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Glenn Miller

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Glenn Miller is a Blues and Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Boogie, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins and Jack Teagarden. Those roots explain a lot about how Glenn Miller arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Al Bowlly and Bobby Darin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wayne Hancock, Dave, Doris Day, All You Need Is Love and Etta James, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Glenn Miller, reaching back through Boogie and forward to Wayne Hancock. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Glenn MillerBoogieTommy DorseyBenny GoodmanColeman HawkinsJack TeagardenI Dreamt I Dwelt in …Gene KrupaAl BowllyWayne HancockDaveDoris DayAll You Need Is LoveEtta JamesRay AnthonyJack TeagardenJohn DankworthBenny GoodmanCount BasieCab CallowayAl BowllyBobby DarinDoris DayFats WallerPeggy Lee

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Glenn Miller connections

Glenn Miller grew out of Boogie, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Coleman Hawkins, shares an orbit with Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Cab Calloway and Al Bowlly, went on to shape Wayne Hancock, Dave, Doris Day and All You Need Is Love. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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