06/06/2026
It’s the anniversary of D-Day and we’re coming up to Glenn Miller Festival Week, so who else would you guess joins us for the Star-Spangled Radio Hour? It’s Captain Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra with music from May 1944. This is the first of two episodes for Festival Week. The second will drop in several days and you will be able to listen to both as we celebrate the Glenn Miller Legacy in Clarinda, Iowa. Part One includes three OWI Music From America episodes and two NBC “I Sustain the Wings” broadcasts. SSRH 835 is now streaming online for your listening pleasure:
https://www.dennismspragg.com/star-spangled-radio-hour
Star-Spangled Radio Hour 835
June 6, 2026
Glenn Miller
May 1944 – Part 1
Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra
2001st AAF Base Unit – Radio Production
Directed by Capt. Glenn Miller
Office of War Information Recording Sessions
Voice of America
Friday, May 5, 1944
Music From America 13
Music From America 14
Music From America 15
NBC Studio 6-A
Radio City
New York, New York
I Sustain the Wings
Saturday, May 6, 1944
Saturday, May 13, 1944
11:30 p.m. - Midnight
Vanderbilt Theater
New York, New York
(NBC) (WEAF) Broadcasts
Lt. Donald Briggs, announcer
Capt. Glenn Miller, host
Playlist
(5May44) (17-1691) I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), Enlisted Men’s Mess, Now I Know (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), All Through the Night, Don’t Be That Way, Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (The Crew Chiefs, vocal), I Sustain the Wings (closing theme) (17-1688) I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), Keep ‘Em Flying, Moon Dreams (Sgt. Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), Music Makers, All The Things You Are (string section), The Squadron Song (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, the Crew Chiefs and Glee Club, vocal), I Sustain the Wings (closing theme) Along the Santa Fe Trail (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Farewell Blues (6May44) The Army Air Corps, I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), Stealin’ Apples, Speak Low (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal), Playlet (Bombardier School, San Angelo, Texas); Medley: Songs My Mother Taught Me, It’s Love, Love, Love (The Crew Chiefs, vocal), In An Eighteenth Century Drawing Room (borrowed from Raymond Scott), Blue Orchids (Sgt. Johnny Desmond, vocal); Join the WAC (The Crew Chiefs, vocal), With My Head In The Clouds (Sgt. Johnny Desmond and the Glee Club, vocal), Training Command Announcement, I Sustain the Wings (closing theme) (13May44) The Army Air Corps, I Sustain the Wings (opening theme), It Must Be Jelly, Star Dust, Playlet: Aerial Gunner; Medley: Mother Macree, I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night (Sgt. Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Sgt. Peanuts Hucko and Sgt. Bernie Privin, vocal) (borrowed from Louis Armstrong), Wang Wang Blues; I’ve Got A Heart Filled With Love (Sgt. Johnny Desmond and the Crew Chiefs, vocal), WAC Recruiting Announcement, I Sustain the Wings (closing theme) (5May44) (17-1686) 7-0-5
