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Glenn Miller — In The Mood
Album: The Essential Glenn Miller
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Released: 1940
Length: 3:33
Plays (last 30 days): 2
(Instrumental)
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I played this endlessly in High School jazz band when we went out the entertain at the old folks homes and social clubs around Chicago.

The tease in this song just drives actual humans crazy. They love it, and as part of the band we did too. 

Rah rah CGHS and Don Don Ehrensperger. 
Fürs pecksal...
He was born and raised in Clarinda, Iowa.  

That town knows how to swing, baby!
Two 10s in a row for me today!
OK, so I'm an actively gigging big band trombonist, so maybe a tad biased - but this would be a 10 even if I wasn't!  Thanks Dad for getting me into big bands in the 70s, fashions change but true style is eternal.
I am definitely hearing "snake jazz" from Rick & Morty on this song.  I wonder if Justin Roiland got the idea when he was listening to this.
 
For those of you who appreciate mash-ups, try this on:
DJ Schmolli - In The Mood For Some Killing
Glenn Miller Band vs. Rage Against the Machine
Great stuff.
You KNOW you're on RP when you go from Gorillaz to Glenn Miller 
I'm always In The Mood for Glenn Miller. 
Need to follow up with IN THE MOOD by Ray Stevens (THE HENHOUSE FIVE PLUS TWO)
 jp33442 wrote:

Guys like us we had it made


those were the days
 timmus wrote:

Also don't forget the songs that made the Hit Parade.

Guys like us we had it made
 Jayesea wrote:
Boy, the way Glenn Miller played...
 
Also don't forget the songs that made the Hit Parade.
The first band I went to see with my then girlfriend/now wife.  Though it was way past Glen's time the band was still a running  entity with his great nephew  or something like that as band leader.  We caught up with them in Cambridge, UK. We were the youngest audience members by far! Amazingly I knew every tune they played! A cool gig.
I m sorry…. I truly am…. Buuuutttt…
I can’t hear anything other than chickens….”bauk-BAUUUKKK!!”

 pinto wrote:

Apparently actor Harry Morgan of Dragnet and M.A.S.H. fame was a close personal friend of Glenn Miller.  Hey, don't blame me for bringing up this old piece of trivia.  William and Alanna opened up the conversation by playing this song!



I don't know if Morgan was a close personal friend with Glenn Miller in real life, but please don't confuse what you said with Morgan's role of Chummy MacGregor in The Glenn Miller Story bio pic (1954). Yes, I like trivia too. 

UPDATE:
Harry Morgan (credited as Henry Morgan) and Glenn Miller appeared together in the 1942 movie Orchestra Wives.  

Other names that you might recognize in that movie: Ann Rutherford, Cesar Romero and Jackie Gleason. Thanks, Pinto! See you at RP Trivia Night. 


 handyman56 wrote:

This song reminds me of my deceased mother. Back during my early childhood in the 50"s she would light up when this came on the AM radio. She would reach down and grab my little hands and dance me around the kitchen. She would tell me stories about how she met my father at one of the big band dances at the Pavilion Dance Hall in Johnson City NY during WWII. Glen Miller and other big bands would play there every weekend. She inspired my life long love of music and dancing. Thank you for all the great music on RP..















GOLDEN.





9 for this recording which I hear in My Favorites, though this song is one of my earliest music memories, hearing my mom (who only played by ear) play this and "Roll out the Barrell" - Long Live RP and RIP mom!!
 pinto wrote:

Apparently actor Harry Morgan of Dragnet and M.A.S.H. fame was a close personal friend of Glenn Miller.  Hey, don't blame me for bringing up this old piece of trivia.  William and Alanna opened up the conversation by playing this song!



And played the part of Chummy in "The Glenn Miller Story" a favorite of my father.
Apparently actor Harry Morgan of Dragnet and M.A.S.H. fame was a close personal friend of Glenn Miller.  Hey, don't blame me for bringing up this old piece of trivia.  William and Alanna opened up the conversation by playing this song!
My Uncle Joe landed on  Juno Beach on D-Day, in one of the first waves ashore.  
He was killed 4 months to the day in Belgium, he had just turned 21.
I hope he got to dance to this iconic tune 
xo 
 dwlangham wrote:

My great aunt served as an Army nurse in WWII. Her unit landed at Normandy soon after D-Day. I often imagine her and her girlfriends dancing with fellas at the O club to this song in the months leading up to the invasion.




