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Blown Away
The RAF Squadronaires top the charts
17 June 2010
RAF musicians are blowing their own trumpets –
after storming into the UK charts to become the
biggest selling military act in history.
The Squadronaires’ tribute to legendary wartime
band leader Glenn Miller, In the Mood, has eclipsed
the Rolling Stones to become one of Britain’s biggest-
selling albums.
THE RAF Squadronaires tribute to wartime band
leader Glenn Miller has stormed the UK charts –
outselling rock legends the Rolling Stones and crooner
Michael Bublé, making them the most successful military band in history.
The album, titled In the Mood – A Glenn Miller Celebration, reached No 9 in the UK chart, outselling a previous release by the famous Coldstream Guards which peaked at No 13.
X-Factor finalist Stacey Solomon, right, helped give the release a lift after being invited by band leader Sgt Kev Miles to record a track for the album after he saw her perfom on the hit ITV talent show.
The success of the classic 40s release follows Dame Vera Lynn’s chart comeback last year which saw her clinch the top spot in the album charts with We’ll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn, sparking a revival in classic big band music.
Released by the RAF’s official Big Band in the 70th anniversary year of the Battle of Britain, In the Mood pays tribute to the legendary US band leader who vanished over the English Channel in 1944.
The album, like Glenn Miller’s own final recording, was made at London’s famous Abbey Road Studios and includes classics In The Mood, Tuxedo Junction, Pennsylvania 6-5000 and a new version of Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree with original Andrews Sisters’ vocals.
Dame Vera said: “My husband Harry was in the original RAF Squadronaires so I'm very pleased that the tradition is being kept alive and the band are releasing a record so many years later.”
The RAF Squadronaires formed in 1940 during World War II to boost morale at home and abroad and they frequently travelled to the front line to entertain the troops.
The RAF Squadronaires top the charts
17 June 2010
RAF musicians are blowing their own trumpets –
after storming into the UK charts to become the
biggest selling military act in history.
The Squadronaires’ tribute to legendary wartime
band leader Glenn Miller, In the Mood, has eclipsed
the Rolling Stones to become one of Britain’s biggest-
selling albums.
THE RAF Squadronaires tribute to wartime band
leader Glenn Miller has stormed the UK charts –
outselling rock legends the Rolling Stones and crooner
Michael Bublé, making them the most successful military band in history.
The album, titled In the Mood – A Glenn Miller Celebration, reached No 9 in the UK chart, outselling a previous release by the famous Coldstream Guards which peaked at No 13.
X-Factor finalist Stacey Solomon, right, helped give the release a lift after being invited by band leader Sgt Kev Miles to record a track for the album after he saw her perfom on the hit ITV talent show.
The success of the classic 40s release follows Dame Vera Lynn’s chart comeback last year which saw her clinch the top spot in the album charts with We’ll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn, sparking a revival in classic big band music.
Released by the RAF’s official Big Band in the 70th anniversary year of the Battle of Britain, In the Mood pays tribute to the legendary US band leader who vanished over the English Channel in 1944.
The album, like Glenn Miller’s own final recording, was made at London’s famous Abbey Road Studios and includes classics In The Mood, Tuxedo Junction, Pennsylvania 6-5000 and a new version of Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree with original Andrews Sisters’ vocals.
Dame Vera said: “My husband Harry was in the original RAF Squadronaires so I'm very pleased that the tradition is being kept alive and the band are releasing a record so many years later.”
The RAF Squadronaires formed in 1940 during World War II to boost morale at home and abroad and they frequently travelled to the front line to entertain the troops.
