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"In the Mood"
Single by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
B-side	"I Want to Be Happy"
Released	15 September 1939
Recorded	1 August 1939
Genre	Dance band, swing
Length	3:40
Label	Bluebird
Songwriter(s)	Wingy Manone (c), Andy Razaf (w), Joe Garland (arr.)
Producer(s)	Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller number-one singles chronology
"Y" (1939) "In the Mood" (1939) "N" (1940)

Between 1938 and 1944, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released 266 singles on the monaural ten-inch shellac 78 rpm format. Their studio output comprised a variety of musical styles inside of the Swing genre, including ballads, band chants, dance instrumentals, novelty tracks, songs adapted from motion pictures, and, as the Second World War approached, patriotic music.

Non-instrumental songs featured Miller's various vocalists, generally Ray Eberle or Marion Hutton before 1940, with Tex Beneke, vocal group The Modernaires, and Skip Nelson all making studio vocal appearances after the turn of the decade. Beginning with An Album of Outstanding Arrangements in 1945, this collection has been repackaged into various album formats over time with release on 78 rpm, 10 and 12 inch LP, 7 inch 45 rpm, compact cassette, 8-track, compact disc (CD), and digital formats.

Before his popularity, from the late 1920s though the mid-to-late 1930s, Miller played trombone in many small groups, orchestras, and also studio bands assembled only for making recordings, often writing their arrangements. These included such outfits as The Charleston Chasers, Red Nichols and His Five Pennies, as well as The Dorsey Brothers.

for many hot jazz groups, including a stint as a trombonist-arranger for Red Nichols’ famed Five Pennies recordings.

arranger

Miller's history has been well documented/

Miler was likely a self-taught arranger, as no books on Jazz arranging existed in the mid-1920s. Miller's colleagues later noted his serious and studious demeanor. His talent for arranging was apparent as early as 1925,

Miller found eventual success, arranging three number-one hits in 1935, one for The Dorsey Brothers and two for and Ray Noble's organization, which he was slowly becoming a key figure in.

Was inwon to play gigs in mob-controlled Chicago and

CD chart improvements

Year	Album	Original release format(s)	Peak chart position	Total weeks charted	Sales certifications
			US
1943	Red Nichols Jazz Classics, Vol. One (Five Pennies compilation)	78 rpm shellac	–	–	–
	Chicago Jazz Classics (Benny Goodman's Boys compilation)
1944	Up Swing		4	3	–
1945	Glenn Miller and His Orchestra		①16	130	RIAA: Gold
1947	Glenn Miller Masterpieces, Volume II		①6	32	–
1949	Starlight Serenades		5	10
1951	Glenn Miller Concert, Vol. One	33⅓ rpm vinyl 45 rpm vinyl	2	27
	Glenn Miller Concert, Vol. Two		6	8
	Glenn Miller Concert, Vol. Three		–	–	–
	This Is Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
	This Is Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Vol. Two
1953	Limited Edition		3	3	–
	Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story"		①11	78	RIAA: Gold
1954	Juke Box Saturday Night		–	–	–
	Sun Valley Serenade
	Orchestra Wives
	Limited Edition, Vol. Two		4	16	–
	Sunrise Serenade		–	–	–
1955	Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band
1956	Second Pressing (Repressing of Limited Edition)
	The Sound of Glenn Miller
	This Is Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Expanded version of 1951 LP)
	Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story" And Other Hits (Expanded version of 1954 LP)
	Glenn Miller Concert (Combination of Volume One and Three of earlier "Concert" series)	33⅓ rpm vinyl
1957	Marvelous Miller Moods (Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band)		16	6	–
1958	Marvelous Miller Medleys		–	–	–
	The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert		19	3	–
	Original Film Soundtracks		–	–	–
1959	For the Very First Time
1960	Yesterday – The Authentic Sound of Glenn Miller
1963	On the Air – Volume One	33⅓ rpm vinyl compact cassette
	On the Air – Volume Two
	On the Air – Volume Three
	The Great Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	33⅓ rpm vinyl compact cassette 8-track cartridge
1964	The Original Recordings By Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
1966	The Best of Glenn Miller, Volume Two
	Blue Moonlight
1967	The Nearness of You
	The Chesterfield Broadcasts, Volume 1
1968	The Chesterfield Broadcasts, Volume 2
	The One and Only Glenn Miller
	The Unforgettable Glenn Miller		–	–	RIAA: Platinum
1969	The Best of Glenn Miller, Vol. III		–	–	–
1970	A Memorial: 1944-1969		–	–	RIAA: Gold
1972	Sunrise Serenade		–	–	–
	The Original Big Band Hits, Vol. 1
	The Original Big Band Hits, Vol. 2
1973	String of Pearls
1974	A Legendary Performer		115	9	–
	Golden Hour of Glenn Miller		–	–	BPI: Silver
	His Original Recordings of Greatest Hits				BVMI: Gold
1975	Pure Gold				RIAA: Gold
1975-80	The Complete Glenn Miller (LP releases)		–	–	–
1976	Collection		–	–	BPI: Gold
1977	The Unforgettable Glenn Miller		–	–	–
1989	The Popular Recordings (1938-1942)	compact cassette compact disc
1991	The Complete Glenn Miller (13x CD set)
1993	The Ultimate Glenn Miller
1995	The Lost Recordings		–	–	BPI: Gold
	The Essential Glenn Miller		–	–	–
	The Spirit Is Willing
1996	Greatest Hits (RCA Victor imprint)
1999	Candlelight Miller
	The Fabulous Glenn Miller
2003	Platinum Glenn Miller	compact disc digital
2004	Centennial Collection
2005	The Essential Glenn Miller (Reissue)
2008	The Best of Glenn Miller 1938–1942 (RCA Original Masters series)

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra singles, 1938–1942

Complete list of issued singles, with peak positions, background, and sales

All records released on Bluebird, Victor, RCA Victor (U.S.) or His Master's Voice (U.K. and AUS)

