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[Tunbridge Wells People] - Playing a selection of wartime classics from the likes of Glenn Miller and Count Basie, Mr Parsons drum-rolled back the years with three hours of energetic performance in the village hall on Saturday night. He said: "I enjoy it as much as ever.
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[South Yorkshire Times] - Evening includes licensed bar and pie and pea supper. tickets £10 in advance or on the door. Tel. (01302) for more details. Bentley Pavilion, Saturday November 12, 7.30pm (doors open 6.30pm). Sounds of the Glenn Miller Era Nick Ross
Beryl Davis
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[Telegraph.co.uk] - Beryl Davis, who has died aged 87, was a British-born swing-band singer who performed with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the Second World War and went on to work with some of the biggest names in showbusiness, including Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope.
Sir Jimmy Savile
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[Telegraph.co.uk] in he organised what he would later claim was Britain's first disco, in an upstairs room in Leeds owned by the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds, where customers were charged a shilling each to dance to records by Glenn Miller and Harry James.
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