted by Tex Beneke, former sax sideman with the formers
pre-war band and himself an ex-serviceman. And it does a swell job, from both a
musical and entertaining standpoint. Theres a lot of talent incorporated into the
outfit, which contains 31 of the men who played in the Air Force band Miller
conducted. Theres a lot of speculation currently as to the bands future. Its
openly stated the band will play only theatres, no locations or one-nighters
because of its size. That seems to indicate that the combo will go once around
the theatre circuit on the strength of Millers name and then probably be
transferred to Benekes sole title. This idea kills two birds with one stone. It
earns Millers estate a lot of coin and helps build Benekes name. By that time,
too,
the latter will have overcome his evident shortcomings as leader. At the
moment, he handles himself easily enough but there are rough edges. Another
angle that will tend to take the Miller tag off this band soon enough is the
psychological effect on audiences of a band carrying the name of a man who has
passed on. The band business has never been able to perpetuate a band under
such circumstances. As cited above, at the Cap the band puts on a real show. It
is smartly paced, opening with In the Mood, one of the items that originally putMiller in business, then smoothly coordinates more of the same, plus current
pops, for maximum results. In the process, a couple of good entertainers pop up
from within the four trumpet, four trombone, one French horn, five sax, four
rhythm and twelve string combination. First is Artie Malvin, from the Crew Chiefs
vocal quarter. He does Let It Snow! and Might As Well Be Spring, indicating
good solo ability in spite of the fact that on the latter he needed more rehearsal.
Murray Kane, also from the Chiefs, comes on later with a comedy routine put
over solidly with a deliver that indicates the guy would have a future if he turned
to that field. As part of the Chiefs, who include Lillian Lane, they also do neat
work. As for the band, it performs superbly. Down the line it uses outstandingarrangements of such things as Holiday for Strings and pops and standards
grouped under Millers Something Old, New Borrowed and Blue medley idea;
18th Century Drawing Room, Personality, Stompin at the Savoy, and
Rhapsody in Blue come under this heading. Beneke occasionally plays
adequate tenor out front. Both accompanying acts are good (- Wood).
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The Billboard, February 2, 1946:
CAPITOL, NEW YORK
(Reviewed Friday Evening, January 25)
With 31 people (27 sidemen and four vocalists) out of the 35 in the organizationhaving been with the Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Band for the full run of the late
maestros service career, and with Glenns full library of arrangements to work
with, Tex Beneke has little trouble piloting the ex-service crew through this bill.
The band draws a warm reception and hefty hands all the way. The band and
two acts, Paul Regan and Ladd Lyon, are the works. Prior to the orks opening at
the Metropolitan in Providence Thursday (17), the group hadnt played together
for quite a stretch (they were tied up being processed out of the Army) and at this
last show Friday it was somewhat evident. Fusion of the sections wasnt as
smooth, in spots, as it might have been. The most impressive feature (forgetting
for the moment the musical aspect) was the handling of Glenn Miller references.
Right after intro tunes Beneke stepped to the mike and said, the boss had
always insisted that the show be short on talk and long on music and thats what
we
re going to try to give you. Beneke mentioned Miller two other times, once
about mid-show in presenting Miller medley time; Little Brown Jug,
Personality, Stompin at the Savoy and Rhapsody in Blue and again at the
shows end in introing Chattanooga Choo Choo, one of Millers top Victor platter
sellers (1,500,000 copies). Beneke delivered these lines in straight style, without
dramatics, tear-jerking or crape-hanging. Yet (and seemingly without trying) he
conveyed a strong feeling of respect and admiration he and the rest of the bandhad for the late leader. Musically the organization is right in the Miller groove.
The selection of tunes is good, too, with a nice balance between Miller standards
like Jug and Choo Choo, an oldie, Embraceable You, current pops Let it
Snow! and Personality and a novelty Stick a Nickel in the Juke Box. The last
number was penned by Murray Kane, who also does a comedy routine displaying
a Robert Walkerish technique and good material. He drew sustained and heavy
laughs. Artie Malvins bary vocal on Let It Snow! marked the lad as a distinct
asset to the ork and the Crew Chiefs (three boys) with Lillian Lane turn in credible
harmonizing on Nickel in the Juke, Personality and Choo Choo (with Beneke
assists on the last two). For the present the ork seems set but whether it will beable to maintain the heavy 35-person nut indefinitely is another question. If
becomes necessary it will probably take place in the 11-man string section.
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The Billboard, February 2, 1946:
New York, Jan. 26 Contrary to previously published reports to the effect that
they wouldnt play em, the Glenn Miller Orchestra with Tex Beneke is going on
one-nighters. General Artists Corporation is now attempting to line up twoweeks of the barnstormers for the 35-man outfit, to see how it works out. The
asking price is $3,000 with a privilege of 60 per cent and the rock-bottom figure at
which the band estimates that it can work is $2,500 nightly. The 3G figure is
what is commanded today by Vaughn Monroe, who is one of the hottest one-
nighter attractions in the field at the moment due to Victor disc hits There! Ive
Said It Again followed by the current Let It Show!
Time, February 4, 1946
It had been more than a year since Major Glenn Miller, the Armys swing Sousa
of World War II, was lost in a plan crash. But last week 34 of his G. I. musicians,
no
w civilians, opened on Broadway still calling themselves the Glenn Miller
Orchestra. A public that had not forgotten the Miller name (his orchestra was
voted the nations No. 1 sweet band in 1941) packed the house. The G. I.s, a
little worried about how the public would feel about them, found the old Miller
theme song still described it: In the Mood.