Single (A-side / B-side)	Release date (U.S.)	Peak position			Pressings sold	Additional information
		U.S.	U.K.	AUS
"My Reverie" "King Porter Stomp"	October 12, 1938	11 –	– –	– –		Recorded September 27, 1938, with vocals by Ray Eberle, "My Reverie" was the first release by the reformed Glenn Miller Orchestra on Victor Bluebird. Larry Clinton released a popular version of it the same year with Bea Wain on vocals, writing lyrics to Claude Debussy's Reverie. According to George Simon, the original arrangement was to be an instrumental, but a producer at RCA Victor wanted Glenn Miller to play a solo trombone a'la Tommy Dorsey, with a Ray Eberle vocal. The B side was "King Porter Stomp".
"By The Waters Of The Minnetonka (Indian Love Song)"    Parts 1 and 2	October 19, 1938	–	–	–
"(Gotta Get Some) Shut-Eye" "How I'd Like To Be With You In Bermuda"	February 15, 1939	– –	– –	– –
"Cuckoo In The Clock" "Romance Runs In The Family"	February 22, 1939	– –	– –	– –
"And The Angels Sing" "The Chestnut Tree ('Neath The Spreading Chestnut Tree)"	April 19, 1939	– –	– –	– –
"Sunrise Serenade" "Moonlight Serenade"	April 26, 1939	7 3	– 4	9 14	2 million	Both instrumental, "Sunrise" was Frankie Carle's composition and theme song. Instrumental. Miller's theme song, and a favorite of the swing era. Composed by Miller himself, as "Now I Lay Me Down to Weep", out of a Joseph Schillinger exercise, it was number three for 1 week in the US and charted at number 4 in the UK in 1946.
"Wishing (Will Make It So)" "Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo)"	May 3, 1939	①4 –	– –	10 –		Vocal by Ray Eberle, written by Buddy G. DeSylva, from the RKO movie Love Affair. Number one for four weeks.
"My Last Goodbye" "The Lady's In Love With You"	May 10, 1939	13 2	– –	– –		The Lady's in Love with You featured a call and response vocal by Glenn Miller and Ray Eberle. Number two for 1 week.
"But It Didn't Mean A Thing" "Runnin' Wild"	May 15, 1939	– 12	– –	– –		Runnin' Wild is an instrumental, arranged by Bill Finegan and recorded by Miller in 1939. It was also a standard that ended up twenty years later in the United Artists movie Some Like It Hot with Marilyn Monroe, directed by Billy Wilder.
"Stairway To The Stars" "To You"	May 22, 1939	①4 –	– –	15 –		"Stairway" – vocal by Ray Eberle. Number one for 4 weeks in the US.
"Little Brown Jug" "Pavanne"	May 29, 1939	10 –	– 19	– –	1 million	Instrumental. Traditional, although the songwriting credit is sometimes assigned to Joseph Eastburn Winner, who published a version in 1869. Arranged by Bill Finegan, it was recorded April 10, 1939. The Glenn Miller Story takes dramatic license and gives the date of the arrangement as 1944, as a surprise for Helen Miller for a Christmas Day broadcast by the Army Air Force band from Europe.
"The Lamp Is Low" "Blue Evening"	June 5, 1939	– –	– –	– –
"I'm Sorry For Myself" "Back To Back"	June 12, 1939	– 8	– –	– –		On both sides, vocal by Marion Hutton.
"Cinderella (Stay In My Arms)" "Moon Love"	June 12, 1939	16 ①4	– –	– 19		On both sides, vocal by Ray Eberle.
"Rendezvous Time In Paree" "We Can Live On Love (We Haven't Got A Pot To Cook In)"	June 19, 1939	– –	– –	– –
"Guess I'll Go Back Home" "Slip Horn Jive"	June 26, 1939	– –	– –	– –
"Oh, You Crazy Moon" "Ain't Cha Comin' Out?"	July 3, 1939	– 8	– –	– –
"The Day We Meet Again" "I Wanna Hat With Cherries"	July 17, 1939	– –	– –	– –
"Sold American" "Pagan Love Song"	July 24, 1939	– –	– –	– –
"The Man With The Mandolin" "The Little Man Who Wasn't There"	July 31, 1939	①3 7	– –	4 –		The Man with the Mandolin: Vocal by Marion Hutton. Number one for 3 weeks. The Little Man Who Wasn't There: Vocal by Ray Eberle. Halloween song.
"Over The Rainbow" "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"	August 7, 1939	①7 17	– –	4 –		Over the Rainbow: Vocal by Ray Eberle, from the MGM movie The Wizard of Oz. Number one for 7 weeks. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead: Vocal by Marion Hutton, from the MGM movie The Wizard of Oz.
"Blue Orchids" "Baby Me"	August 14, 1939	①1 –	– –	①12 –		Blue Orchids features a vocal by Ray Eberle. Number one for 1 week in the US, it was Australia's most popular record for five months straight. B-side Baby Me didn't chart, but did feature Kay Starr as a vocalist.
"An Angel In A Furnished Room" "Love With A Capital "You""	August 21, 1939	– –	– –	– –		Kay Starr - write note here
"Twilight Interlude" "Glen Island Special"	August 28, 1939	– –	– 28	– –		write note here?
"My Isle Of Golden Dreams" "Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam)"	September 5, 1939	15 –	– –	– –		Side A: Instrumental
"Blue Moonlight" "My Prayer"	September 11, 1939	15 3	– –	– 18		Instrumental.
"In The Mood" "I Want To Be Happy"	September 15, 1939	①13 –	10 –	①20 –	1 million	Double sided instrumental. "In The Mood" became one of the largest hits of the Swing era; It was number one for 13 weeks in the US and number one for 5 months in Australia. "In The Mood" has a long history. The composition was compiled by Joe Garland. Fragments of the song had been found in earlier recordings dating back to the early 1930s. The 1939 Bluebird recording was also released as V-Disc 123B in February 1944. A version was also released as V-Disc 842B in May 1948 by "Glenn Miller and Overseas Band" by the U.S. War Department.
"Melancholy Lullaby" "(Why Couldn't It Last) Last Night"	September 22, 1939	7 15	– –	– –
"Out Of Space" "So Many Times"	October 6, 1939	– –	– –	– –
"Can I Help It?" "I Just Got A Letter"	October 13, 1939	– –	– –	– –
"Bless You" "Speaking Of Heaven"	October 20, 1939	8 –	– –	– –
"Faithful Forever" "Bluebirds In The Moonlight (Silly Idea)"	October 27, 1939	5 9	– –	– 20
"Blue Rain" "Who's Sorry Now?"	November 10, 1939	– –	– –	– –
"Indian Summer" "Farewell Blues"	November 17, 1939	8 –	– hey	3 –
"It Was Written in the Stars" "Johnson Rag"	November 24, 1939	– –	– –	– –
"Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" "Ciri-Biri-Bin"	December 1, 1939	– –	– 21	– –
"Careless" "Vagabond Dreams"	December 8, 1939	2 16	27 –	12 –		Vocal by Ray Eberle. Number two for 9 weeks.
"On A Little Street In Singapore" "This Changing World"	December 15, 1939	– 8	– –	– –
"Faithful To You" "It's A Blue World"	December 22, 1939	– 14	– –	– –
"In An Old Dutch Garden (By An Old Dutch Mill)" "Starlit Hour"	January 5, 1940	8 10	– –	10 –		Both sides feature a vocal by Ray Eberle.
"Ooh! What You Said" "I Beg Your Pardon"	January 12, 1940	13 –	– –	– –
