Born Alton Glenn Miller in Clarinda, Iowa on March 1, 1904, Glenn Miller was a
trombone player and the most famous swing/big band leader of all time. Raised on
a farm in Iowa, Miller became interested in dance band music while still at
school. He eventually dropped out of university to concentrate on music and,
after playing with various bands, he co-wrote his first composition “Room 1411”
with Benny Goodman and released it as a single. In 1928, he moved to New York,
playing in pit orchestras at Broadway shows before joining the Dorsey Brothers
orchestra in the 1930s. In 1937, he...