On September 27, 1942, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra gave their last performance. America’s number one band was breaking up because its leader, who was the nation’s most popular musician, was joining ...

On 15 December 1944, the hugely popular musician Major Glenn Miller boarded a small plane at an RAF base in Bedfordshire. The American army band leader was heading to Paris to cheer on the Allied ...

The Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band played more than 800 performances, more than half of which were broadcast to millions of listeners. Tragically in December 1944, Miller’s plane disappeared over ...

Andrea Modica At 1:45 p.m. on December 15, 1944, an overcast Friday afternoon at the Royal Air Force airport near Bedford, England, U.S. Army Maj. Glenn Miller struggled against the stinging ...

The Topeka Jazz Workshop and Topeka Performing Arts Center present the United States Air Force, Airmen of Note big band next ...

Gayle’s new version of “Sentimental Journey” will soon live on the upcoming album 80th Anniversary of The Army Air Force Band Newly Recorded with Strings by The Glenn Miller Orchestra ...

Glenn Miller (1904 - 1944 ... In 1942 Miller decided to help the war effort and joined the US Army, becoming a Captain and leader of the Army Air Force Band. In 1944, at the height of his fame ...