"When You Wish Upon A Star" "The Gaucho Serenade"	January 19, 1940	2 7	– –	3 14		"When You Wish Upon A Star" Vocal by Ray Eberle, written by Ned Washington and Leigh Harline for Pinocchio in 1940. Number two for 5 weeks in the US, and number three for one month in Australia.
"Give a Little Whistle" "The Sky Fell Down"	January 26, 1940	– 16	– –	– –
"Missouri Waltz" "Beautiful Ohio"	February 2, 1940	13 –	– –	– –
"The Woodpecker Song" "Let's All Sing Together"	February 9, 1940	①5 –	– –	①20 –		With both sides featuring a vocal by Marion Hutton, "The Woodpecker Song" became a big hit. Written by Eldo di Lazzaro and Harold Adamson. Number one for 5 weeks in the US. Number one for 5 months in Australia.
"Too Romantic" "Sweet Potato Piper"	February 16, 1940	– –	– –	– –
"Tuxedo Junction" "Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)"	February 23, 1940	①9 17	22 –	– –	1 million	Double-sided instrumental. Selling a reported 110,000 pressings the first week of its availability, "Tuxedo Junction" was number one for nine weeks on Billboard's Juke Box chart. Buddy Feyne added lyrics. Glenn Miller copyrighted his arrangement of the song on February 3, 1940. An adaptation of Londonderry Air, "Danny Boy" was arranged by Glenn Miller and Chummy MacGregor. The Bluebird 78 single made Billboard's chart in 1940, staying for 2 weeks.
"Imagination" "Say "Si Si" (Para Vigo Me Voy)"	March 1, 1940	2 14	22 –	– –		Imagination features a vocal by Ray Eberle, Number two for 2 weeks.
"My! My!" "Say It"	March 8, 1940	– 7	– 28	– –
"Sierra Sue" "Moments In The Moonlight"	March 15, 1940	17 –	10 –	– –
"Polka Dots And Moonbeams" "What's The Matter With Me"	March 29, 1940	– –	– –	– –
"Star Dust" "My Melancholy Baby"	April 5, 1940	– –	– –	– –
"The Rhumba Jumps!" "I'll Never Smile Again"	April 12, 1940	17 –	– –	– –
"Hear My Song, Violetta" "Starlight And Music"	April 19, 1940	9 –	– –	– –
"Shake Down The Stars" "Boog It"	May 3, 1940	10 7	– –	– –
"Alice Blue Gown" "Wonderful One"	May 3, 1940	18 –	24 –	– –
"April Played The Fiddle" "I Haven't Time To Be A Millionaire"	May 10, 1940	– –	– –	– –
"Devil May Care" "I'm Stepping Out With A Memory Tonight"	May 17, 1940	16 7	– –	– 17
"Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)" "Yours Is My Heart Alone"	May 24, 1940	3 –	– –	16 –		Vocal by Ray Eberle, written by Johnny Mercer and Rube Bloom. Side two instrumental.
"Slow Freight" "Bugle Call Rag"	May 31, 1940	9 –	– –	– –
"The Nearness Of You" "Mister Meadowlark"	June 7, 1940	5 –	– –	– –		Vocal by Ray Eberle. Written by Hoagy Carmicheal, lyrics by Ned Washington. "The Bluebird label recording was a moderate success, appearing on the pop charts at the end of June [1940]..."
"Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand–" "Rug Cutter's Swing"	June 14, 1940	5 –	3 –	– –	1 million	Featuring a band chant vocal, written by Jerry Gray and Carl Sigman, Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand reached number five on Billboard's charts on August 31, 1940; Retrospectively one of Miller's most popular and enduring songs.
"Blueberry Hill" "A Million Dreams Ago"	June 28, 1940	2 –	– –	2 –		Both sides feature a vocal by Ray Eberle. Blueberry Hill was Number two for 4 weeks in the US, later becoming Fats Domino's most popular hit.
"When the Swallows Come Back To Capistrano" "A Cabana In Havana"	July 5, 1940	10 –	– –	4 –
"Angel Child" "Be Happy"	July 19, 1940	10 –	– –	4 –
"Crosstown" "What's Your Story, Morning Glory"	August 23, 1940	9 –	– –	6 –		Vocal by Jack Lathrop. Written by James Cavanaugh, John Redmond, and Nat Simon, "Crosstown" reached number nine on the Billboard Best Sellers chart on October 5, 1940.
"The Call Of The Canyon" "Our Love Affair"	August 30, 1940	8 10	– –	– 5
"I Wouldn't Take A Million" "Fifth Avenue"	September 13, 1940	– –	– –	– –
"Beat Me Daddy, Eight To A Bar" "Falling Leaves"	September 27, 1940	15 –	5 –	– –		Vocal by Jack Lathrop. Written by Don Raye, Hughie Prince, and Ray McKinley, under his wife's maiden name Eleanore Sheehy; Ray McKinley would later lead the official tribute Glenn Miller Orchestra.
"A Handful Of Stars" "Yesterthoughts"	October 11, 1940	10 –	– –	– –		Both sides feature a vocal by Ray Eberle.
"Shadows On The Sand" "Five O'Clock Whistle"	October 18, 1940	– 6	– –	– –
"I'd Know You Anywhere" "You've Got Me This Way"	October 25, 1940	– –	– –	– –
"Make Believe Ballroom Time" "Old Black Joe"	November 1, 1940	– –	– –	– –
"A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" "Goodbye, Little Darlin', Goodbye"	November 15, 1940	2 –	– –	①16 –		Vocal by Ray Eberle. Number two for 2 weeks.
"Somewhere" "Fresh As A Daisy"	December 6, 1940	– –	– –	– –
"Do You Know Why" "Isn't That Just Like Love"	December 13, 1940	– –	– –	– –
"Along The Santa Fe Trail" "Yes, My Darling Daughter"	December 13, 1940	7 –	– –	13 –
"Anvil Chorus"     Parts 1 and 2	December 27, 1940	3	22	–		Instrumental. Arranged by Jerry Gray, adapted from the Giuseppe Verdi opera Il Trovatore.
"Frenesi" "My Blue Heaven"	January 3, 1941	18 –	6 –	– –		Instrumental.
The Mem'ry Of A Rose" "Prairieland Lulluby"	January 17, 1941	– –	– –	– –
"I Do, Do You? (Do You Believe In Love)" "You Are The One"	January 24, 1941	– –	– –	– –
"Song Of The Volga Boatmen" "Chapel In The Valley"	January 31, 1941	①1 –	– –	– –		Song of The Instrumental. Based on a Russian folk song; Number one for 1 week on the Billboard Best Sellers chart in 1941.
"You Stepped Out Of A Dream" "Ring Telephone, Ring"	February 14, 1941	– –	– –	– –		The first take of "Ring Telephone, Ring" was used until March 11, 1941. After that, the second take replaced it.
"I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem" "A Stone's Throw From Heaven"	February 28, 1941	3 –	– –	– –		I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem: Instrumental. Music written by Jerry Gray, Ben Smith and Leonard Ware, lyrics by Robert B. Wright, the pseudonym of Buddy Feyne, who also wrote the lyrics to "Tuxedo Junction". The single reached number three on the Billboard Best Sellers chart on April 5, 1941, staying five weeks total.
"Perfidia" "Spring Will Be So Sad (When She Comes This Year)"	March 28, 1941	13 –	– –	4 –		Perfidia: Vocal by Dorothy Claire and The Modernaires. Written by Milton Leeds and Alberto Dominguez, Victor released two performances, one the Bluebird studio recording from February 19, 1941 and the other from June 3, 1941 at the Pacific Square Ballroom in San Diego, California, with Paula Kelly replacing Dorothy Claire.
"You Stepped Out Of A Dream" "Sun Valley Jump"	April 11, 1941	– –	– 11	– –
"The Spirit Is Willing" "The Air Minded Executive"	May 2, 1941	– –	– –	– –
"Boulder Buff" "The Booglie Wooglie Piggy"	May 29, 1941	19 7	– 5	– 20
