GLENN MILLER AAF ORCHESTRA
THIS WEEK’S EPISODE
SSRH 730
MAY 25, 2024
MAY 1944 – PART 2
Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra directed by Capt. Glenn Miller
Army Air Forces 2001st Base Unit (Radio Production)
Music From America
Office of War Information
Recording Session
Friday, May 19, 1944
Voice of America 16
Voice of America 17
Voice of America 18
NBC Studio 6-A
Radio City
New York, NY
Partners In Victory
Broadcast
Friday, May 19, 1944
WAC Recruiting Concert
West Side High School
Paterson, NJ
(WAAT, Newark) (Local)
I Sustain The Wings
Broadcasts
Saturday, May 20, 1944
6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
11:30 p.m. – Midnight
Vanderbilt Theater
New York, NY
(NBC) (WEAF)
Sgt. Broderick Crawford, announcer
I Sustain The Wings
Broadcast
Saturday, May 27, 1944
6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt Theater
New York, NY
(NBC) (WEAF)
Lt. Donald Briggs, announcer
Program Note: Capt. Miller was on leave from May 10 through June 1, 1944. In his absence, S/Sgt. Jerry Gray conducted the orchestra.
Playlist
(19May44, 17-1768 ) I Sustain the Wings (theme), Bubble Bath, Beautiful Blue Danube, Blue is the Night, Everybody Loves My Baby, I Sustain the Wings (theme) (20May44, 6:00 p.m.) The Army Air Corps (Fanfare), I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), Everybody Loves My Baby, Poinciana (Sgt. Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), Playlet: Why Do I Fight; Medley: In the Gloaming, A Fellow On A Furlough (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Stompin’ At The Savoy (borrowed from Benny Goodman), Deep Purple; Join the WAC (the Crew Chiefs, vocal), Guns In The Sky (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, the Crew Chiefs and Glee Club, vocal), AAF Announcement, I Sustain the Wings (closing theme) (20May44, 11:30 p.m.) The Army Air Corps (fanfare), I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), Everybody Loves My Baby, Poinciana (Sgt. Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), Playlet: Why Do I Fight; Medley: In the Gloaming, A Fellow On A Furlough (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Stompin’ At The Savoy (borrowed from Benny Goodman), Deep Purple; Join the WAC (the Crew Chiefs, vocal), Guns In The Sky (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, the Crew Chiefs and Glee Club, vocal), AAF Announcement, I Sustain the Wings (closing theme) (27May44) I Hear You Screamin, Medley: Irresistible You (Sgt. Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), Little Brown Jug (borrowed from Glenn Miller), Rhapsody in Blue; Join the WAC (The Crew Chiefs, vocal), The Army Air Corps (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, the Crew Chiefs and Glee Club, vocal), AAF Announcement; I Sustain the Wings (closing theme) (19May44) Rhapsody in Blue, Stealin’ Apples, Speak Low (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Enlisted Men’s Mess, Poinciana (Sgt. Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chiefs, vocal) (19May44, 17-1805) I Sustain the Wings (theme), Nine Twenty Special, Going My Way (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), The Way You Look Tonight, Oh! Lady Be Good, I Sustain the Wings (theme) (19May44, 17-1808) Long Tall Mama
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