[78-L] Glenn Miller - why so late on the label?

[Kristjan Saag]

1934
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo_M-ElSOpo
Kristjan

On 2013-06-03 02:44, David Lennick wrote:
> He's on the label of the Dorsey Brothers ANNIE'S COUSIN FANNY as composer, and
> I think that's 1933.
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> dl
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> On 6/2/2013 8:41 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote:
>> He was an active sideman, e.g. with the Mound City Blue Blowers on "Hello
>> Lola" and if memory serves, was in sections which included T.
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>> Ron L
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>> Subject: [78-L] Glenn Miller - why so late on the label?
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>> Glenn
>> Miller was older and had been around as long or longer than Benny Goodman,
>> Jack Teagarden or even Bunny Berigan, but all of them got their names on the
>> label of some studio sides they made long before Miller; BG in the 1920s,
>> Jack in
>> 1930 and even relative latecomer Berigan in 1933.  As a contractor known to
>> all the producers, Miller surely had the contacts, and he had his sights set
>> on leadership since he was in college, so why did it take him until 1935 to
>> get his name on the label? Coincidences, or some plan of delayed
>> gratification, or waiting until he felt the time was right??  Did he tell
>> George T Simon?  Anybody know?
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>> Rodger
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>> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
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