"Don't Cry, Cherie" "Sweeter Than The Sweetest"	June 13, 1941	– –	– –	– –
"I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest" "Take The "A" Train"	June 20, 1941	– –	– 5	– –
"Peekaboo To You" "Cradle Song"	July 3, 1941	– –	– –	– –
"You And I" "The Angels Came Thru"	July 11, 1941	4 –	– –	– –
"Under Blue Canadian Skies" "Adios"	July 18, 1941	– 17	– 5	– –		B-side: Instrumental.
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" "I Know Why"	July 25, 1941	①9 19	– 8	5 16	1.2 million	"Chattanooga Choo Choo" – Vocal by Tex Beneke, Paula Kelly and the Modernaires. Number one for nine weeks. Recorded for the soundtrack of Sun Valley Serenade and then recorded on May 7, 1941 for Victor Bluebird in Hollywood, California. The song also acts as a 39 second teaser in 1942's Orchestra Wives. Released as V-Disc 281A in October 1944 with Sgt. Ray McKinley and the Crew Chiefs on vocals with Glenn Miller and the AAFTC Orchestra. "I Know Why" – Vocal by Paula Kelly and the Modernaires. Recorded May 7, 1941. Was also was featured prominently in Sun Valley Serenade. Sung by Pat Friday and John Payne with the Modernaires in Sun Valley Serenade.
"The Cowboy Serenade" "Below The Equator"	August 1, 1941	17 –	– –	– –
"It Happened In Sun Valley" "The Kiss Polka"	August 22, 1941	20 –	– –	– –		"It Happened In Sun Valley" – Vocal in Sun Valley Serenade by The Modernaires, and Six Hits and a Miss. Also recorded separately by the band for Bluebird in New York City on August 11, 1941 and released as a Bluebird B-11263-A.
"Elmer's Tune" "Delilah"	August 29, 1941	①1 –	6 –	2 –		Vocal by Ray Eberle and the Modernaires, music written by Elmer Albrecht. Number one for 1 week.
"From One Love To Another (Danza Lucumi)" "I'm Thrilled"	September 12, 1941	20 –	– –	– –
"The Man In The Moon" "Ma-Ma-Maria (Fee-dle, ee-dle, Fee-dle, ee-dle-la)"	September 17, 1941	– –	– –	– –
"This Time the Dream's on Me" "Says Who? Says You, Says I!"	October 10, 1941	– –	– –	– –
"Dear Arabella" "Orange Blossom Lane"	October 24, 1941	– –	– –	– –
"Dreamsville, Ohio" "Papa Niccolini (The Happy Cobbler)"	November 7, 1941	– –	– –	– –
"Jingle Bells" "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" B-side is Alvino Rey And His Orchestra	November 14, 1941	5 –	– –	– –		Vocal by Tex Beneke, Ernie Caceres and the Modernaires.
"Ev'rything I Love"	November 21, 1941	7	–	–		Vocal by Ray Eberle and Choir.
"(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"	December 19, 1941	6	–	①12
"A String Of Pearls"	December 5, 1941	①2	9	12	1 million	Instrumental. Number one for two weeks. Music written by Jerry Gray, lyrics by Eddie DeLange.
"This Is No Laughing Matter"	November 28, 1941	17	11	–
"Moonlight Cocktail"	December 26, 1941	①10	–	3	1 million	Vocal by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires, Number one for the entire time it charted, 10 weeks, it was written by James Kimball "Kim" Gannon and Charles Luckey Roberts.
"Happy In Love"		–	–	①4		The reverse of "Moonlight Cocktail," "Happy In Love" reached number one in Australia in August 1944.
"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)"	February 18, 1942	2	–	8		Vocal by Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke and The Modernaires. Number two for 2 weeks.
"The Story Of A Starry Night"	February 20, 1942	19	27	2
"Skylark"		7	–	12
"Always In My Heart"	January 30, 1942	10	–	–
"American Patrol"	May 1, 1942	19	8	4	1 million	Instrumental, composed in 1885 by F.W. Meacham. First Glenn Miller hit after his Orchestra was upgraded to full-price Victor label.
"(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo"	July 10, 1942	①7	33	6	1 million	Vocal by Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires. Number one for 7 weeks. The biggest hit from Orchestra Wives, it was recorded at RCA Victor's studios in Hollywood, pressed as Victor 27934-A, and was number one for 7 weeks on the Billboard Best Sellers chart in 1942.
"At Last"		14	6	5		Envisioned as a major song for Sun Valley Serenade with an arrangement by Jerry Gray and Bill Finegan, "At Last" was sung off-screen by Pat Friday with actor John Payne. However, the song was mostly deleted from the release print; The audio portion survives and has been issued many times. Reintroduced in an alternative arrangement the next year, with dual vocals by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday, its musical motif was played throughout the movie during dramatic and romantic scenes. Eberle sang it solo for the Victor 78. Glenn Miller was the first to record "At Last", reaching fourteen on the Billboard in 1942 and his recording became the first in a long history of popular versions. "At Last" subsequently became a standard covered by Nat King Cole and Etta James in the 1950s and 1960s, the Etta James version reaching number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the R&B chart in 1961, Ray Anthony, who reached number two on Billboard with a remake in 1952, Lou Rawls, Celine Dion, Diana Krall, Eva Cassidy, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Bing Crosby, Aretha Franklin, the Oak Ridge Boys, Cyndi Lauper, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Michael Bolton, Dianne Reeves, Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, and Beyoncé in 2008. By the 2000s, Etta James' version seemed to have eclipsed Miller's. Miller's version, however, appeared in Till There Was You (1997). Beyoncé also sang it at one of the Inaugural Balls for President Barack Obama in 2009.
"Serenade in Blue"		2	–	10		Vocal by Ray Eberle and the Modernaires. Number two for 1 week. Featured in Orchestra Wives with Pat Friday ghost singing.
"Sweet Eloise"	May 15, 1942	14	12	12		Vocal by Ray Eberle and the Modernaires. Recorded April 2, 1942. Written by Mack David, bandleader Russ Morgan, and arranged by Jerry Gray.
"Juke Box Saturday Night"	1942	7	22	13
"Moonlight Becomes You"		5	–	2
"Dearly Beloved"		5	–	–
"Moonlight Mood"	1943	16	–	–
"That Old Black Magic"		①1	–	12		Vocal by Skip Nelson and the Modernaires, number one for 1 week. Written by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, it was the last Glenn Miller number one hit.
"Rhapsody In Blue"		15	–	15
"Blue Rain" (re-issue)		9	–	–		Reissue B-side "Caribbean Clipper" written by arranger Jerry Gray.
"It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That)"	1944	12	23	–
"Sunrise Serenade" (re-issue)		18	–	–
"A String of Pearls" (re-issue)		18	9	15
"Here We Go Again"		20	–	–
"Adios" (re-issue)	1948	20	–	–
"—" denotes that the recording did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

