The Greatest Band of the Greatest Generation… In 1939, the Glenn Miller Orchestra really hit it big with their biggest hits… “Moonlight Serenade” and ”In the Mood.” By 1940, the Glenn Miller band had 31 top 10 hits and a record eight number one hits in a single calendar year – “Moonlight Serenade,” “In the Mood,” “Tuxedo Junction,” “Pennsylvania 6-5000,” “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” “A String of Pearls,” “At Last,” “Little Brown Jug,” and “(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo.”
Glenn Miller’s fantastic career was cut short when his plane disappeared on December 15, 1944 from a departure from the United Kingdom to Paris. Glenn Miller made such an integral impact on the world that his incredible music and arrangements live on today. The Miller Estate formed the present Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1956 following strong popular demand aroused as a result of the successful motion picture, an immense box office smash – The Glenn Miller Story, starring James Stewart and June Allyson.
The Glenn Miller Orchestra has been touring consistently since, playing an average of 200 live dates a year around the globe to millions of fans. Today, the impeccable Glenn Miller Orchestra is led by Erik Stabnau and the featured vocalist is Jenny Swoish.
The Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum will sponsor a dinner at the Ramkota before the concert.
Co-Sponsored by the Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum, the Des & Carrie Bennion Family/The Bon Agency Insurance, and the Rocky Mountain Power Foundation
Partial funding is from Natrona County School District No. 1, the Wyoming Community Foundation – Casper Area, the Wyoming Arts Council through the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyoming State Legislature, as well as Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) through the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyoming Arts Council.