Variety, February 6, 1946, p. 17:
Harvey, Miller Band 104G
Harvey Girls and the Glenn Miller band came through the stretch fast at Capitol
last week, its first, to finish at $110,100, highest ever grossed in houses 26 years
of operation. Prior record take of $109,300 by Anna Christie has stood since
March 1930. Girls and the Miller band are continuing in smash fashion, with
around $104,000 anticipated on initial holdover session. Stays further, of course.
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Thursday, February 21, 1946RCA Victor Recording SessionRCA Victor Studios, 155 E. 24thStreet, New York
D6-VB-1669
RCA Victor 20-1835-BONE MORE TOMORROW(From the Warner Bros. Picture One More Tomorrow(Lecouna-DeLange-Myrow)Vocal refrain by Artie Malvin
D6-VB-1670RCA Victor 20-1834-ASWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT[Wallace Willis (before 1862)]5Bill Finegan arrangement
D6-VB-1671RCA Victor 20-1834-BIM HEADIN FOR CALIFORNIA(Glenn Miller-Arthur Malvin)(Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke and the Crew Chiefs)(no strings)
D6-VB-1672RCA Victor 20-1835-AIT COULDNT BE TRUE (OR COULD IT?)(Sylvia Dee-Sydney Lippman)(Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke and the Crew Chiefs)
5Labeled by RCA Victor as Stephen Foster but actually written by Wallace Willis before1862.
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The first RCA Victor record release (20-1834)
Wednesday, February 27, 1946
The band closed at the Capitol Theatre in New York.
Thursday, February 28, 1946 to Wednesday, March 6, 1946Capitol Theatre, Washington, D. C.Stage Shows
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Thursday, March 7, 1946 to Thursday, March 13, 1946Adams Theatre, Newark, New JerseyStage Shows
Thursday, March 14, 1946
Geo. F. Pavilion, Johnson City, New YorkDance
Friday, March 15, 1946Masonic Auditorium, Scranton, PennsylvaniaDance
Saturday, March 16, 1946Sunnybrook Ballroom, Pottstown, PennsylvaniaDance
Sunday, March 17, 1946Day off in New York, New York
Monday, March 18, 1946 Saturday, March 23, 1946Totem Pole Ballroom, Norumbega ParkAuburndale-on-Charles (Newton), MassachusettsDances
Sunday, March 24, 1946The Valley Arena, Holyoke, Massachusetts
Dance
Monday, March 25, 1946Day Off
Tuesday, March 26, 1946Allentown, PennsylvaniaDance
Wednesday, March 27, 1946Day Off
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TEX BENEKE WITH THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA
Personnel
Tex Beneke (ldr/ts/voc); Bobby Nichols, Steve Steck, Whitey Thomas, Graham
Young (tp); John Halliburton, Nat Peck, Jimmy Priddy, Paul Tanner (tb); ChickCanode, Freddie Guerra (cl/as); Stanley Aaronson, Vince Carbone (ts); Manny
Thaler (as/bar); Gene Bergen, James Caesar, Phil Cogliano, Earl Cornwall, Stan
Harris, Jaspar Hornyak, Joseph Kowalewski, Stan Kraft, Tom Lanese,Richard
Motylinski, Fred Ostrovsky, Bob Ripley, Dave Schwartz (strings); Joe Rann (p);
Bobby Joe Gibbons (g); Rollie Bundock (b); Maurice Purtill (d); Lillian Lane,
Artie Malvin, The Crew Chiefs: Murray Kane, Gene Steck, Steve Steck, (voc) and
Bill Conway(voc/g); Bill Finegan, Jerry Gray, Norm Leyden (arr)
Canode (cl/as), Lanese (strings), Rann (p) and Bobby Joe Gibbons (g) replaceFerrier, Schwartz, Freeman and Mastren. Bill Conway (g) performed regularly
with the band at this time.
About the Crew Chiefs
The wartime Crew Chiefs of the Maj. Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra
included Artie Malvin (who also soloed), Lynn Allison, Murray Kane, Gene Steck
and Steve Steck. In January 1945 former member of the Modernaires Bill
Conway joined the AAF Orchestra in France and worked with the group as wellas substituting on guitar. In a 1974 interview with Karl Pearson, Lynn Allison
related that he never appeared with the postwar band led by Tex Beneke. Allison
did not wish to travel and preferred to settle down in Chicago with his wife Gloria.
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Thursday, March 28, 1946RCA Victor Recording SessionLotos Club Recording Studio, 110 W. 57th St., New York
D6-VB-1383-1
RCA Victor 20-1858-ASTRANGE LOVE(From the Paramount Picture The Strange Love of Martha Ivers)(Eddie Heyman-Miklos Rozsa)Vocal refrain by Artie Malvin
D6-VB-1384-1RCA Victor 20-1858-BCYNTHIAS IN LOVE(Jack Owens-Gish-White)Vocal refrain by Artie Malvin, Lillian Lane and the Crew Chiefs
D6-VB-1385-1RCA Victor 20-1859-ATHE WHIFFENPOOF SONG (BAA! BAA! BAA!)(Minnegerode-Pomeroy-Galloway)Vocal refrain by Artie Malvin and the Crew Chiefs
D6-VB-1386-1RCA Victor 20-1859-BHEY! BA-BA-RE-BOP(Lionel Hampton-Curly Hamner)
Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke(no strings)
D6-VB-1386-2Unissued on 78 rpm(CD): BMG DMC-12173HEY! BA-BA-RE-BOP(Lionel Hampton-Curly Hamner)Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke(no strings)
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Friday, March 29, 1946 Thursday, April 4, 1946Earle Theatre, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaStage shows
Friday, April 5, 1946
Richmond, VirginiaConcert (Two and half hours)
Saturday, April 6, 1946Valencia Ballroom, York, PennsylvaniaDance
Sunday, April 7, 1946Arena, New Haven, Conn.Concerts, matinee and evening
Monday - Wednesday, April 8 - 10, 1946Contract with Charles Shribman, State Theatre Building, Boston, Mass.One-nighters in New England
Thursday, April 11, 1946Day Off
Friday - Sunday, April 12 - 14, 1946State Theater, Hartford, ConnecticutStage shows
Monday - Friday, April 15 - 19, 1946New York, New York
Saturday, April 20, 1946Rochester, New YorkDance
Sunday, April 21, 1946Elms Ballroom, Youngstown, OhioDance
Monday, April 22, 1946Akron, OhioDance
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Tuesday, April 23, 1946Columbus, OhioDance
Wednesday, April 24, 1946
Charleston, West VirginiaDance
Thursday, April 25, 1946Castle Farms, Cincinnati, OhioDance
Friday, April 26, 1946Purdue University, West Lafayette, IndianaDance
Saturday, April 27, 1946South Bend, IndianaDance
Sunday, April 28 Friday, May 3, 1946Kansas City, MissouriDances
Daily Variety, May 1, 1946:
The Glenn Miller Orchestra with Tex Beneke as its leader is bringing the leadersname to the fore. As a start, their second set of RCA Victor disks, marketed last
week, had different label credits than the first two, put out a month or so ago.
