Glenn Miller led the most popular commercial swing band in the late 1930s. Hits like In The Mood and his signature tune: Moonlight Serenade are classics even today. After his wartime death, his music lived on, culminating in his biopic in 1954.
Alton Glenn Miller was an American big band musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was the best-selling recording artist from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known big bands.