Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 103. This time we examine the year 1942 as Glenn Miller is awarded the first ever gold record for the song “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2aj0zhXlLA

https://www.npr.org/2017/02/10/514522626/how-chattanooga-choo-choo-became-the-worlds-first-gold-record

https://www.riaa.com/about-riaa/

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/glenn-miller/chattanooga-choo-choo

https://www.glennmiller.com/biography/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034241/

https://vocal.media/serve/celebrities-that-served-in-wwii

https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2017/12/01/origins-gold-record

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/01/21/glenn-miller/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ8ceJY0pks

Photo: 

http://media.al.com/living/photo/glenn-miller-gold-recordjpg-ad769e42c9a36030.jpg