Cool story! Thank You for sharing it!
My great aunt served as an Army nurse in WWII. Her unit landed at Normandy soon after D-Day. I often imagine her and her girlfriends dancing with fellas at the O club to this song in the months leading up to the invasion.
1939
Boy, the way Glenn Miller played...
Gorrilaz Feel Good Inc. to Glenn Miller's In The Mood - RP showing of its amazing segue magic. I feel for the unsuspecting electrons that enter RP's servers blissfully unaware of the beautifully orchestrated whiplash they are about to experience.
Only on RP... Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc" to "In The Mood"

Love it
Played this on the alto sax in stage band in Baldwin Senior High School. My fingers still remember the theme.
Wow, RP is outdoing itself today.  Toots followed by Glenn Miller.
Happy Friday!
 cc_rider wrote:

Us mechanical engineers learned why many of those Liberty Ships sank, in our metallurgy classes. The steel used to make them was susceptible to extreme brittleness when welded - typical of high-strength steels, in a cruel twist. 
In the frigid North Atlantic, the welds cracked.

Welding was faster than riveting (most likely hot rivets, a resource- and labor-intensive process), which is how they were able to make so many. But welding came with its own set of issues.
c.



VERY TRUE!  Cruel irony!
Nice mixing it up! 
Yeah. This gets a "10" (godlike) from me, for sure. My mom (who would have been 13 @ the time of this release) loved swing, and this tune so reminds me of her!
 tonyinnj wrote:



Us mechanical engineers learned why many of those Liberty Ships sank, in our metallurgy classes. The steel used to make them was susceptible to extreme brittleness when welded - typical of high-strength steels, in a cruel twist. 
In the frigid North Atlantic, the welds cracked.

Welding was faster than riveting (most likely hot rivets, a resource- and labor-intensive process), which is how they were able to make so many. But welding came with its own set of issues.
c.
10
 ScottishWillie wrote:
Now there is a strange thing. This music makes me happy because it reminds me of my dad?!

Maybe but it's a zippy tune on its own. The solos are great, esp. the sax early on. 
Allegedly, Peter Sellers hated this tune with a passion.

What do you think was played as his coffin disappeared for the last time? 
A nice reminder that quality never goes outa style.
 Baby_M wrote:
I feel a sudden compulsion to go to the nearest shipyard and start welding Liberty ships together.

Love it.

Trivia...They used the original Vise-Grips to hold the plates together while
welding. At the start, they unsnapped 'em but that took too long so they just
ordered pallets of 'em, left 'em on and kept on welding... Many of the ships
never made it across the North Atlantic...So if you're looking for a free pair
of Vise-Grips...

Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
 

I hear Ray Steven's version in my head.
I think it would have been magical to hear this live, in a very uncertain time, with anyone you wanted to make memories with - however short-term. Another tune I wish I could properly dance to!
Iconic!!!! ...makes me tap my foot, & put a smile on my face! ...Thank You RP!
The Favorite Song from my Mother...
This is the first song I learned on the piano. Taught to me by my mom in the late 60s
Hearing Glenn Miller always reminds me of my parents, my mother especially. It's bittersweet now that they have both been gone for two decades.
Glenn Miller - one of the reasons I learned to play trombone in grade school (... and high school and college.....)
When I was at UCLA, there was a legendary class that every freshman was told they could not miss, regardless of your major -- the History of Jazz with the wonderful Paul Tanner, who had played in the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

As a trombonist in Glenn Miller's band, he didn't get a lot of solos ... but he sure had some great stories! 

