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

[Rodger Holtin]

He certainly had more of that available to him than Bunny Berigan had in 1933.  It might be argued it cost nothing to get his name on the label over anybody else's in the band - or even a totally fabricated nom de disque.  Look at all the other lesser lights who got their names on the labels when nobody had heard of them, either.

Was this a conscious decision on Miller's part to keep his name off the labels until he was ready for a big debut, or "luck of the draw"?

Rodger



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--- On Sun, 6/2/13, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:

From: Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu>
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, 7:58 PM

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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> 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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