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3) Glenn Miller
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Despite his first orchestra being a complete failure, Glenn Miller grew to become arguably one of the most famous big band leaders. Following this early stumble, Miller launched his second band in March of 1938 and went on to achieve great success before his tragic disappearance in 1944. George T. Simon, big band expert, critic, author and a close friend to Glenn Miller, provides listeners with on an overview of Miller's career. In his conversation...
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On December 15, 1944, Maj. Alton Glenn Miller, commanding officer of the Army Air Force Band (Special), boarded a plane in England bound for France with Lt. Col. Norman Francis Baessell. Somewhere over the English Channel the plane vanished. No trace of the aircraft or its occupants has ever been found. To this day Miller, Baessell, and the pilot, John Robert Stuart Morgan, are classified as missing in action. Weaving together cultural and military...
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From the bestselling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel and Ten Minute Mysteries.
The famous bandleader vanished without trace en route to entertain Allied troops in 1944. It had now been revealed that the results of the investigation into his disappearance were covered up. This is what really happened to him and what the U.S Government don't want you to know.
Part of Albert Jack's Mysterious World Series