June Moon: Moonlight Serenade

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Time to hit the wayback machine for some beautiful mooning as I continue the monthlong look at the moon in song. There are some songs you just can’t ignore, and this is one of them. Not old, TIMELESS! Here’s today’s song. Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller Hey, want a tie-in with that World War II history I’ve been boring you with after my visit to Camp Breckenridge? Glenn Miller was born in Clarinda, Iowa…which was the site of a POW camp during World War II. How about that!! (And, if you remember from my plane crash series, Miller was a casualty of World War II, his plane going down over the English Channel in 1944. ) My dad insisted that we only had country music in the house, and yet we had a Glenn Miller album. I didn’t appreciate it when I was little, but I certainly do now! And what better song to pick than Miller’s signature tune? Lyrics were added to the song in 1941, but they weren’t needed. This sweet tune speaks volumes without words. Moonlight Serenade Written by Glenn Miller Recorded by Glenn Miller Released as a single, 1939 Enjoy!