Glenn Miller

Boy/Girl & vocal backing group Billy May wrote many outstanding charts for the Miller band, and this is one of his finest. The writing is moody, sometimes dark, but harmonically rich and full. It cont...

From the pen of Jerry Gray for the Glenn Miller USAAF Orchestra, this up-tempo swing chart features the piano, (originally Mel Powell) as well as the drums in the shout chorus. This chart is essential...

This song was written by Mel Powell when he was pianist with the Goodman orchestra, and it was a hit in 1942. Glenn Miller, whilst in charge of the US Army Air Force Training Command Band, used it as...

Another Bill Finegan masterpiece, Tail End Charlie was made famous by Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Training Command Band as one of a series of numbers that were patriotic and supported the war effort...

This is Glenn Miller's version that was originally performed by the Modernaires vocal group, except that we have turned it into an instrumental, whilst keeping the form true to the original. The band...

Glen Island Special is a very quick swing chart written by Eddie Durham for the Glenn Miller band, and on first hearing it you could be forgiven for thinking it to be a Basie chart. At 240 beats per m...

Co-written by Chummy MacGregor (Miller's pianist) and George 'The Silver Fox' Williams (who wrote extensively for Ray Anthony) this Glenn Miller chart is both an excellent swing chart, as well as bein...

Long Tall Mama is a solid swing chart written for the Glenn Miller band by Billy May , though credited to his wife Arletta for fiscal reasons at the time. Miller recorded this with his civilian and US...

A fine Jerry Gray composition for the Glenn Miller Orchestra, our chart is a transcription of Miller's USAAF band version from early 1944 recorded in the UK. The arrangement is a great dance chart for...

Glenn Miller recorded this chart in July 1942 Victor 20-1509-B, as the B-side to Juke Box Saturday Night. The original arrangement is credited to George Williams who also arranged extensively for Lunc...

Here is an absolute classic from the Glenn Miller Orchestra and a 'must have'' for every band's library. The original GMO chart was scored by Jerry Gray at a time when the GMO only carried 6 brass. We...

Our chart has been transcribed from the fine Jerry Gray chart written for the Glenn Miller band. Originally scored for six brass, we have augmented it up to a full eight voices. The Alto and Trumpet s...

'I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem' was not recorded in the studio until January 1941, though the Miller band aired this tune half a dozen times over the raidio in November and December 1940. Our chart has b...

Whilst never commercailly recorded by the Miller band because the chart's playing time was too long to fit onto a 78rpm record, The Hour of Parting was an often played number in the Miller book. The o...

This patriotic wartime tune was originally done by Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke and Marion Hutton and the Modernaires supplying the vocals.This is a medium swing tempo chart that kicks. We have scored...

Here is Glenn Miller's classic ballad 'Stairway to the Stars', as recorded by the Miller band with Ray Eberle on vocal. It was originally arranged during the earlier days of the band which contained o...

Indian Summer is a hauntingly beautiful melody from the pen of Victor Herbert. Written in 1919 under the original title of 'An American Idyll', the lyric was added in 1939 by Al Dubin. The version tha...

This is one our specially written charts for student/amateur swing bands. In addition to the usual 8 Brass and 5 Saxes we have included optional Flutes, Clarinets and Horn in F. Very safe Brass ranges...

Sunrise Serenade was originally released in 1939 on the RCA Bluebird label as the flipside to Moonlight Serenade, and the record became a huge hit for the Miller band. The original Miller chart was by...

Here is the lush and lovely Danny Boy (a.k.a Londonderry Air) as played by the Miller Band. Another excellent transcription from the pen of Alan Glasscock, this chart features Miller-voiced saxes, bea...

Originally from Verdi's Il Trovatore, Anvil Chorus was a big hit for the Glenn Miller band, thanks to the fabulous arrangement by Gerry Gray. We have faithfully restored the original version here, com...

Bill Finegan wrote the original version of this arrangement for Glenn Miller's civilain band, and adapted it for Miller's USAAF band. This is the version that we offer here. Transcribed beautifully by...

My Guy's Come Back is the Mel Powell arrangement for the Miller USAAF band, and is an extended version compared to the civilian band chart which we have transcribed from a radio air check. It is at he...

Fred Norman wrote and arranged this tune for the Miller band, and we have transcribed this chart from Miller's 1941 Hollywood recording. The opening Piano solo and later Trumpet and Tenor solos are fu...

Glenn Miller's version of Star Dust is hauntingly beautiful, and a Miller 'must-have' chart. Lovingly transcribed from the original Miller / Finegan arrangement by Alan Glasscock, our version contains...