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Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

US big band led by Glenn Miller (1937-1942)
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Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

Summary

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (636 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's founder is recorded as Glenn Miller[4].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's genre is jazz[5].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's record label is recorded as Bluebird Records[6].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's record label is recorded as RCA Victor[7].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's discography is recorded as Glenn Miller & His Orchestra discography[8].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's Commons category is recorded as Glenn Miller Orchestra[9].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra comprises Glenn Miller[11].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra comprises Jack Lathrop[12].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra comprises Ray Eberle[13].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra comprises Paula Kelly[14].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra comprises Tex Beneke[15].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra comprises Wilbur Schwartz[16].
  • 1938 marks the founding of Glenn Miller & His Orchestra[17].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's official website is recorded as http://www.glennmiller.com/index.html[18].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's replaced by is recorded as Glenn Miller Orchestra[19].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's has characteristic is recorded as big band[20].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's start of work period is recorded as April 1938[21].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's end of work period is recorded as September 1942[22].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Glenn Miller and His Orchestra'}[23].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Glenn Miller & His Orchestra'}[24].
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's member category is recorded as Category:Glenn Miller Orchestra members[25].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Orchestra[26]

  • Country: US[27]

  • Began / founded: 1938[28]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1942[29]

  • Genre(s): big band, swing[30]

  • Community tags: big band, swing[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9b87c1f6-23ae-469b-b710-ea5da2d3f848[32]

Body

Founding

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra's founder is recorded as Glenn Miller[4]. 1938 marks the founding of it[17].

Why It Matters

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (636 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Glenn Miller United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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