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Glenn Miller and his Orchestra - "In The Mood"

submitted by rembar

1 decade 7 years 2 months 4 weeks ago

"In the Mood" is a classic jazz standard made famous by Glenn Miller in 1940. It has since been covered by numerous bands, and is still one of the most recognizable songs from the big band era.

This performance of the song is instrumental only, although there are lyrics to the song, which can be found here.

From Wikipedia: "It opens with a now-famous sax solo, and is joined by trumpets and trombones after 13 counts. It has two main solo sections; a 'tenor fight' solo, and a 16-bar trumpet solo. It is also famous for its ending.

Other notable big band artists who recorded the song include the Andrews Sisters, Xavier Cugat, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and The Brian Setzer Orchestra.

Non-big band renditions were recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lee Hooker, Chet Atkins, Bill Haley & His Comets, and Ernie Fields Jr., Bad Manners. The song was charted at number 16 in 1953 with Johnny Maddox. Jonathan King scored a UK Top 50 hit with his version of the song in 1976. Bette Midler also recorded this song in 1973 (on the album Bette Midler)."

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Some friends of mine like to go to "Swing Night" at New Orleans clubs.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'jazz, big band, swing, music, classic, 1940s' to 'jazz, big band, swing, music, classic, 1940s, 40s' - edited by swampgirl

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"This video has been removed due to terms of use violation."

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by darkrowan.

kronosposeidon has fixed this video's dead embed code - no star awarded because kronosposeidon was awarded too recently.

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Adding video to channels (Jazz) - requested by EndAll.

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