The initial pairing read The Glenn Miller Orchestra with Tex Beneke and the
second pairing cited Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
Daily Variety, May 1, 1946:
Sam Donahue brings his band to Frank Daileys Meadowbrook May 14 for 10
days, followed by the Beneke-Miller Orchestra opening May 24.
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Saturday May 4 Tuesday, May 7, 1946(Day Off May 6)Tro-Mar Ballroom, Des Moines, IowaDances
Wednesday, May 8, 1946Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Thursday, May 9, 1946Trianon Ballroom, Toledo, OhioDance
Friday, May 10 Thursday, May 16, 1946Michigan Theatre, Detroit, MichiganStage shows
Friday, May 17, 1946St. Louis, MissouriDance
Saturday, May 18, 1946Lakeside Park, Dayton, OhioDance
Sunday, May 19, 1946Day Off
Monday, May 20, 1946Kingston, PennsylvaniaDance
Tuesday, May 21, 1946Syracuse, New YorkDance
Wednesday, May 22, 1946Castle Garden Ballroom, Buffalo, New York
Dance
Thursday, May 23, 1946Mahanoy City, PennsylvaniaDance
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TEX BENEKE AND THE MILLER ORCHESTRA
Personnel
Tex Beneke (ldr/ts/voc), Bobby Nichols, Steve Steck, Whitey Thomas, Graham
Young (tp); John Halliburton, Nat Peck, Jimmy Priddy, Paul Tanner (tb); John
Graas (fh); Stanley Aaronson, Vince Carbone (ts); Freddy Guerra, Malcom Lary
(cl/as); Manny Thaler (as/bar); Gene Bergen, James Caesar, Phil Cogliano, Earl
Cornwall, Norman Forrest (Farkus), Stan Harris, Jaspar Hornyak, Joseph
Kowalewski, Stan Kraft, Richard Motylinski, Carl Ottobrino, Michael Vislocky
(strings); Vincent Lashied (p), Bobby Joe Gibbons (g), Rollie Bundock (b), Jack
Sperling (d); Artie Malvin, Lillian Lane, The Crew Chiefs (voc): Murray Kane,
Gene Steck, Steve Steck (voc), Bill Conway (voc/g); Bill Finegan, Jerry Gray,
Norm Leyden (arr)
Graas (fh), added; Lary (cl/as) replaces Canode; Forrest (Farkus), Motylinski
(strings), added; Lasheid (p) replaces Rann
Friday, May 24 Thursday, June 6, 1946Frank Daileys Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, New Jersey(Off Monday June 3, 1946)
Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller orchestra opened at Frank Daileys
Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, Friday May 24, 1946, following SamDonahues band.
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Saturday, May 25, 1946, 5:30-6:00 p. m. EDTMatinee at the Meadowbrook (CBS) (WABC)Frank Daileys Meadowbrook Ballroom, Cedar Grove, New JerseyJohn Tillman, announcerBernie Gould and Art Carney, cast
Jack Leonard, B. A. Rolfe and Joseph Leahy, guests
Moonlight Serenade (open)American PatrolIt Couldnt Be True! (Or Could It?) TB-LL-CCJack Leonard InterviewThey Say Its Wonderful JLSquare Dance Calls with B. A. RolfeCynthias In Love LL-CCJoseph Leahy InterviewFlight arr ACHey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop TB-BandMoonlight Serenade (incomplete) (close)
Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop is introduced as the tenth best selling record in America.
B. A. Rolfe is attempting to promote square dancing with the youth of America.The band accompanies Rolfe on square dance calls. Joseph Leahy is thefounder of Radork, a new stock orchestration company.
An address by President Harry Truman at 5:00 p. m. pre-empted the first half ofthe normal 60-minute program.
Johnny Desmond, star of the Philip Morris program, is announced as thescheduled guest for the June 1, 1946 program. Sunrise Serenade,Chattanooga Choo Choo A String of Pearls and In the Mood are scheduledto be played.
CBS engineers appear to have enhanced the broadcast by using recordedapplause to make the audience seem larger than it actually was.
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Tuesday, May 28, 1946RCA Victor Recording SessionRCA Victor Studios, 155 E. 24thStreet, New York
D6-VB-2224-1
RCA Victor 20-1922-BTEXAS TEX[Uncle Tom (Get With It)](William Finegan)(no strings)
D6-VB-2225-1RCA Victor 20-1914-AI KNOW(John E. Jennings-Theodore Brooks)Vocal refrain by The Crew Chiefs
D6-VB-2226-1RCA Victor 20-1914-BEV'RYBODY LOVES MY BABY (MY BABY)(A. and M. Nevins-Dunn)Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke and The Crew Chiefs
D6-VB-2227-1RCA Victor 20-1922-AFIVE MINUTES MORE6
(Sammy Cahn-Jule Styne)Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke
6The RCA Victor record label says Give Me Five Minutes More. The correct title isFive Minutes More.
