Greatest Band Ever

Its been debated. What are your thoughts?

Because that's who I'm listening to now and I live in the moment

Well, they're better than Sublime, anyhow ;)

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Sticking with the D*ead theme

Anyhow how many bands out there can claim they sing reggae versions of Led Zeppelin songs with an Elvis Impersonator. Not many I would guess

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0rIEaP9OwYk
Mary

Never heard of 'em. :shrug:

Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 — presumably November 17, 1944), was an American jazz musician and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best known "Big Bands." During World War II, while traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France, his plane disappeared in bad weather. His body was never found.

Miller's signature recordings — including, among others, "In the Mood", "Tuxedo Junction", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "Moonlight Serenade", "Sun Valley Jump", "String of Pearls", "Little Brown Jug", "Pennsylvania 6-5000" (named for the phone number of his New York hotel residence) — are still familiar refrains, even to generations born decades after Miller disappeared.

In September 1938, the Miller band began making recordings for the RCA Victor Bluebird subsidiary. In the spring of 1939, the band's fortunes improved with a date at the Meadowbrook ballroom and more dramatically at the Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, New York. With the Glen Island date the band began a huge rise in popularity. Time magazine in 1939 noted: "Of the twelve to 24 discs in each of today's 300,000 U. S. juke boxes, from two to six are usually Glenn Miller's." "There were record-breaking recordings, as well, such as 'Tuxedo Junction', which sold 115,000 copies in the first week. 1939's huge success culminated with the Miller band in concert at Carnegie Hall on October 6, with Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, and Fred Waring also the main attractions.

From 1939 to 1942, his band was featured three times a week during a broadcast for Chesterfield cigarettes. On February 10, 1942, RCA Victor presented Miller with the first gold record for "Chattanooga Choo-Choo". In 2004 Glenn Miller orchestra bassist Herman "Trigger" Alpert exclaimed, "Miller had America's music pulse, he knew what would please the listeners." <9>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Miller

which included Ben Webster on tenor sax and the great Jimmy Blanton on bass. I'm glad you opened up the genre of the real bands, but I've got to vote for Ellington's as the all-time greatest.

;-)

that song they did about nothing really ROCKED:P

and they dont have fireworks at their shows anymore. I like the Old Other a little better.

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