The First Gold Record

[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

75 years ago, on August 21, 1941, the music comedy film Sun Valley
Serenade was released. The hit song from the movie was Chattanooga Choo
Choo by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. The song was performed twice in
the film, once as a rehearsal with the full band, whistled and sung by
Tex Beneke and the Modernaires, and again as a song-and-dance number
with The Nicolas Brothers and Dorothy Dandridge

The very first gold record ever was awarded to Glenn Miller in February
1942 commemorating the sale of 1.2 million copies of Chattanooga Choo Choo.



https://youtu.be/-XQybKMXL-k

https://youtu.be/QzHIn5S-RbY



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[Nil[_2_]]

On 20 Aug 2016, Mike Rivers > wrote in
rec.audio.pro:

> 75 years ago, on August 21, 1941, the music comedy film Sun Valley
> Serenade was released. The hit song from the movie was Chattanooga
> Choo Choo by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. The song was
> performed twice in the film, once as a rehearsal with the full
> band, whistled and sung by Tex Beneke and the Modernaires, and
> again as a song-and-dance number with The Nicolas Brothers and
> Dorothy Dandridge
>
> The very first gold record ever was awarded to Glenn Miller in
> February 1942 commemorating the sale of 1.2 million copies of
> Chattanooga Choo Choo.
>
> https://youtu.be/-XQybKMXL-k
>
> https://youtu.be/QzHIn5S-RbY

It's a damn catchy song! Written by Harry Warren who later wrote "I've
Got a Gal in Kalamazoo", which is almost the same song - same vowel
sound, similar tempo, similar arrangement, similar wah-wah trombone
thing, same Tex Beneke, same Modernaires, same Nicholas Brothers flying
splits. I wonder if it sold as well?