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Personnel
Tex Beneke (ldr/ts/voc), Bobby Nichols, Steve Steck, Whitey Thomas, Graham
Young (tp); John Halliburton, Nat Peck, Jimmy Priddy, Paul Tanner (tb); John
Graas (fh); Stanley Aaronson, Vince Carbone (ts); Freddy Guerra, Malcom Lary
(cl/as); Manny Thaler (as/bar); Gene Bergen, James Caesar, Phil Cogliano, Earl
Cornwall, Norman Forrest (Farkus), Stan Harris, Jaspar Hornyak, Joseph
Kowalewski, Stan Kraft, Richard Motylinski, Carl Ottobrino, Michael Vislocky
(strings); Henry Mancini (p), Bobby Joe Gibbons (g), Rollie Bundock (b), Jack
Sperling (d); Artie Malvin, Lillian Lane, The Crew Chiefs (voc): Murray Kane,
Gene Steck, Steve Steck (voc), Bill Conway (voc/g); Bill Finegan, Jerry Gray,
Norm Leyden (arr)
Mancini (p) replaces Lashied
June 1946Frank Daileys Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, N. J.AFRS Magic Carpet 387
AFRS-590
SUR 7-8-4U-57708
Sun Valley Jump cm/arr JGCynthias In Love CCStrange Love AMCaribbean Clipper cm/arr JG
Saturday, June 1, 1946
Records show a recording session for:
Buchanan and Company, 1501 Broadway, New York
No details have been located regarding this session.
Monday, June 3, 1946United States Military AcademyWest Point, New YorkGraduation Hop
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Friday, June 5, 1946, 12:30-1:00 a.m.Frank Daileys Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, N. J.AFRS One Night Stand 1022CBS Sustaining Broadcast (WABC)D 6-4-46
B-B8-1, AFRS-716
SSP-SC-6-30-1Dubbed OpenAmerican Patrol arr JGIt Couldnt Be True (Or Could It?) TB-LL-CCTexas Tex cm/arr BFStrange Love AM
SSP-SC-6-30-2The Whiffenpoof Song (Baa! Baa! Baa!) AM-LL-CCThese Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) arr HMA String of Pearls cm/arr JGThe Gypsy LLHey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop TBCaribbean Clipper cm/arr JGDubbed Close
Friday, June 7, 1946Sunnybrook Pavilion, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Dance
Saturday, June 8, 1946Hershey Ballroom, Hershey, PennsylvaniaDance
Sunday, June 9, 1946Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New JerseyDance
Monday, June 10, 1946
Agawam, MassachusettsDance
Tuesday, June 11, 1946Kingston, PennsylvaniaDance
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Wednesday, June 12 Tuesday, June 18, 1946Appearances in Ontario booked by Bert Milford Agency, Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, June 19, 1946Sunset Ballroom, Carrolltown, Pennsylvania
Thursday, June 20, 1946 Sunday, June 23, 1946Palace Theatre, Akron, OhioStage Shows
Monday, June 24, 1946 Wednesday, June 26, 1946Keiths Palace Theatre, Columbus, OhioStage Shows
Thursday, June 27, 1946 Sunday, June 30, 1946Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, IndianaStage Shows
Friday, July 5, 1946 Thursday, July 18, 1946College Inn, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, IllinoisDances
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TEX BENEKE AND THE MILLER ORCHESTRA
Tuesday, July 16, 1946RCA Victor Recording SessionRCA Victor Studios, 445 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago
D6-VB-1909-1RCA Victor 20-1951-ATHE WOODCHUCK SONG(Tepper-Brodsky-Mann-Weiss)Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke and The Crew ChiefsNorman Leyden arrangement
D6-VB-1910-1RCA Victor 20-1951-BPASSE(French lyrics by Jean Sablon and Jean Geiringer)(DeLange-Sigman-Meyer)Vocal refrain by Lillian Lane
D6-VB-1911-1RCA Victor 20-1991-BA GAL IN CALICO(From the Warner Bros. picture "The Time, The Place and the Girl")(Leo Robin-Arthur Schwartz)Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke and The Crew Chiefs
Norman Leyden arrangement
D6-VB-1912-1RCA Victor 20-1991-AOH, BUT I DO(From the Warner Bros. picture "The Time, The Place and the Girl")(Leo Robin-Arthur Schwartz)Vocal refrain by Artie Malvin
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TEX BENEKE AND THE MILLER ORCHESTRA
Tex Beneke (ldr/ts/voc), Bobby Nichols, Steve Steck, Whitey Thomas, GrahamYoung (tp); John Halliburton, Jimmy Priddy, Bob Pring, Paul Tanner (tb); JohnGraas (fh); Stanley Aaronson, Vince Carbone (ts); Freddy Guerra, Sol Libero
(cl/as); Manny Thaler (as/bar); Gene Bergen, Phil Cogliano, Earl Cornwall,Norman Forrest (Farkus), Stan Harris, Jaspar Hornyak, Joseph Kowalewski, StanKraft, Richard Motylinski, Carl Ottobrino, Gene Shepard, Michael Vislocky(strings); Henry Mancini (p), Bobby Joe Gibbons (g), Rollie Bundock (b), JackSperling (d); Artie Malvin, Lillian Lane, The Crew Chiefs (voc): Murray Kane,Gene Steck, Steve Steck (voc), Bill Conway (voc/g); Bill Finegan, Jerry Gray,Norm Leyden (arr)
Pring (tb) replaces Peck; Libero (cl/as) replaces Larry and Shepard (strings)replaces Caesar
Friday, July 19 Thursday, August 1 1946Eastwood Gardens, Detroit, MichiganDances
"The Billboard", July 27, 1946:
TEX BENEKE WILL DROP MILLER TAG SOON - DON HAYNES
New York, July 20 - Name of the late Glenn Miller will be disassociated from the
Tex Beneke band as quickly as possible, according to manager Don Haynes.