Chart as intended to create sort key for Australia and uk

List of charted singles, with peak positions, background, and sales

All records released on Bluebird, Victor, RCA Victor (US) or HMV (UK and AUS)

Song	Release date	Peak chart position			Sales statistics	Total weeks charted			Background
"My Reverie"	October 12, 1938	11	–	–		3	–	–	Recorded September 27, 1938, with vocals by Ray Eberle, "My Reverie" was the first release by the reformed Glenn Miller Orchestra on Victor Bluebird. Larry Clinton released a popular version of it the same year with Bea Wain on vocals, writing lyrics to Claude Debussy's Reverie. According to George Simon, the original arrangement was to be an instrumental, but a producer at RCA Victor wanted Glenn Miller to play a solo trombone a'la Tommy Dorsey, with a Ray Eberle vocal. The B side was "King Porter Stomp".
"Sunrise Serenade"	April 1939	7	–	9	2,000,000 pressings	11	–	8	Instrumental. Flip side of "Moonlight Serenade" and Frankie Carle's composition and theme song.
"Moonlight Serenade"		3	4	14		15	6	6	Instrumental. Miller's theme song, and a favorite of the swing era. Composed by Miller himself, as "Now I Lay Me Down to Weep", out of a Joseph Schillinger exercise, it was number three for 1 week in the US and charted at number 4 in the UK in 1946.
"Wishing (Will Make It So)"	May 3, 1939	①4	–	10		14	–	4	Vocal by Ray Eberle, written by Buddy G. DeSylva, from the RKO movie Love Affair. Number one for four weeks.
"My Last Goodbye" /	May 10, 1939	13	–	–		2	–	–
"The Lady's In Love With You"		2	–	–		12	–	–	Call and response vocal by Glenn Miller and Ray Eberle. Number two for 1 week.
"Runnin' Wild"	May 15, 1939	12	–	–		1	–	–	An instrumental, arranged by Bill Finegan and recorded by Miller in 1939. It was also a standard that ended up twenty years later in the United Artists movie Some Like It Hot with Marilyn Monroe, directed by Billy Wilder.
"Stairway To The Stars"	May 22, 1939	①4	–	15		13	–	4	Vocal by Ray Eberle. Number one for 4 weeks in the US.
"Little Brown Jug"	May 29, 1939	10	–	–	1,000,000 pressings	7	–	–	Instrumental. Traditional, although the songwriting credit is sometimes assigned to Joseph Eastburn Winner, who published a version in 1869. Arranged by Bill Finegan, it was recorded April 10, 1939. The Glenn Miller Story takes dramatic license and gives the date of the arrangement as 1944, as a surprise for Helen Miller for a Christmas Day broadcast by the Army Air Force band from Europe.
"Moon Love"	June 12, 1939	①4	–	19		16	–	4	Vocal by Ray Eberle, Based on Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.5 in E Minor, Op.64. Number one for 4 weeks.
"Cinderella (Stay In My Arms)"	May 10, 1939	16	–	–		2	–	–
"Back To Back"	June 12, 1939	8	–	–		5	–	–	Vocal by Marion Hutton.
"Ain't Cha Comin' Out?"	July 3, 1939	8	–	–		2	–	–
"Over The Rainbow"	August 7, 1939	①7	–	4		15	–	24	Vocal by Ray Eberle, from the MGM movie The Wizard of Oz. Number one for 7 weeks.
"Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"		17	–	–		2	–	–	Vocal by Marion Hutton, from the MGM movie The Wizard of Oz. Flip side of "Over the Rainbow".
"The Little Man Who Wasn't There"	July 31, 1939	7	–	–		11	–	–	Vocal by Ray Eberle. Halloween song. Flip side of "The Man With the Mandolin".
"The Man With The Mandolin"		①3	–	4		10	–	20	Vocal by Marion Hutton. Number one for 3 weeks.
"Blue Orchids"	August 14, 1939	①1	–	①12		12	–	28	Vocal by Ray Eberle. Number one for 1 week in the US, it was Australia's most popular record for five months straight.
"My Isle Of Golden Dreams"	September 5, 1939	15	–	–		1	–	–	Instrumental.
"In The Mood"	September 15, 1939	①13	10	①20	1,000,000 pressings	28	13	68	Instrumental. One of the largest hits of the Swing era, it was number one for 13 weeks in the US and number one for 5 months in Australia. "In The Mood" has a long history; The composition was compiled by Joe Garland. Fragments of the song had been found in earlier recordings dating back to the early 1930s. The 1939 Bluebird recording was also released as V-Disc 123B in February 1944. A version was also released as V-Disc 842B in May 1948 by Glenn Miller and Overseas Band by the U.S. War Department.
"Melancholy Lullaby"	September 22, 1939	15	–	–		3	–	–
"My Prayer"	September 11, 1939	3	–	18		7	–	8	Vocal by Ray Eberle. Number three for 1 week.
"Speaking Of Heaven"	October 20, 1939	8	–	–		7	–	–
"(Why Couldn't It Last) Last Night"	September 22, 1939	7	–	–		3	–	–
"Bluebirds In The Moonlight (Silly Idea)"	October 27, 1939	9	–	20		2	–	4
"Vagabond Dreams"	December 8, 1939	16	–	–		1	–	–
"This Changing World"	December 15, 1939	8	–	–		6	–	–
"Careless"	December 8, 1939	2	27	12		11	3	8	Vocal by Ray Eberle. Number two for 9 weeks.
"Indian Summer" farewell blues goes above	November 17, 1939	8	–	3		10	–	24
"Faithful Forever"	October 27, 1939	5	–	–		3	–	–
"The Gaucho Serenade"	January 19, 1940	7	–	14		2	–	8
"Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)"	February 23, 1940	17	–	–		2	–	–	Instrumental. An adaptation of Londonderry Air, "Danny Boy" was arranged by Glenn Miller and Chummy MacGregor. The Bluebird 78 single made Billboard's chart in 1940, staying for 2 weeks.
"Ooh! What You Said"	January 12, 1940	13	–	–		6	–	–
"Tuxedo Junction"	February 23, 1940	①9	22	–	1,000,000 pressings	17	3	–	Instrumental. Selling a reported 110,000 pressings the first week of its availability, "Tuxedo Junction" was number one for nine weeks on Billboard's Juke Box chart. Buddy Feyne added lyrics. Glenn Miller copyrighted his arrangement of the song on February 8, 1940.
"In An Old Dutch Garden (By An Old Dutch Mill)"	January 5, 1940	8	–	10		2	–	20*
"It's A Blue World"	December 22, 1939	14	–	–		4	–	–
"When You Wish Upon A Star"	January 19, 1940	2	–	34		7	–	32	Vocal by Ray Eberle, written by Ned Washington and Leigh Harline for Pinocchio in 1940. Number two for 5 weeks in the US, and number three for one month in Australia.
"Say "Si Si" (Para Vigo Me Voy)"	March 1, 1940	14	–	–		4	–	–	Vocal by Marion Hutton.
"Starlit Hour"	January 5, 1940	10	–	–		1	–	–
"The Woodpecker Song"	February 9, 1940	①5	–	①20		14	–	48	Vocal by Marion Hutton, written by Eldo di Lazzaro and Harold Adamson. Number one for 5 weeks in the US. Number one for 5 months in Australia.
"The Sky Fell Down"	January 26, 1940	16	–	–		2	–	–
"Boog It"	May 3, 1940	7	–	–		5	–	–
"Alice Blue Gown"	May 3, 1940	18	24	–		2	3	–
"I'm Stepping Out With A Memory Tonight"	May 17, 1940	7	–	17		6	–	8
"Say It"	March 8, 1940	7	28	–		4	3	–
"Imagination"	March 1, 1940	2	22	–		8	4	–	Vocal by Ray Eberle, Number two for 2 weeks.
"Slow Freight"	May 31, 1940	9	–	–		3	–	–
"Hear My Song, Violetta"	April 19, 1940	9	–	–		8	–	–
"Shake Down The Stars"	May 3, 1940	10	–	–		1	–	–
"Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)"	May 24, 1940	3	–	16		7	–	12	Vocal by Ray Eberle, written by Johnny Mercer and Rube Bloom.
"Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand–"	June 14, 1940	5	31	–	1,000,000 pressings	6	13	–	Featuring a band chant vocal, written by Jerry Gray and Carl Sigman, Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand reached number five on Billboard's charts on August 31, 1940; Retrospectively one of Miller's most popular and enduring songs.
"Devil May Care"	May 17, 1940	16	–	–		2	–	–
"The Nearness Of You"	June 7, 1940	5	–	–		8	–	–	Vocal by Ray Eberle. Written by Hoagy Carmicheal, lyrics by Ned Washington. "The Bluebird label recording was a moderate success, appearing on the pop charts at the end of June [1940]..."
"Sierra Sue"	March 15, 1940	17	10	–		1	12	–
"Blueberry Hill"	June 28, 1940	2	–	2		14	–	28	Vocal by Ray Eberle. Number two for 4 weeks in the US. Later became Fats Domino's most popular hit.
"I'll Never Smile Again"	April 12, 1940	17	–	–		1	–	–