Thank you Prof. Tanner!  
I remember william b williams woukd play this on the make believe ball room on WNEW AM
I listened to my dad's Glenn Miller records in the 50s, when I was in grade school. Loved it then. Not so much now. Glenn led me to taking up the sax.
Like The Beatles defined the 50/60's generation, Glenn Miller, and this iconic song in particular defined the greatest war time generation. Timeless memories.
Lifts my spirits every time! Plus, it brings back a nice memory of (loosely) Charleston-ing with one of the the Glenn Miller Orchestra dancers one Christmas whilst the band played this. 
It's not just about the song....sends a shiver down my spine.
Top Class! My father's favourite musician; thanks for playing - certainly surprised me.
So glad I've discovered RP, keep up the great work and tunes
10/10
We had a lot of fun with this song in the high school jazz band. Way back when.
 nelson1 wrote:
classic track.

my memory is 2nd hand: my father remembers his last stateside night as a naive 20-year-old at an RSO in san francisco the night before he and a few hundred guys boarded a ship to head out to the war in the pacific in 1943.

he said he had a mixture of excitement, sadness, and general unease at the anticipation of sailing out to an abstract war that was about to get very real. the RSO band played "in the mood" over and over into the night, which made it even more surreal.

he said this song would always bring him back to that night.
 

and boarded a ship possibly manned by my grandfather who was a Chief Engineer. There is a family photo taken in an RSO at about this time, my grandfather and future grandmother are discretely holding hands sitting at a table dressed in their finery. It's hard to not think of that whenever I hear 'in the mood'

hence my 9, sentimental, yes, but it's a rocking tune
classic track.

my memory is 2nd hand: my father remembers his last stateside night as a naive 20-year-old at an RSO in san francisco the night before he and a few hundred guys boarded a ship to head out to the war in the pacific in 1943.

he said he had a mixture of excitement, sadness, and general unease at the anticipation of sailing out to an abstract war that was about to get very real. the RSO band played "in the mood" over and over into the night, which made it even more surreal.

he said this song would always bring him back to that night.
 rfm wrote:
This is a GREAT song.  But, I can't help but thinking of Ray Stevens' version with "chickens" singing the melody.
 
Do you mean "The Henhouse Five Plus Too"?  Nines for both! (the too is spelled that way on the 45)
Long Live                                                                                                                                   Radio Paradise
To me                                                                                                                                       9 -OUTSTANDING
This is a GREAT song.  But, I can't help but thinking of Ray Stevens' version with "chickens" singing the melody.
Great music!  Makes me smile... BIG.
Just have to tap your foot.
I confess: First time I heard this song, it was sung by chickens.
I love this!
Jake dances with Sadie like no other time. Sigh.
 handyman56 wrote:
This song reminds me of my deceased mother. Back during my early childhood in the 50"s she would light up when this came on the AM radio. She would reach down and grab my little hands and dance me around the kitchen. She would tell me stories about how she met my father at one of the big band dances at the Pavilion Dance Hall in Johnson City NY during WWII. Glen Miller and other big bands would play there every weekend. She inspired my life long love of music and dancing. Thank you for all the great music on RP..
 
Thanks for sharing this :-) Smile on my face and beat in my foot.
 GeneP59 wrote:
I love this music. Makes me a little sad cause it reminds me of my dad and uncles.
{#Music}

Now there is a strange thing. This music makes me happy because it reminds me of my dad?!?

 

Talk about staying power! Think about it, this track is a couple years short of turning 80! {#Bananajumprope}
8 -> 9 - O U T S T A N D I N G
I really like this song.
Not a #
If corporate FM radio had existed back in 1940 I imagine the Radio Paradise comments we'd be reading for this song today would be something along the lines of "Overplayed, Bill!  What's next? Freebird? Stairway to Heaven? C'mon!"
 now that is some finger snappin' and toe tappin' jammin' right there.. {#Dancingbanana}
Nice post, handyman56. {#Cheers}
This song reminds me of my deceased mother. Back during my early childhood in the 50"s she would light up when this came on the AM radio. She would reach down and grab my little hands and dance me around the kitchen. She would tell me stories about how she met my father at one of the big band dances at the Pavilion Dance Hall in Johnson City NY during WWII. Glen Miller and other big bands would play there every weekend. She inspired my life long love of music and dancing. Thank you for all the great music on RP..
Is there a swing-dancing-with-joy emoji? Someone get on that.
This song reminds me that I had no right to get a passing grade in high school jazz band.

