Serenading you with Glenn Miller music
Thank you for adding the Sunday Edition of Monday’s Music Moves Me to your day! This month’s spotlight feature is the brainchild of 4M, Marie from Xmas Dolly.
The theme this week is Glenn Miller music. I think Marie went with big band sound in honor of her mother. There’s something magical about the big band sound from that era. Glenn Miller’s life seemed exciting and his death mysterious but I will dig into his life another time. I decided to go with original songs of Miller’s. There’s no particular reason why I picked them other than the song title first caught my eye and if the song tickled my ear then I went with it. I hope you enjoy the mini 5-song playlist.
This is a music linky party. Your co-hostess are Marie, Stacy, Alana, and Me. Every other week we have a suggested music theme (see weekly prompts here) to build your song set around and all participants share YouTube or Vimeo videos for our music enthusiasts. Failure to meet this basic guideline puts your URL in danger of being removed or labeled – NO MUSIC.
THE PARTY BEGINS HERE!
Notice as of 6am March 8th, LinkyTools wouldn’t display and I am unable to reach the site so something is going on there. If you want to join the party and still can’t see it, then please add your 4M link in comments.
DH has yet another dental appointment tomorrow. A couple of weeks ago, he particularly broke an upper rear molar. I’m hoping for the best but am afraid that the worse is in store. Poor fella has had some real problems mostly crowns breaking or failing but now a ‘real’ tooth hangs in the balance. Is it salvageable or will it require a dental implant? Cross your fingers and say a little prayer for him.
This is CAAC signing off, please join me tomorrow for my A to Z Theme Reveal. Have a boogietastic week! X💋X💋, Cathy
18 Comments
angelswhisper2011
We’re not really fans of Glenn Miller, CK, but the songs sound so familiar in my ears, that it brought back memories that we couldn’t have had, because we may be old, but not so old…MOL… Your quote is spot on! Extra Pawkisses for a Happy Day and hope your DH is feeling better🙏🐾😽💞
angelswhisper2011
Hope all is well with your DH, CK. Healing Pawkisses and Purrayers are on the way🙏🐾😽💞
Birgit
Oh man…that is rough on your hubby…and you! Dentists are so expensive too but so needed. We spent over $3,000 for my hubby to have partial “dentures”. I can’t remember the name but has to have 2 molars so he can chew properly. He has to get used to having them in his mouth. A lot of tweaking. I love the Big Band sound more and more and , I know, my daddy and I would talk about this music as he was in his 20’s and early 30’s and saw a few of these big guys at Crystal Beach, On. You know, I love Jimmy Stewart but I have yet to see his biopic on Miller. I do wonder if they will ever find Miller’s plane. Miller and Leslie Howard both died when their plane were shot down.
John Holton
Nice selection of songs! I think we all went for uniqueness today…
Kathe W.
Sending best wishes for DH- hope all goes well. Glenn Miller was my parents fav and I enjoy his music too! Cheers!
A ShutterBug Explores
Lots of healing energy hugs to DH ~ and Glen Miller ‘s music is divine ~ Xo
Wishing you love and laughter in your days ~
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Sandee
Many prayers for DH today. Forgot to say that last night.
Have a fabulous day, Cathy. Love and hugs. ♥
Eugenia
My mom was a fan of Glenn Miller and I remember her playing his albums. I hope all goes well with DH’s tooth. Have a great week ahead and looking forward to your A to Z reveal, Cathy! 💚
DrillerAA
Like you, I picked a couple of songs that the title caught my eye. Glenn Miller was my mother’s favorite big band and I was introduced to them early in life. I really liked American Patrol. I am thrilled that we did not pick any of the same songs because we need to hear the breadth of talent in this great band. Have a blessed week.
csuhpat1
Thanks for hosting and I am so lucky that I own a Glenn Miller album so I went off that.
Brian
I really enjoy Glenn Miller too, he was why I decided to learn the trombone way back in the day.
Sandee
Aw. look at these cutie pies So precious.
I love Glenn Miller. Some fabulous music.
I tried to get Marie to post her music early, but she didn’t so I’m signing off for the day. If she posts I’ll edit int he morning. I would have done a post for her if she has asked, but since it’s her month I didn’t want to overstep.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hog.
Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week, Cathy. Love and hugs. ♥
messymimi's meanderings
Saying prayers for your husband.
Thanks for sharing some great music!
Nicole/DVArtist
Glenn Miller. Music, I grew up on. Love the big band era. So sorry about your husband’s tooth.
15andmeowing
I am not familiar with his music. I know who Mitch Miller is though. 🙂 I will say a prayer for DH. Tomorrow we will be revealing our theme too- I have it down to 2 choices so I need to decide soon. XO
Alana Mautone (@RamblinGarden)
Me again. Yes, I’ll be thinking of your husband. I hope the tooth can be saved. Dental issues – ugh. Alana ramblinwitham
Alana Mautone (@RamblinGarden)
I enjoyed this theme. I knew about the mystery surrounding Glenn Miller’s last flight but I didn’t know until researching my post that Miller’s years with his own orchestra were so short. And yet so many #1 songs. Just think….my favorite of these, none of which I knew, was the last. I wasn’t familiar with the Glenn Miller quote, either. It’s just as true now as it was then. Alana ramblinwitham
Thomas Anderson
Hi, Cathy!
Happy Pawww-some 4M Monday on Sunday, dear friend! I hope you and DH are having a nice weekend.
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I’m happy to see that Marie is back in action and picking this week’s theme. It is refreshing to go all the way back in time to the Swing Years and listen to the big band sounds of Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. I’m sure you remember the combination of Glenn Miller and vocalist Ray Eberle as, I believe, the winners of one of your recent BOTBs. Ray was quite a crooner, wasn’t he? I see that “A Handful Of Stars” is from the 1940 mewsical comedy film Hullabaloo starring Frank Morgan, Virginia Grey, Dan Dailey and Billie Burke. Billie is best remembered as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in The Wizard of Oz, released the previous year. It’s interesting to me that on “Handful Of Stars” Ray’s vocals begin only 13 seconds into the song. Most numbers from that era let the band play for a minute or more before the vocal begins. The second and third songs, “Blue World” and “You Stepped Out Of A Dream” are typical examples of this style. On the 4th song, “Serenade In Blue,” the band plays close to a minute-and-a-half before the singing starts. That song is from the 1942 mewsical film Orchestra Wives starring Ann Rutherford and George Montgomery and featuring Glenn Miller. On the 5th song, “At Last,” the vocals by John Payne & Pat Friday don’t begin until the orchestra has played more than two minutes! “At Last” is from the soundtrack of the 1941 mewsical Sun Valley Serenade starring Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, and Lynn Bari. As you might recall, the song was covered in 1960 by R&B great Etta James. Released as a single, Etta’s version became one of her biggest hits in the spring of 1961.
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Yessum, I will say a prayer for DH. I notice that he does require dental procedures quite often. I look forward to your A to Z theme reveal. I assume this means that you have decided to participate in the Challenge after all. I knew you wouldn’t be able to resist. (LOL) You know that I will be here for you throughout the month, even if I am late some days because of my own medical appointments. Thanks for the morning entertainment, dear friend Cathy. Have a great day and I’ll see you tamale!