"When the Swallows Come Back To Capistrano"	July 5, 1940	10	–	4		1	–	28
"Crosstown"	August 23, 1940	9	–	6		1	–	20	Vocal by Jack Lathrop. Written by James Cavanaugh, John Redmond, and Nat Simon, "Crosstown" reached number nine on the Billboard Best Sellers chart on October 5, 1940.
"The Call Of The Canyon"	August 30, 1940	8	–	5		2	–	28
"Our Love Affair"		10	–	–		1	–	–
"Beat Me Daddy, Eight To A Bar"	September 27, 1940	15	5	–		1	22	–	Vocal by Vocal by Jack Lathrop. Written by Don Raye, Hughie Prince, and Ray McKinley, under his wife's maiden name Eleanore Sheehy; Ray McKinley would later lead the official tribute Glenn Miller Orchestra.
"A Handful Of Stars"	October 11, 1940	10	–	–		2	–	–
"A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square"	November 15, 1940	2	–	1**		6	–	40	Vocal by Ray Eberle. Number two for 2 weeks.
"Anvil Chorus, Part One / Anvil Chorus, Part Two"	December 27, 1940	3	22	–		10	4	–	Instrumental. Arranged by Jerry Gray, adapted from the Giuseppe Verdi opera Il Trovatore.
"Five O'Clock Whistle"	October 18, 1940	6	–	–		2	–	–
"Along The Santa Fe Trail"	December 13, 1940	7	–	13		4	–	8
"Frenesi"	1941	18	6	–		2	14	–	Instrumental.
"Song Of The Volga Boatmen"		①1	–	–		8	–	–	Instrumental. Based on a Russian folk song; Number one for 1 week on the Billboard Best Sellers chart in 1941.
"I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem"		3	–	–		4	–	–	Instrumental. Music written by Jerry Gray, Ben Smith and Leonard Ware, lyrics by Robert B. Wright, the pseudonym of Buddy Feyne, who also wrote the lyrics to "Tuxedo Junction". The single reached number three on the Billboard Best Sellers chart on April 5, 1941, staying five weeks total.
"Perfidia"		13	–	4		4	–	13	Vocal by Dorothy Claire and The Modernaires. Written by Milton Leeds and Alberto Dominguez, Victor released two performances, one the Bluebird studio recording from February 19, 1941 and the other from June 3, 1941 at the Pacific Square Ballroom in San Diego, California, with Paula Kelly replacing Dorothy Claire.
"Boulder Buff"		19	–	–		2	–	–
"The Booglie Wooglie Piggy"		7	5	20		5	22	4
"Adios"		17	5	–		4	21	–	Instrumental.
"You And I"		4	–	–		6	–	–
"The Cowboy Serenade"		17	–	–		2	–	–
"Chattanooga Choo Choo"		①9	–	5	1,200,000 pressings	23	–	40	Vocal by Tex Beneke, Paula Kelly and the Modernaires. Number one for nine weeks. Recorded for the soundtrack of Sun Valley Serenade and then recorded on May 7, 1941 for Victor Bluebird in Hollywood, California. The song also acts as a 39 second teaser in 1942's Orchestra Wives. Released as V-Disc 281A in October 1944 with Sgt. Ray McKinley and the Crew Chiefs on vocals with Glenn Miller and the AAFTC Orchestra.
"Elmer's Tune"		①1	6	2		15	14	40	Vocal by Ray Eberle and the Modernaires, music written by Elmer Albrecht. Number one for 1 week.
"It Happened In Sun Valley"		20	–	–		1	–	–	Vocal in Sun Valley Serenade by The Modernaires, and Six Hits and a Miss. Also recorded separately by the band for Bluebird in New York City on August 11, 1941 and released as a Bluebird B-11263-A. The single reached number 18 on the Billboard chart in 1941, staying on for one week.
"I Know Why"		19	8	16		1	13	12	Vocal by Paula Kelly and the Modernaires. The B-side to "Chattanooga Choo Choo", recorded May 7, 1941, also was featured in Sun Valley Serenade. Sung by Pat Friday and John Payne with the Modernaires in Sun Valley Serenade.
"I'm Thrilled"		20	–	–		1	–	–
"Jingle Bells"		5	–	–		2	–	–	Vocal by Tex Beneke, Ernie Caceres and the Modernaires.
"(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover"	1942	6	–	–		7	–	–
"A String Of Pearls"		①2	9	12	1,000,000 pressings	18	9	4	Instrumental. Number one for two weeks. Music written by Jerry Gray, lyrics by Eddie DeLange.
"Ev'rything I Love"		7	–	–		4	–	–	Vocal by Ray Eberle and Choir.
"This Is No Laughing Matter"		17	11	–		1	11	–
"Moonlight Cocktail"		①10	–	3	1,000,000 pressings	10	–	12	Vocal by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires, Number one for the entire time it charted, 10 weeks, it was written by James Kimball "Kim" Gannon and Charles Luckey Roberts.
"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)"		2	–	8		13	–	28	Vocal by Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke and The Modernaires. Number two for 2 weeks.
"Skylark"		7	–	12		11	–	8
"The Story Of A Starry Night"		19	27	24		1	2	16
"Always In My Heart"		10	–	–		1	–	–
"American Patrol"		19	8	4	1,000,000 pressings	1	13	8	Instrumental, composed in 1885 by F.W. Meacham. First Glenn Miller hit after his Orchestra was upgraded to full-price Victor label.
"(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo"		①7	33	6	1,000,000 pressings	18	13	8	Vocal by Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires. Number one for 7 weeks. The biggest hit from Orchestra Wives, it was recorded at RCA Victor's studios in Hollywood, pressed as Victor 27934-A, and was number one for 7 weeks on the Billboard Best Sellers chart in 1942.
"Sweet Eloise"		14	12	12		8	7	4	Vocal by Ray Eberle and the Modernaires. Recorded April 2, 1942. Written by Mack David, bandleader Russ Morgan, and arranged by Jerry Gray.
"Serenade in Blue"		2	–	10		15	–	8	Vocal by Ray Eberle and the Modernaires. Number two for 1 week. Featured in Orchestra Wives with Pat Friday ghost singing.
"At Last"		14	6	5		8	10	8	Envisioned as a major song for Sun Valley Serenade with an arrangement by Jerry Gray and Bill Finegan, "At Last" was sung off-screen by Pat Friday with actor John Payne. However, the song was mostly deleted from the release print; The audio portion survives and has been issued many times. Reintroduced in an alternative arrangement the next year, with dual vocals by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday, its musical motif was played throughout the movie during dramatic and romantic scenes. Eberle sang it solo for the Victor 78. Glenn Miller was the first to record "At Last", reaching fourteen on the Billboard in 1942 and his recording became the first in a long history of popular versions. "At Last" subsequently became a standard covered by Nat King Cole and Etta James in the 1950s and 1960s, the Etta James version reaching number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the R&B chart in 1961, Ray Anthony, who reached number two on Billboard with a remake in 1952, Lou Rawls, Celine Dion, Diana Krall, Eva Cassidy, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Bing Crosby, Aretha Franklin, the Oak Ridge Boys, Cyndi Lauper, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Michael Bolton, Dianne Reeves, Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, and Beyoncé in 2008. By the 2000s, Etta James' version seemed to have eclipsed Miller's. Miller's version, however, appeared in Till There Was You (1997). Beyoncé also sang it at one of the Inaugural Balls for President Barack Obama in 2009.
"Juke Box Saturday Night"		7	22	13		8	18	8
"Moonlight Becomes You"		5	–	24		8	–	28
"Dearly Beloved"		5	–	–		4	–	–
"Moonlight Mood"	1943	16	–	–		2	–	–
"That Old Black Magic"		①1	–	12		14	–	12	Vocal by Skip Nelson and the Modernaires, number one for 1 week. Written by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, it was the last Glenn Miller number one hit.
"Rhapsody In Blue"		15	–	15		6	–	4
"Blue Rain" (re-issue)		9	–	–		3	–	–	Reissue B-side "Caribbean Clipper" written by arranger Jerry Gray.
"It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That)"	1944	12	23	–		8	4	–
"Sunrise Serenade" (re-issue)		18	–	–		1	–	–
"A String of Pearls" (re-issue)		18	9	15		1	9	4
"Here We Go Again"		20	–	–		1	–	–
"Adios" (re-issue)	1948	20	–	–		1	–	–
"—" denotes that the recording did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other discographical highlights, radio format