But I still love it so, whatever! 
{#Notworthy}  {#Notworthy} {#Notworthy}
Stupid nazis and their quest for world domination.
Blame my parents for showing me mostly old movies... but I always remember Jimmy Stewart quitting the band down the bombers fly over, then chatting back to full after they'd passed. :)
Can't hear this without seeing Nick Nolte and Debra Winger dancing. Crazy man!
Love it!!!!
 VH1 wrote:

When you're right, you're right! {#Clap}

 
Love it
I want to hear more GM!
 kcar wrote:

"Today's kids" being...in their 40s and 50s?

 
No—I'm talking about 16-25'ers today who won't give these type of songs a "rest" for a few years or 10:

Sweet Caroline
Don't Stop Believin'
Your Love 
Livin' on a Prayer 

If I don't hear any of these 4 at least once a day, even though I'm not even trying to, it's a rarity. 
 treatment_bound wrote:
We used to (try to) play this in my 5th/6th grade band around 45 years ago.  It was about 30 years old at that time, and I remember thinking HOW ANCIENT it sounded in the early 70's, so out of step with contemporary music.  That said, it does sound pretty good today.

But today's kids just love to crank and/or sing along to crappy 30 year-old old pop songs like The Outfield's "Your Love"—-WHY IS THAT?   

 
"Today's kids" being...in their 40s and 50s? Listen, there are radio stations geared to playing old-school rap. The Outfield could be only 10 years older than Glenn Miller to today's kids. 
 ScottishWillie wrote:
There is not even close to being enough Glenn Miller on Radio Paradise!
 
When you're right, you're right! {#Clap}
Reminds me of a special night on the Bob-Lo Boat back in the early 1980s. It was a sunset cruise with the Glenn Miller Orchestra on the Detroit River. We danced until our knees gave out.
 treatment_bound wrote:
We used to (try to) play this in my 5th/6th grade band around 45 years ago.  It was about 30 years old at that time, and I remember thinking HOW ANCIENT it sounded in the early 70's, so out of step with contemporary music.  That said, it does sound pretty good today.

But today's kids just love to crank and/or sing along to crappy 30 year-old old pop songs like The Outfield's "Your Love"—-WHY IS THAT?   

 
I love "Your Love."
We used to (try to) play this in my 5th/6th grade band around 45 years ago.  It was about 30 years old at that time, and I remember thinking HOW ANCIENT it sounded in the early 70's, so out of step with contemporary music.  That said, it does sound pretty good today.

But today's kids just love to crank and/or sing along to crappy 30 year-old old pop songs like The Outfield's "Your Love"—-WHY IS THAT?   
 wgsu_1978 wrote:
Too repetitive.
Just kidding. {#Wink} 
 
{#Lol}  Yeah, repetitive, derivative, and a rip-off of an obscure track from Pink Floyd's "Ummagumma".
 ScottishWillie wrote:
There is not even close to being enough Glenn Miller on Radio Paradise!
 

I dunno - I think the Glenn Miller ratio on RP is just about perfect
Too repetitive.




Just kidding. {#Wink} 
 ScottishWillie wrote:
There is not even close to being enough Glenn Miller on Radio Paradise!
 
{#Clap}{#Yes}
There is not even close to being enough Glenn Miller on Radio Paradise!
 RussNelson wrote:
Played it in high school jazz band. Lead alto sax. I can still feel my fingers playing it.

 
Tenor sax for me.  Our jazz band also doubled as the "Rubber Band" when we played pep rallies/football/basketball games in lieu of the regular Seabreeze HS Marching 100 band-one of the first big (100+ members) HS show bands in Florida (Daytona Beach), late 50's era.  We were also the first HS band to preform the entire half-time show at an NFL game in Detroit between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions, 1960.  It was televised nationally to over 50 million viewers.  And of course we also preformed before the first few Daytona 500 races held at the then brand-new super-speedway.  'Twas heady times for this young Florida Cracker.