Co-owner of the band with Miller's widow, Haynes says he believes the time is
approaching when Beneke will have to pull the customers himself, and continued
use of the Miller label will cease to be in good taste.
Agreeing that the magic of the Miller reputation helped get the ork around the
circuit in such fancy style ($3,000-$3,500 for one nighters) the first time, Haynes
is sure the outfit went over big enough in most places to repeat on its own merits,
without artificial assistance. With this in mind, he is now bargaining for a radio
commercial (program) that will bill the band as "Tex Beneke and his Orchestra".Says he can grab another commercial which will use the Miller billing but that he
is shooting for the strict Beneke tag.
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Friday, July 19, 1946 Thursday, August 1, 1946Eastwood Gardens, Detroit, MichiganDances
Friday, August 2, 1946
Indiana Lake Amusement Park, Russells Point, OhioDance
Saturday, August 3, 1946Lakeside Park, Dayton, OhioDance
Sunday, August 4, 1946Toledo, OhioDance
Monday, August 5, 1946Elm Ballroom, Youngstown, OhioDance
Tuesday, August 6, 1946Day Off
Wednesday, August 7, 1946Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WisconsinDance
Thursday, August 8, 1946 Wednesday, August 21, 1946Oriental Theatre, Chicago, IllinoisStage Shows
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The Billboard, August 17, 1946:
Nightclub Reviews, Oriental, Chicago (Thursday, August 8)
Glenn Miller's ork (31) with Tex Beneke fronting and saxing had the crowds lined
up on Randolph Street before noon. Band features and two accompanying actsdid a lot of entertaining during the 40 minutes on stage. The boys gave "In the
Mood" in typical Miller manner as a starter and then maestro soloed "These
Foolish Things. Bands 12 strings, formidable array of brass and book of sure-
fire hits, old and new, had the audience from theme to curtain time. Vocalist Artie
Malvin gave sock renditions of "Simple Life" and "If You Were the Only Girl. Mitt
required three bows. Quartet, which includes Beneke and chirp Lillian Lane, did
"Ev'rybody Loves My Baby" and "Chattanooga Choo-Choo. Miss Lane came
back to do a sultry-voiced solo of "Gypsy" which was very well received. Whitson
Brothers, Risley team, had a witty line of patter that was almost as good as theiracrobatics. Duo has a thru-the-hoop stunt that was well done. Several
intentional blunders and comedy set-ups brought many yucks. Jack Carter,
Chica
go Latin Quarter comedian, subbed for Crosby Sisters, who were ill. He
goes just as well in vaudeville houses as he does in a nitery. Guy has rapid-fire
delivery and change of pace. Miller band also did a medley that included
"Eighteenth Century Drawing Room" and "Rhapsody in Blue. Multi-colored
lighting added to both the medley and the finale, "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop. The
house was jammed and the pic was "Two Sisters from Boston.
Thursday, August 22, 1946
Rochester, Minnesota
Dance
Friday, August 23 Thursday, August 29, 1946Minneapolis, MinnesotaStage Shows
Friday, August 30, 1946Omaha, NebraskaDance
Saturday, August 31, 1946Kansas City, MissouriDance
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Tuesday, September 3, 1946
The band opened at the Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, California.
Tuesday, September 3 Monday, October 7, 1946
Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, CaliforniaSouthern California Enterprises
6210 Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood 28, California
Tuesday, September 3, 1946Hollywood Palladium, HollywoodAFRS One Night Stand 1133
CBS Sustaining Broadcast (KNX)Bill Ewing, announcerD 9-3-46
B-B27-1, AFRS-773
SC-10-19-1Dubbed OpenGet Happy arr JGMore Than You Know LL(Ive Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo TB-LL-CCTheres A Small Hotel
SC-10-19-2Texas Tex cm/arr BFIf You Were The Only Girl AMEvrybody Loves My Baby (My Baby) TB-LL-CCCome Rain Or Come Shine LLDubbed Close
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Monday, September 9, 1946Hollywood Palladium, HollywoodAFRS One Night Stand 1154CBS Sustaining Broadcast (KNX)Bill Ewing, announcer
D 9-9-46
B-B6-4, AFRS-591
SC-11-9-1Dubbed OpenA String of Pearls cm/arr JG(Ive Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo TB-LL-CCFalling Leaves arr NL
SC-11-9-2Oh, Lady Be Good! arr BFMy Love For You LLWhat Are You Gonna Do? LL-CCSweet Lorraine AMLoverDubbed Close
