Born in Clarinda, Iowa, on March 1, 1904, bandleader and musician Glenn Miller started out playing the mandolin as a child, but quickly switched to the horn. His family moved several times in hisBuy The Glenn Miller Orchestra - In The Digital Mood - GRP - CD, Album, Ltd, RE, Gol - GRD-2004, includes In The Mood, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, The American Patrol, A String Of Pearls, Little Brown Jug, (I've Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo, Tuxedo Junction, At Last, St. Louis Blues March, Pennsylvania 6-5000, Moonlight Serenade A NUMBER ONE HIT AND GLENN MILLER CHESTNUT. On November 3, 1941, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra recorded what would become one of their biggest hits, the Jerry Gray original composition and arrangement of a swing instrumental titled A String of Pearls . By February 1942 the RCA Bluebird record would top the Billboard Top 10 best-selling record
Miller’s “In the Mood” (RCA B-10416-A), when released in July of 1940, and no doubt aided by its high energy feel and slightly risqué title, became a success with audiences. It would go on to be broadcast on 62 occasions by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra on their CBS program
My way of playing "In the Mood" of Glenn Miller, writen by Joe Garland, on a rusty piano ! Same tune and tempo as the original. Ragtime by William Pigach