Sunday, October 6, 2024

Episode 138: The King of Swing, Part I

 


Glenn Miller was born in a small town in Iowa and decided early on that he wanted to be a professional musician. It took time and a lot of frustration for him to make his dream a reality but by 1938, thousands of dancers and millions of radio listeners knew and loved Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. In four and a half years they would feature in two Hollywood films, produce 121 singles, 69 Billboard charters, and 13 #1 hits before their band leader left to join the US Army Air Corps in World War II.

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Episode 147: The Mayaguez Incident - The Last American Casualties in Vietnam, Part VII

In the years following the Mayaguez Incident, several memorials have popped up. As is was considered the final combat action of the Vietnam ...