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Tuesday, September 10, 1946Hollywood Palladium, HollywoodAFRS One Night Stand 1147CBS Sustaining Broadcast (KNX)Bill Ewing, announcer
D 9-10-46
B-B27-2, AFRS-775
SSC-11-2-1Dubbed OpenIt Must Be Jelly
(Cause Jam Dont Shake Like That) Band; arr GWNight and Day AMIda! Sweet As Apple Cider TB; arr BMEmbraceable You
SSC-11-2-2Tuxedo Junction arr JGIt Couldnt Be True (Or Could it?) TB-LL-CCSong of the Volga Boatmen arr BFMore Than You Know LLLoverDubbed Close
Wednesday, September 11, 1946, 11:30 p.m.-Midnight
Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood (CBS)Sustaining Broadcast (KNX)Bill Ewing, announcer
CBS-510, VJC-1039
Moonlight Serenade (open)Sun Valley Jump cm/arr JGTry A Little Tenderness AMThe Woodchuck Song TB-LL-CC; arr NLTheres A Small Hotel Strings
Blue Skies arr JGDont Be A Baby, Baby LL-CCTroop Movement (Tail End Charlie) cm/arr BFMoonlight Serenade (close)
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TEX BENEKE WITH THE MILLER ORCHESTRA
Thursday, September 12, 1946RCA Victor Recording SessionRCA Victor Studios, 1016 N. Sycamore Ave., Hollywood
D6-VB-2153-1RCA Victor 20-2016-BSTAR DUST(Mitchell Parish-Hoagy Carmichael)
D6-VC-5627-1ARCA 1947 Christmas Disc7(LP) RCA Camden CAL-316; (CD) BMG DMC-12173STAR DUST(Mitchell Parish-Hoagy Carmichael)
D6-VB-2154-1RCA Victor 20-2016-AFALLING LEAVES(Mack David-Frankie Carle)Norman Leyden arrangement
7D6-VC-5627-1A verified by Karl Pearson
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Friday, September 13, 1946, 4:40-5:00 p.m. PDT
Erskine Johnson Show
KHJ Studios, Los Angeles, California (Mutual-Don Lee)
Erskine Johnson, host
Johnson interviews Tex Beneke R
Friday, September 13, 1946, 11:15 -11:30 p. m.Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood (CBS)Sustaining broadcast (KNX)Bill Ewing, announcer
CBS-511, VJC-1039
If You Were the Only Girl AMJuke Box Saturday Night TB-LL-CC; arr BC-JGThese Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) arr HMAnvil Chorus arr JGMoonlight Serenade (close)
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Tuesday, September 17, 1946Hollywood Palladium, HollywoodAFRS One Night Stand 1140CBS Sustaining Broadcast (KNX)Bill Ewing, announcer
D 9-17-46
B-B27-3, AFRS-774
SC-10-26-1Dubbed OpenBlue Skies arr JGIf You Were The Only Girl AMFive Minutes More TBEmbraceable You
SC-10-26-2Song of the Volga Boatmen arr BFThe Way The Winds Blow LLEvrybody Loves My Baby (My Baby) TB-LL-CCSerenade in Blue AM-LL-CCTroop Movement (Tail End Charlie) cm/arr BF
Wednesday, September 18, 1946RCA Victor Recording SessionRCA Victor Studios, 1016 N. Sycamore Ave., Hollywood
D6-VB-2161-1RCA Victor 20-2017-BANYBODYS LOVE SONG(Al Jacobs-Paul Mann)Vocal refrain by Artie Malvin
D6-VB-2162-1RCA Victor 20-2017-AUNCLE REMUS SAID(From Walt Disney's "Song of the South")(Lange-Heath-Daniel)
Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke, Lillian Lane and Vocal Group8
8The vocal group for Uncle Remus Said is the Crew Chiefs.
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Monday, September 30, 1946RCA Victor Recording SessionRCA Victor Studios, 1016 N. Sycamore Ave., Hollywood
D6-VB-2164-1RCA Victor 20-2374-B9STORMY WEATHER (KEEPS RAININ ALL THE TIME)(Ted Koehler-Harold Arlen)Ralph Wilkinson arrangement
D6-VB-2165-1HMV AVL-3025 (Argentina)10THESE FOOLISH THINGS (REMIND ME OF YOU)(Link-Marvell-Strachey)Henry Mancini arrangement
D6-VB-2166-1RCA Victor 20-2374-A8BODY AND SOUL(Heyman-Sour-Eaton-Green)Ralph Wilkinson arrangement
D6-VB-2167-1RCA Victor 20-3112-B11
THE MAN I LOVE(Ira and George Gershwin)Norman Leyden arrangement
9Body and Soul and Stormy Weather carry the artist credit Tex Beneke with the MillerOrchestra.10These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) was not issued in the USA.11The artist credit on label of The Man I Love was Tex Beneke and his Orchestra. Therecording was not issued until late 1948.
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September 1946Hollywood Palladium, HollywoodAFRS Magic Carpet 462
AFRS-597
SUR-9-21-2U 64472
A String of Pearls cm/arr JGAll Through the Day AMThe Woodchuck Song CC; arr NLHere We Go Again cm/arr JGDubbed Close
September 1946
Tex Beneke Message To His Parents
Private Recording R
Tex Beneke recorded a message for his parents on the reverse side of his copyof the September 3, 1946 Erskine Johnson Show disc, using his personal disccutter. The band is at the Palladium and Tex is planning to visit Helen Millerduring the next few days and mentions that Life Magazine is taking photos at thePalladium for an upcoming spread.