I grew up listening to my amateur-musician dad playing this genre and others, even classical, on his home-made sound system.  He was an electronics engineer who perfected synthetic stereo from a monaural source.  He did it by delaying the signal on one set of speakers slightly behind the other set.  Too bad he didn't patent it,...but then true stereo came out and was an instant success. 
Ridiculous!!!
 
Reminds me of my grandpa playing his records.  Nice
I'd like to hear more oldies, but this is definitly not what I had in mind....UGH
 lily34 wrote:

me too, but lead clarinet. how funny.

 
another clarinet here.

I can still remember the teacher getting into the song toward the end with the volume increase.
I got turned onto this as part of a Vanilla Fudge medley.

Phase One

"Intro: The Beat Goes On" (Sonny Bono) - 1:57Eighteenth Century: Variations on a Theme by Mozart: "Divertimento No. 13 In F Major" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) - 0:46Nineteenth Century: "Old Black Joe" (Stephen Foster) - 0:46Twentieth Century - 3:09"Don't Fence Me In" (Cole Porter) - 0:52"12th Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) - 0:49"In The Mood" (Garland-Razaf) - 0:45"Hound Dog" (Jerry LeiberMike Stoller) - 0:43The Beatles - 1:45"I Want To Hold Your Hand" (John LennonPaul McCartney)"I Feel Fine" (Lennon–McCartney)"Day Tripper" (Lennon–McCartney)"She Loves You" (Lennon–McCartney)"Hello Goodbye" (Lennon–McCartney)
 RussNelson wrote:
Played it in high school jazz band. Lead alto sax. I can still feel my fingers playing it.

 
me too, but lead clarinet. how funny.
Played it in high school jazz band. Lead alto sax. I can still feel my fingers playing it.
Everybody in my homeless camp loves this jazz... 
Sitting at my desk in the office and tapping my foot up and down. Outstanding song!
It brings tears to my eyes ... On so many levels, the timing, sweetness, sass. Musicianship. And everything they represented as a young culture going off to fight just then when they'd rather be swinging. 
Glenn Miller was so cool. First guy to front a band with saxophones. And he was a trombonist.
You can see, hear?,  the seeds of what would become early Rock and Roll.
 GeneP59 wrote:
I love this music. Makes me a little sad cause it reminds me of my dad and uncles.

{#Music} 

 
{#Yes}
I can't believe how much I hated this music growing up. I hated it because it was Grampa's music. All I wanted to listen to was Pink Floyd.

Now, I LOVE this music because I can't hear it without thinking about him.

Oh, and it's also pretty awesome music, too. 
I love this music. Makes me a little sad cause it reminds me of my dad and uncles.

{#Music} 
 Baby_M wrote:
I feel a sudden compulsion to go to the nearest shipyard and start welding Liberty ships together.

Love it.

 
Two welders giving the "V for Victory" salute
Well said Pop. This song makes me miss my dad. He taught me to love Glenn. 
This is why I love RP.  Where else could you hear this after World Party, Silversun and The Black Keys?  The answer is NOWHERE else!
I wrote a whole diatribe (thankfully shelved) about how "Sing Sing Sing" bugs me because it's as if I am being coerced into being exhuberant. I'd rather be drawn there, and this song is like the antithesis to Sing Sing Sing. Cuz it puts me in the mood and I don't have to do that "put two index fingers in the air in parallel and waggle them from side to side" thing. "In the Mood" is just hip, cool, positive. Makes me happy without making me be happy. 

Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant. In the years that my father and I could barely agree on the colour of grass, let alone what constituted good music, we could both enjoy his Glen Miller records. 


Rock and ROLL from the WWII set.  They did know how to Boogie in amidst the carnage, eh? 

Highlow
American Net'Zen
I feel a sudden compulsion to go to the nearest shipyard and start welding Liberty ships together.

Love it.
{#Yell}{#Dance}{#Jump}
I only hear chickens.