• "Sold American" – written by Glenn Miller and Chummy MacGregor, was first recorded on May 23, 1938, as part of the first session for the recently formed Miller band on Brunswick. When Miller signed with Victor he recorded "Sold American" again on June 27, 1939.

• "The Rhumba Jumps!" – Vocal by Marion Hutton and Tex Beneke.

• "Sometime" – vocal by Ray Eberle, composed by Glenn Miller and Chummy MacGregor in 1939, the song was only performed for radio broadcast; published in 1940 with lyrics credited to Mitchell Parish

• "Long Tall Mama" – written by Billy May under his first wife's name, "Arletta May".

• "Measure for Measure" – written by Billy May, recording exists from Sun Valley Serenade sound-on-film sessions.

• "Daisy Mae" – written by Billy May with Hal McIntyre

• "Gabby Goose" – written by Billy May

• "Swinging at the Seance" - composed by Edward Stone whose real name was Abie Steinfeld. The song was covered by The Moon-Rays in 2008, and the Deep River Boys in 2009.

• "Flagwaver" - written by Jerry Gray.

• "A Love Song Hasn't Been Sung" - written by Jerry Gray, Bill Conway, and Harold Dickinson.

• "Are You Rusty, Gate?" – written by Jerry Gray.

• "Introduction to a Waltz" – instrumental composed by Glenn Miller, Jerry Gray, and Hal Dickinson and performed for radio broadcast only.

• "The Man in the Moon" – Vocal by Ray Eberle. Written by Jerry Gray, Jerry Lawrence, and John Benson Brooks and recorded on September 3, 1941.

• "Solid as a Stonewall, Jackson" – written by Chummy MacGregor and Jerry Gray

• "Stardust" by Hoagy Carmicheal and Mitchell Parish. Recorded January 29, 1940 for Bluebird.

• "Delilah" – Vocal by Tex Beneke and the Modernaires.

• "Sentimental Me" – Vocal by Dorothy Claire.

• "Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider" – Vocal by Tex Beneke; Recorded January 17, 1941. Written by Eddie Leonard. Two recordings exist, one a test pressing. Arranged by Billy May.

• "Down for the Count" - written by Bill Finegan, performed over broadcast.

• "Conversation Piece" - written by Bill Finegan, performed over broadcast.

• "Tiger Rag" – composed by Nick LaRocca.

• "Slumber Song" – written by Chummy MacGregor and Saul Tepper. It was used as Glenn Miller's theme song in 1941 when contractual problems with ASCAP, forbade him from using "Moonlight Serenade".

• "The Spirit is Willing" – written by Jerry Gray. Recorded for the soundtrack, but not used for Sun Valley Serenade. Audio still survives and has been reissued several times. Issued on 78 as Bluebird B-11135-A.

• "Helpless" – written by Glenn Miller Orchestra guitarist and vocalist Jack Lathrop.

• "Long Time No See, Baby" – Vocal by Marion Hutton – written by Jack Lathrop.

• "Keep 'Em Flying" – written by Jerry Gray. Glenn Miller changed the song title from "That's Where I Came In" to "Keep 'Em Flying". Recorded December 8, 1941.

• "Oh! So Good" – written by Jerry Gray

• "Soldier, Let Me Read Your Letter" – arranged by arranger/trumpeter Billy May; written by Sidney Lippman, Pvt. Pat Fallon and Pvt. Tim Pasma

• "I Got Rhythm" – Billy May, arranger /January 1, 1942 broadcast

• "Boom Shot" – composed by Glenn Miller and Billy May (under his wife's name Arletta May) for Orchestra Wives and arranged by George Williams.

• "Blues in the Night"

• "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"

• "Rainbow Rhapsody"

• "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"

• "Make Believe"

• "Twenty Four Robbers"

• "On A Little Street in Singapore"

Harry Warren and Mack Gordon songs for Sun Valley Serenade and Orchestra Wives: Harry Warren and Mack Gordon were songwriters under contract with Twentieth Century Fox from 1940 to 1943. During that time period they composed the songs for Miller's movies for Fox.

• "The Kiss Polka", used in Sun Valley Serenade and also appeared as a Bluebird 78.

• "The World is Waiting to Waltz Again" – vocal by John Payne, cut out of the release print of Sun Valley Serenade.

• "People Like You and Me" – Vocals by Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke, Ray Eberle, and the Modernaires in Orchestra Wives. Not recorded commercially or performed for broadcast.

• "That's Sabotage" – vocal by Marion Hutton. Cut out of the release print of Orchestra Wives supposedly by pressure from the United States government about how the war effort was being presented in the song. The 35mm audio survives and has been released many times. Also recorded with Marion Hutton for RCA Victor.

Radio format:
In sharing air time with the Andrews Sisters for the early Chesterfield Shows, the Miller band had nine minutes to present its music. Miller instituted medleys of Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue into the band's broadcasts to enable it to play as much as possible. This medley tradition continued into both later programs and the Army Air Force band's radio broadcasts.

Sample Glenn Miller medley, June 19, 1940 Cincinnati, Ohio, Chesterfield show with a Jerry Gray arrangement of all tracks:

Old – "The Touch of Your Hand" (Generally an older song)

New – "Basket Weaver Man" (A way to introduce a new song, written by Joe McCarthy and Walter Donaldson)

Borrowed – "The Waltz You Saved For Me" (Themes or songs made famous by other bands/bandleaders; Borrowed from bandleader Wayne King, written by King, Gus Kahn and Emil Flindt)

Blue – "Blue Danube" ("Blue" in title, written by Johann Strauss, Jr., 1867)