Wednesday-Friday, September 25-27, 1946, Film Recording Sessions
Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller OrchestraDirected by Will Cowan
Universal Studios3900 Lankershim BoulevardLankershim (North Hollywood), California
Chattanooga Choo Choo TB-LL-CC
Meadowlands arr JGCynthias In Love CCLittle Brown Jug arr BFHey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop TB-Band
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Tuesday-Friday, October 1-4, 1946, Film Recording Sessions
Melody TimeDirected by Jack Scholl
RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) Studios780 Gower StreetLos Angeles, California
Moonlight SerenadeIn the MoodMedley:
Londonderry AirFive Minutes More TBDont Be That Way
(Borrowed from Benny Goodman)Serenade in Blue AM-CC
American Patrol arr JGSome Other Time GSThe Woodchuck Song TB-CC; arr NL
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Wednesday, October 2, 1946, 11:15 p.m.-11:45 p.m.Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood (CBS)Sustaining Broadcast (KNX)Bill Ewing, announcer
CBS-512, VJC-1039Moonlight Serenade (open)Jeep Jockey Jump cm/arr JGAnybodys Love Song AMI Got The Sun In The Morning TB-LL-CCFalling Leaves arr NLCome Rain or Come Shine LLHere We Go Again cm/arr JGMoonlight Serenade (close)
Wednesday, October 2, 1946, 11:45 p.m.-MidnightHollywood Palladium, Hollywood (CBS)Sustaining Broadcast (KNX)Bill Ewing, announcer
CBS-513, VJC-1039
Texas Tex cm/arr BFCynthias in Love AM-LL-CCI Hear You Screamin cm/arr GW-JGMoonlight Serenade (close)
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September-October 1946Palladium-Ballroom Caf, HollywoodAFRS One Night Stand 1161CBS Sustaining Broadcast (KNX)Bill Ewing, announcer
D 10-10-46
B-B6-5, B-B10-1, AFRS-498
SSC 11-16-1Sun Valley Jump cm/arr JGYou Are Too Beautiful AMFive Minutes More TBThe Man I Love
SSC 11-16-2Oh, Lady Be Good! arr BFPasse LL(Ive Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo TB-LL-CCI Dont Know Why (I Just Do) LL-CCCaribbean Clipper cm/arr JG
This program is identified by AFRS as being broadcast October 10. The bandclosed at the Hollywood Palladium October 7. This broadcast actually dates fromsometime before October 7.
September-October 1946
Hollywood Palladium, HollywoodAFRS Magic Carpet 503
AFRS-780
SUR 11-1-6U 69896D 8439
Blue Skies arr JGYou Are Too Beautiful AM
Evrybody Loves My Baby (My Baby) TB-LL-CCTheres A Small Hotel
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September-October 1946Hollywood Palladium, HollywoodAFRS Magic Carpet 527
AFRS-781
SUR 11-25-4U 71954
American Patrol arr JGSurrender AMMy Melancholy Baby arr BFCynthias In Love AM-LL-CC
September-October 1946Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood
AFRS Magic Carpet 534
AFRS-589
SUR 12-2-4U 72550
A String of Pearls cm/arr JGSurrender AMTheres A Small Hotel
(Incomplete)
Tuesday, October 8 Wednesday, October 8, 1946Days Off
Thursday, October 10, 1946Balboa, CaliforniaDance
Friday, October 11 Sunday, October 13, 1946Mission Beach Ballroom, San Diego, California
Dances
Monday, October 14, 1946Day Off
Tuesday, October 15, 1946San Bernardino, CaliforniaDance
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Wednesday, October 16 Friday, October 18Alameda, California Booking AgencyVenues UndeterminedDances
Saturday, October 19, 1946Sacramento, CaliforniaDance
Sunday, October 20, 1946Alameda, California Booking AgencyVenue UndeterminedDance
Monday, October 21, 1946Day Off
Tuesday, October 22 Wednesday, October 28, 1946Million Dollar Theatre, Los Angeles, CaliforniaStage Shows
Thursday, October 24, 1946
Records show a recording session for:Kutner & Kutner, Inc., 646 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill.
No details have been located regarding this session.
Thursday, October 29, 1946Day Off
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TEX BENEKE WITH THE MILLER ORCHESTRA
Tex Beneke (ldr/ts/voc); Bobby Nichols, Jack Steele, Whitey Thomas, GrahamYoung (tp); John Halliburton, Jimmy Priddy, Bob Pring, Paul Tanner (tb); John
Graas (fh); Stanley Aaronson, Vince Carbone (ts); Freddy Guerra (cl/as), SolLIbero (cl/as/fl); Manny Thaler (as/bar); Gene Bergen, Phil Cogliano, EarlCornwall, Norman Forrest, Stan Harris, Jaspar Hornyak, Joseph Kowalewski,Stan Kraft, Richard Motylinski, Carl Ottobrino, Gene Shepard, Michael Vislocky(strings); Henry Mancini (p/arr); Bobby Joe Gibbons (g); Roland Bundock (b);Jack Sperling (dr); Garry Stevens, the Mello Larks: Tommy Hamm, JackBierman, Bob Smith and Ginny OConnor (voc); Bill Finegan, Jerry Gray,Norman Leyden (arr)
Stevens (voc) replaces Malvin; The Mello Larks (voc) replace The Crew Chiefs;
Lane (voc) leaves the band and is not replaced. Steele (tp) replaces Steck (tp-voc).
The Billboard, October 26, 1946
Beneke May Go Air Wax; Ork Changes
New York, Oct. 19 Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller orchestra is cutting an auditiontranscription in Hollywood Thursday (24) for a proposed canned half-hour airshow. Nationally known magazine may sponsor the 39-week series. Excuse forthe use of the transcription gimmick is that ork booking schedules would not have
to be shuffled in order to make room for either effort. Don Haynes, bandsmanager, is flying to the coast today to supervise the cutting and editing of theaudition disk.
Current Beneke vocal group, Crew Chiefs, will drop out in favor of Mello Larks, anewly organized three boy and one girl group. Exit of the Crew group meansloss of Artie Malvin and Lillian Lane, who had split vocal chores with Beneke, andtrumpeter Steve Steck, who doubled as part of the vocal group. Garry Stevens,Spivak vocalist of several years back, coming in to replace Malvin. Jack Steele,of the Glenn Miller AEF orchestra and recently with Ray McKinley, coming in to
replace Steck, and there will be no replacement for the Lane chirp at themoment.
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The Mello Larks
The Mello Larks were a three male, one female vocal group. The group got
together in Southern California during early 1946 with Tommy Hamm, JackBierman, Bob Smith and girl singer Lee Stayner. Sam Kerner managed them.Their early bookings were in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. When Staynershusband was discharged from the Army she opted to drop out of the group. LeeJoan Loree (Lorry) replaced her.
