Glenn Miller Orchestra

The Glenn Miller Orchestra is an American big band formed in 1956 as a revival of the historic Glenn Miller Orchestras of the 1930s and 1940s. History The original Glenn Miller Orchestra operated from 1937 until 1942, when Miller joined the Army Air Forces and launched the Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra. Miller disappeared December 15, 1944, presumed dead in a flight over the English Channel, never to be found. 1946 to 1950 In 1946, Miller's widow authorized a new band to be formed under the name Glenn Miller Orchestra, led by Miller's saxophonist and vocalist Tex Beneke.