Close Encounters 15

Excerpts from an interview that David Miller conducted with Frankie Laine and Roc Hillman in 1998, plus reminiscences about the Glenn Miller Birthplace Festival in Clarinda, Iowa.

Playlist

Anything goes — Dorsey Brothers

Song of India — Frankie Laine

That’s my desire — Frankie Laine

Pennsylvania 6-5000 — Tamana Girls High School

720 in the books — Swing Time Big Band

I know why — Glenn Miller

Anvil chorus — Airmen of Note

At last — Glenn Miller

My devotion — Jimmy Dorsey

Especially for you — Orrin Tucker

Is you is or is you ain’t my baby? — Johnny Catron