[Dixielandjazz] Glenn Miller's Demise

[billsharp]

A lovely tune indeed . . . .The real story behind Glenn Miller's 
"Demise"  is that the song was originally written in the key of D 
double sharp, and Glenn (which he himself, standing next to Elvis, told 
me in a dream) loathed the fact that people often insisted on calling 
it "key of E", which he considered to be one of them damned cowboy 
singing keys.
	Least known of all is that the tune was originally called "Denise", 
but a drop of moisture from his mouthpiece which he accidently placed 
on the ink-written title caused the "n" to run and look like an "m" to 
the person setting the type. He wrote this tune and named it "Denise" 
after one of his favorite gals in the brothel which he frequented.  The 
truly bitter end of this tale of woe is that, because of the printing 
error, Denise never received  a dime of royalties from the song, and 
wait - - -even worse, she died , ironically enough, which Glenn's plane 
crashed into the very boat she was taking across the channel to meet 
Glenn when she landed.   [Because she always called him Glen, with one 
"n",  he purposely titled the tune Denise with one "n", though her real 
name was Dennise  . .their own little private joke]







You don't eat enough,you don't drink enough,
and you exercise way too much - -eat dessert first!