Nel post di oggi ho voluto ricordare il leggendario Glenn Miller, comparso 74 anni fa. Nel post troverete una breve biografia, con testo e video di “In The Mood”.
In ricordo di Glenn Miller.
Alton Glenn Miller (Clarinda, 1º marzo 1904 – Canale della Manica, 15 dicembre 1944) è stato un trombonista, direttore d’orchestra e compositore statunitense. Fu un musicista jazz e direttore d’orchestra tra i più noti dell’epoca swing, e autore di brani celeberrimi come Moonlight Serenade del 1939. Tre premi Grammy Hall of Fame (1983, 1991 e 1996), sono stati assegnati a sue incisioni. I suoi arrangiamenti portarono alla celebrità anche brani di altri compositori, come In the Mood.
Miller scomparve improvvisamente il 15 dicembre 1944, mentre sorvolava la Manica a bordo di un aereo militare per raggiungere Parigi, dove la sua orchestra avrebbe dovuto suonare per i soldati che avevano da poco liberato la capitale francese. Il suo corpo non fu mai recuperato. Come disperso in guerra, nell’aprile del 1992 gli fu dedicata una lapide nel Cimitero nazionale di Arlington.(Fonte Wikipedia)
Il brano In The Mood fu composto da Joe Garland nel 1939.
Testo: Glenn Miller – In The Mood
Who’s the lovin’ daddy with the beautiful eyes
What a pair o’ lips, I’d like to try ‘em for size
I’ll just tell him, “Baby, won’t you swing it with me”
Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be
So, I said politely “Darlin’ may I intrude”
He said “Don’t keep me waitin’ when I’m in the mood”
First I held him lightly and we started to dance
Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance
And I said “Hey, baby, it’s a quarter to three
There’s a mess of moonlight, won’t-cha share it with me”
“Well” he answered “Baby, don’t-cha know that it’s rude
To keep my two lips waitin’ when they’re in the mood”
In the mood, that’s what he told me
In the mood, and when he told me
In the mood, my heart was skippin’
It didn’t take me long to say “I’m in the mood now”
In the mood for all his kissin’
In the mood his crazy lovin’
In the mood what I was missin’
It didn’t take me long to say “I’m in the mood now”
So, I said politely “Darlin’ may I intrude”
He said “Don’t keep me waitin’ when I’m in the mood”
“Well” he answered “Baby, don’t-cha know that it’s rude
To keep my two lips waitin’ when they’re in the mood”
Who’s the lovin’ daddy with the beautiful eyes
What a pair o’ lips, I’d like to try ‘em for size
I’ll just tell him, “Baby, won’t you swing it with me”
Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be
So, I said politely “Darlin’ may I intrude”
He said “Don’t keep me waitin’ when I’m in the mood”
First I held him lightly and we started to dance
Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance
And I said “Hey, baby, it’s a quarter to three
It’s a mess of moonlight, won’t-cha share it with me”
“Well” he answered “Baby, don’t-cha know that it’s rude
To keep my two lips waitin’ when they’re in the mood”
Video Youtube: Glenn Miller – In The Mood
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