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

[Ron L'Herault]

My guess is that he had to build up capital and a book of charts, find men,
rehearse etc.

Ron L

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Evidently I was not clear enough on the question.
Why did it take him until 1935 to get credited such as "Glenn Miller and His
..." ...orchestra, boys, men etc?

Rodger



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--- On Sun, 6/2/13, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Glenn Miller - why so late on the label?
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 7:44 PM

He's on the label of the Dorsey Brothers ANNIE'S COUSIN FANNY as composer,
and I think that's 1933.

dl

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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> Holtin
> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2013 7:00 PM
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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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