Editing Glenn Miller (section)

===Bluebird Records and Glen Island Casino===
[[File:Millposter1.jpg|thumb|1939 Baltimore Hippodrome Ballroom concert poster.|left]]
In September 1938, the Miller band began recording for [[Bluebird Records|Bluebird]], a subsidiary of [[RCA Victor]].<ref>Simon (1980), p. 143.</ref> Cy Shribman, an East Coast businessman, financed the band.<ref>[http://www.jazzsight.com/jazzsightprofiles.html Twomey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026003915/http://www.jazzsight.com/jazzsightprofiles.html |date=October 26, 2014 }}, Jazzsight.com. Retrieved on July 29, 2011.</ref> In the spring of 1939, the band's fortunes improved with a date at the Meadowbrook Ballroom in [[Cedar Grove, New Jersey]], and more dramatically at the [[Starin's Glen Island|Glen Island Casino]] in New Rochelle, New York. According to author [[Gunther Schuller]], the Glen Island performance attracted "a record-breaking opening-night crowd of 1800..."<ref>{{Cite book|title= The swing era: the development of jazz, 1930–1945 |last= Schuller |first= Gunther|author-link= Gunther Schuller|year= 1991 |publisher= Oxford University Press |location= New York |isbn= 0-19-507140-9|page= 667|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Zc4Lh9KC2MIC }}</ref>

The band's popularity grew.<ref>Simon (1980), p. 170.</ref> In 1939, ''Time'' magazine noted: "Of the 12 to 24 discs in each of today's 300,000 U.S. jukeboxes, from two to six are usually Glenn Miller's."<ref>{{Cite magazine| title = New King |magazine= Time | date = November 27, 1939| url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,762896,00.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070712032915/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,762896,00.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = July 12, 2007}}</ref> In 1940, the band's version of "[[Tuxedo Junction]]" sold 115,000 copies in the first week.<ref>''[http://glennmillerorchestra.com/ Glennmillerorchestra.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128045849/http://www.glennmillerorchestra.com/ |date=November 28, 2007 }}''. Glennmillerorchestra.com. Retrieved on July 29, 2011.</ref> Miller's success in 1939 culminated with an appearance at [[Carnegie Hall]] on October 6, with [[Paul Whiteman]], Benny Goodman, and [[Fred Waring]] also on the schedule.<ref>Simon (1980), p. 91.</ref>

From December 1939 to September 1942, Miller's band performed three times a week during a quarter-hour broadcast for [[Chesterfield cigarettes]] on CBS radio<ref>The entire output of Chesterfield-sponsored radio programs Glenn Miller did between 1939 and 1942 were recorded by the Glenn Miller organization on [[acetate disc]]s.</ref>—for the first 13 weeks with the [[Andrews Sisters]] and then on its own.<ref>Simon (1980), pp. 197, 314.</ref>

On February 10, 1942, RCA Victor presented Miller with the first [[gold record]] for "[[Chattanooga Choo Choo]]".<ref name="arlington" /><ref>Miller, Glenn, ''A Legendary Performer'', RCA, 1939/1991.</ref><ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book
| first = Joseph
| last = Murrells
| year = 1978
| title = The Book of Golden Discs
| edition = 2nd
| publisher = Barrie and Jenkins Ltd
| location = London
| page = [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/4 4]
| isbn = 0-214-20512-6
| url = https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/4
}}</ref> The Miller orchestra performed "Chattanooga Choo Choo" with his singers [[Tex Beneke|Gordon "Tex" Beneke]], [[Paula Kelly (singer)|Paula Kelly]] and the [[Modernaires]].<ref>[http://www.themodernaires.com/bio.html "Band Bio"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224033657/http://www.themodernaires.com/bio.html |date=December 24, 2015 }}, ''[[The Modernaires]]'' (October 20, 2000). Retrieved on July 29, 2011.</ref> Other singers with this orchestra included [[Marion Hutton]],<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFDA1338F931A25752C0A961948260|title= Marion Hutton, 67, Vocalist With Glenn Miller Orchestra|work= The New York Times|page= 1| date= January 12, 1987 | access-date= May 3, 2010}}</ref> Skip Nelson,<ref>[http://www.legacyrecordings.com/Glenn-Miller/Biography.aspx Glenn Miller » Biography] {{webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081201101319/http://legacyrecordings.com/Glenn-Miller/Biography.aspx |date= December 1, 2008 }}, ''Legacy Recordings'' (copyright 2011). Retrieved on July 29, 2011.</ref> [[Ray Eberle]]<ref>[http://www.parabrisas.com/d_eberler.php "Ray Eberle"] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110925145048/http://www.parabrisas.com/d_eberler.php |date= September 25, 2011 }}, ''Solid!''.</ref> and (to a smaller extent) [[Kay Starr]],<ref>[http://members.tripod.com/~Kay_Starr/biography.html Kay Starr Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610193929/http://members.tripod.com/~Kay_Starr/biography.html |date=June 10, 2020 }}, ''Members.tripod.com''. Retrieved on July 29, 2011.</ref> [[Ernie Caceres]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://landing.com/profiles/caceres.htm |title= Ernie Caceres |access-date= June 5, 2008 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080607074538/http://www.landing.com/profiles/caceres.htm |archive-date= June 7, 2008 }}</ref> [[Dorothy Claire]]<ref>[http://www.parabrisas.com/d_claired.php Solid! – Dorothy Claire] {{webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080511235547/http://www.parabrisas.com/d_claired.php |date= May 11, 2008 }}, ''Parabrisas.com''. Retrieved on July 29, 2011.</ref> and Jack Lathrop.<ref>[http://www.1stintunes.com/vpasp/xdesc/42417.pdf Liner notes to RCA Vi LPT 6701] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201001804/http://www.1stintunes.com/vpasp/xdesc/42417.pdf |date=February 1, 2017 }}, also see "Moonlight Serenade" by John Flower. (PDF). Retrieved on July 29, 2011.</ref> [[Pat Friday]] dubbed for Lynn Bari by singing her part in the Glenn Miller Orchestra in their two films, ''[[Sun Valley Serenade]]'' and ''[[Orchestra Wives]]'', with [[Lynn Bari]] lip-synching.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bigbandbuddies.co.uk/Pat-friday.htm|last= King ?|title= Lynn Bari's Ghost Singer Pat Friday|first= Pete|publisher= Big Band Buddies|page= 1|access-date= November 4, 2008|archive-date= September 7, 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080907111006/http://www.bigbandbuddies.co.uk/Pat-friday.htm|url-status= live}}</ref>

[[File:Goldchat1.jpg|thumb|First gold record award for "Chattanooga Choo Choo" presented to Miller by W. Wallace Early of RCA Victor with announcer Paul Douglas on far left, February 10, 1942]]