V-disc section improvements

Year released	V-Disc type	№	Songs	Group	Background
						1943	V-Disc	12	"At Last" / "Moonlight Mood"	Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
39	"Moonlight Serenade" / "My Melancholy Baby"
65	Spoken Introduction "Stardust" / "St. Louis Blues March"	Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra	"Stardust": The civilian band's arrangement by Glenn Miller and Bill Finegan was recorded in 1940 for Bluebird. The Army Air Force band uses a completely different arrangement making use of its string section and includes a French horn solo. A version was released as V-Disc 65A in December, 1943 with a spoken message by Glenn Miller: "This is Captain Glenn Miller speaking for the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra and we hope that you soldiers of the Allied forces enjoy these V-Discs that we're making just for you." "St. Louis Blues March": Arranged by Jerry Gray, Ray McKinley, and Perry Burgett and recorded on October 29, 1943. Released as V-Disc 65B on December, 1943 and as Navy V-Disc 114A. "St. Louis Blues March", credited as a "March" side, was released as V-Disc 522A in October, 1945.
1944	V-Disc	91	"Stormy Weather" / "Buckle Down, Winsocki", "El Capitan"	Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra	"Stormy Weather": Released as V-Disc 91A in January 1944 as a "Sweet" side by Captain Glenn Miller and the AAFTC Orchestra. "El Capitan": Released as the flip side, by the 418th AAFTC Band Under the Direction of Captain Glenn Miller as a "March" side; composed by John Philip Sousa and originally recorded by his band in 1895.
	V-Disc	123	"Going Home", "Honeysuckle Rose", I Sustain the Wings (uncredited)→ "My Blue Heaven" / "In the Mood"	Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	"Going Home": Written by Antonín Dvořák, arranged by Harry Katzman, and broadcast on June 2, 1944 on the I Sustain the Wings radio program. "I Sustain the Wings": The 1943 NBC radio program theme was co-written by Glenn Miller and was used to introduce some V-Discs. Released as V-Disc 123A in February 1944 as an "Orchestral" side by Capt. Glenn Miller and the AAFTC Orchestra.
	V-Disc	144	"The Squadron Song", "Tail End Charlie" / "Don't Be That Way", "Blue Champagne"	Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra	"Tail End Charlie": Written by Bill Finegan. Released as V-Disc 144A in March 1944 as a "Swing" side by Captain Glenn Miller and the AAFTC Orchestra.
	V-Disc	183	"Embraceable You", "G.I. Jive" / "Sophisticated Lady", "Azure"	Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / Duke Ellington and His Orchestra	Glenn Miller tracks recorded 21 January 1944. V-Disc released May, 1944.
	V-Disc	201	"Moon Dreams" / "Sleepy Town Train"	Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	"Moon Dreams": Vocal by Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chiefs, was recorded with the Glenn Miller AAF Band and released as V-Disc 201A in October, 1944 and Navy V-Disc 114B. The music was written by Chummy MacGregor and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Gil Evans was also a main arranger for the Claude Thornhill orchestra in the forties, which was financed by Miller. As such, Glenn Miller had a very slight relationship with modern jazz, tangential nonetheless. Incidentally, Miles Davis did not like Thornhill's interpretations of some bebop songs that Evans arranged, like "Donna Lee", calling them "mannered". Despite this, Evans and Davis were best friends and collaborators for the rest of their lives. The Miles Davis Nonet recorded a live performance of "Moon Dreams" in 1948 in New York. Martha Tilton also recorded a version in 1942. Jazz historian Richard Jessen has also proposed that Miller's recording of "Wham" from August 1, 1939, predates the same phrasing used in famed bebop track "Salt Peanuts" by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in 1944. "Sleepy Town Train": 1942 RCA Bluebird studio recording, "Sweet" side.
	V-Disc	223	"Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don't Love Me)", "Stompin' at the Savoy" / "Stealin' Apples"	Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra	Glenn Miller tracks recorded 21 January and 20 May 1944. V-Disc released July, 1944.
	Navy V-Disc	3
	V-Disc	242	"A Fellow On A Furlough", "Guns In The Sky" / "Poinciana"	Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra	Recorded 20 May 1944. V-Disc released August, 1944.
	Navy V-Disc	22
	V-Disc	281	"Chattanooga Choo Choo", "Sun Valley Jump" / "It Had to Be You", "Special Delivery Stomp"	Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five	Glenn Miller tracks recorded 3 June 1944. V-Disc released October, 1944.
	Navy V-Disc	61
	V-Disc	302	"These Foolish Things Remind Me of You", "Hallelujah" / "In the Gloaming", "Deep Purple"	Benny Goodman and His V-Disc All-Star Band // and His V-Disc Quartette / Major Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra	Glenn Miller tracks recorded 20 May 1944. V-Disc released November, 1944.
	Navy V-Disc	82
	V-Disc	334	"My Buddy", "Farewell Blues" / "Theme", "Lover"	Major Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / David Rose and His Orchestra	Glenn Miller tracks recorded 10 June 1944. "Farewell Blues": written by Elmer Schoebel, Paul Mares, and Leon Roppolo of The New Orleans Rhythm Kings in 1922. Released as Bluebird 10495-B in 1939 and V-Disc 334A issued December, 1944.
1945	V-Disc	352	"(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings", "Singin' in the Rain" / "Missouri Waltz", "Alice Blue Gown"	Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra / Glenn Miller and His Orchestra	Glenn Miller tracks recorded by civilian band in 1940 for Victor Bluebird. V-Disc released January, 1945.
	V-Disc	381	"I've Got A Heart Filled With Love For You Dear" / "Sleigh Ride in July", "I Can't Tell Why I Love You But I Do"	Major Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / Dinah Shore	Glenn Miller tracks recorded 13 May 1944. V-Disc released March, 1945.
	V-Disc	421	"Holiday for Strings" / "Sleepy Lagoon", "Hora Staccato"	Major Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / Paul Baron and His Orchestra	Glenn Miller tracks recorded 3 June 1944. V-Disc released July, 1945.
	V-Disc	466	"Bye Bye Blues", "Wang Wang Blues" / "Too Marvelous for Words"	Major Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / Harry James and His Orchestra	Glenn Miller tracks recorded 13 May and 3 June 1944. V-Disc released July, 1945.
	Navy V-Disc	246
	V-Disc	482	"I Can't Give You Anything But Love Baby", "Little Brown Jug" / "I Can't Get Started", "Keep the Home Fires Burning"	Major Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra	Glenn Miller tracks recorded 13 and 27 May 1944. V-Disc released August, 1945.
	V-Disc	504	"The Army Air Corps Song", "I Hear You Screaming" / "A Kiss Goodnight", "Northwest Passage"	Major Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / Woody Herman and His Orchestra	Glenn Miller tracks recorded 13 May and 3 June 1944. V-Disc released September, 1945.
	Navy V-Disc	264
	V-Disc	522	"St. Louis Blues" / "Dinah"	Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / Sam Donahue And The Navy Dance Band	"St. Louis Blues March" recorded 29 October 1943. Reissue of B-side of V-Disc 65, 522 was released October, 1945.
	V-Disc	533	"Songs My Mother Taught Me" / "Peggy, The Pin Up Girl", "My Melancholy Baby"	Major Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra / Sam Donahue And The Navy Dance Band	Glenn Miller tracks recorded 29 April and 6 May 1944. V-Disc released November, 1945.
1946	V-Disc	587	"Why Dream", "Passage Interdit" / "Beale Street Blues"	Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces Overseas Orchestra / Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra	Glenn Miller tracks recorded 27 October and 10 November 1945. V-Disc released February, 1946.
	V-Disc	601	"Symphony"/ "I Got Rhythm"	Major Glenn Miller's AAF Overseas Orchestra / The Benny Goodman Sextet	Glenn Miller track recorded 27 October 1945. V-Disc released March, 1946.
1948	V-Disc	842	"Indian Love Call", "Ramblin' Rose" / "In the Mood", "University Of Minnesota March"	Tony Pastor with All-Star Band / Glenn Miller and Overseas Band, Bert Hirsch and V-Disc Band	Glenn Miller track recorded 17 November 1945. V-Disc released May, 1948.