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February 10: On This Day in World History … briefly
'Chattanooga Choo Choo' was performed by the Miller orchestra with his singers Gordon 'Tex' Beneke, Paula Kelly and the Modernaires.
1942: ‘Chattanooga Choo Choo’ goes solid gold
American bandleader Glenn Miller was presented with a special pressing of his hugely popular record ‘Chattanooga Choo Choo’ – the pressing was made of solid gold!
The swing hit officially sold a million copies – the first record ever to do so.
Most notable historic snippets or facts extracted from the book ‘On This Day’ first published in 1992 by Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, London, as well as additional supplementary information extracted from Wikipedia.
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