Tuxedo Junction

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"Tuxedo Junction" is a popular big band jazz standard from the swing era, famously associated with Glenn Miller and his orchestra.

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Tuxedo Junction canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf big band composition ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct Erskine Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glenn Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glenn Miller Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartSuccess Glenn Miller’s recording reached number 1 on the Billboard charts in 1940 ⓘ
composer Bill Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buddy Feyne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erskine Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julian Dash NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance considered a classic of the big band swing repertoire ⓘ
era swing era ⓘ
firstRecordingYear 1939 ⓘ
genre big band jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
hasArrangementFor concert band ⓘ
jazz orchestra ⓘ
small jazz combo ⓘ
hasLyrics yes (later versions) ⓘ
includedIn Glenn Miller’s live radio broadcasts ⓘ
inspiredBy Tuxedo Junction neighborhood in Birmingham, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
isStandardIn jazz ensemble repertoire ⓘ
swing band repertoire ⓘ
key commonly performed in C major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Buddy Feyne NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicalForm instrumental (originally) ⓘ
namedAfter Tuxedo Junction, Birmingham, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature call-and-response horn riffs ⓘ
prominent brass section arrangements ⓘ
walking bass line ⓘ
notablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harry James NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joe Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Andrews Sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalPerformer Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
performanceContext ballroom dancing ⓘ
swing dance events ⓘ
recordedBy Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harry James and His Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Andrews Sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Bluebird Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear 1939 ⓘ
tempo medium swing ⓘ
typicalEnsemble big band ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Glenn Miller Story → featuresSong → Tuxedo Junction ⓘ
Glenn Miller → notableWork → Tuxedo Junction ⓘ
The Manhattan Transfer → notableWork → Tuxedo Junction ⓘ