Moonlight Serenade
Context
Composition by Glenn Miller, born in 1935 under the title "Now I Lay Me Down to Weep" before being renamed by the publisher Robbins Music. Miller recorded it on April 4, 1939, in New York for Bluebird, as an instrumental; Mitchell Parish's lyrics came later. The record reached No. 3 on the American Billboard chart and entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1991.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.