In early October 1946 Hollywood agent and former Glenn Miller advance manBullets Durgom told Kerner that the Crew Chiefs were leaving Tex Beneke.Bullets asked if the Mello Larks were interested in replacing the Crew Chiefs.The Mello Larks auditioned, were offered the job and were hired immediately.Recently hired arranger and pianist Henry Mancini was tasked by Beneke to
rehearse and supervise the new vocal quartet. 12
The Mel-Tones, who were performing with Mel Torme, had just broken up whenMel Torme decided to become a solo act. The Mel-Tones girl singer, GinnyOConnor, was available and she joined The Mello Larks after they had joined theband. 13
12A Lifetime Spent Doing What I Loved To Do, Thomas L. Hamm, iUniverse, Lincoln,
NE 200813Henry Mancini, Reinventing Film Music, John Capps, Univ. of Illinois Press, 2012
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Wednesday, October 30, 1946
The band opened at the RKO Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco, California.
Wednesday, October 30 Tuesday, November 5, 1946
RKO Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, CaliforniaStage Shows
Wednesday, November 6 Thursday, November 7, 1946Travel from San Francisco to Omaha
Friday, November 8 Thursday, November 14, 1946Orpheum Theatre, Omaha, NebraskaStage Shows
Friday, November 15, 1946Undetermined VenueBooked by Eldridge King, New York
Saturday, November 16, 1946Crystal City, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sunday, November 17, 1946Day Off
Monday, November 18, 1946
Municipal Auditorium, Oklahoma City, OklahomaStage Show
Tuesday, November 19, 1946The Plantation (New Casino, Inc.), Dallas, TexasDance
Wednesday, November 20 Thursday, November 21, 1946Houston, TexasDances
Friday, November 22, 1946Austin, TexasDance
Saturday, November 23, 1946Houston, TexasDance
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Sunday, November 24, 1946New Orleans, Louisiana
Dance
Monday, November 25, 1946Day Off
Tuesday, November 26 Wednesday, November 27, 1946Matz Hotel, Bluefield, West Virginia
Thursday, November 28, 1946The Hippodrome, Nashville, Tennessee
Friday, November 29 Saturday, November 30, 1946Matz Hotel, Bluefield, West Virginia
Sunday, December 1, 1946Day Off
Monday, December 2 Thursday, December 5, 1946Matz Hotel, Bluefield, West Virginia
Friday, December 6 Saturday, December 7, 1946
University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, North CarolinaDances
Sunday, December 8, 1946Day Off
Monday, December 9, 1946Norfolk, VirginiaDance
Tuesday, December 10, 1946Richmond, VirginiaDance
Wednesday, December 11, 1946Baltimore, MarylandDance
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December 1946, WOR Program Service, Inc.1440 Broadway, New YorkRecording Sessions
Saturday, December 14, 1946
Saturday, December 21, 1946Saturday, December 28, 1946
Possibly from one of the WOR Recording Sessions:1947 March of Dimes RecordingGordon Frasier, announcer
Matrix YTNY 6712-1Reverse side is by Walter Pigeon and Basil OConnor
Moonlight Serenade (open)Uncle Remus Said TB-GO-MLFalling LeavesSomewhere in the Night GSFive Minutes More TBMoonlight Serenade (close)
Tex Beneke is announced as the National Chairman of the Dance Band LeadersDivision of the March of Dimes (Glenn Miller was National Chairman in 1942).
The disc label is a Columbia Records Blue Electronic Transcription. Two play
dates are handwritten on the label: 1-28-47 and 1-30-47. The label copy reads:
1947 MARCH OF DIMESPresents
TEX BENEKE and the GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRAStart Outside
Broadcast between Jan. 15-30 OnlyHoward J. Landon, Radio Director
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis120 Broadway, New York 5, N. Y.
(Destroy After Campaign)
Recorded in accordance with N A B StandardsThis electronic transcription licensed only for radio broadcasting
RECORDED AND PRESSED BYCOLUMBIA RECORDING CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.NEW YORK BRIDGEPORT HOLLYWOOD - CHICAGO
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Thursday, December 12, 1946
The band opened at the 400 Restaurant, New York
Monday, December 23, 1946RCA Victor Recording SessionRCA Victor Studios, 155 E. 24th St., New York14
D6-VB-3499-1RCA Victor 20-2123-ASPEAKING OF ANGELS(Bennie Benjamin-George Weiss)Vocal refrain by Garry Stevens
D6-VB-3500-1
RCA Victor 20-2260-AMY HEART IS A HOBO(From the Paramount picture "Welcome Stranger")(Johnny Burke-James Van Heusen)Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke and The Mello Larks
D6-VB-3501-1RCA Victor 20-2260-BAS LONG AS IM DREAMING(From the Paramount picture "Welcome Stranger")(Johnny Burke-James Van Heusen)
Vocal refrain by Garry Stevens
D6-VB-3502-1RCA Victor 20-2123-BIT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT STORY(Prince-Rogers-Addy)Vocal refrain by Garry Stevens and the Mello Larks
14Possibly recorded at RCA Victor Studio #1.
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TEX BENEKE AND THE MILLER ORCHESTRA
Monday, December 30, 1946RCA Victor Recording SessionRCA Victor Studios, 155 E. 24th St., New York15
D6-VB-3543-1RCA Victor 20-2126-AHOODLE ADDLE(Ray McKinley)Vocal refrain by Tex Beneke and The Mello Larks
D6-VB-3544-1RCA Victor 20-2126-BANNIVERSARY SONG(From the Columbia picture The Jolson Story(Based on a theme by Ivanovici)(AL Jolson-Saul Chaplin)Vocal refrain by Garry Stevens and The Mello Larks
15Possibly rec