Abraham Arthur "Glenn" Osser was an American musician, musical arranger, orchestra leader, and songwriter.
11 Facts About Glenn Osser
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Glenn Osser's birthname was Abraham, but much of his work was under the name Glenn; he can be found with references under both names.
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Glenn Osser worked under a number of other names: Arthur Meisel, Bob Marvel, Maurice Pierre, and others.
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Abraham "Glenn" Osser was born in Munising, Michigan, United States, the child of Russian-Jewish immigrants.
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Glenn Osser studied piano, violin, saxophone and clarinet in high school and went on to study music at the University of Michigan, beginning in music education and switching to music theory.
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Glenn Osser began some radio work, hired by NBC to be a staff arranger with a young conductor, Al Roth.
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Glenn Osser played sax and clarinet in some orchestras, including Les Brown's Band of Renown, where he became a close friend of Brown's.
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Glenn Osser got to work with Benny Goodman on his radio program, and wrote the arrangement of Martha Tilton's recording of "And the Angels Sing" with the Goodman orchestra.
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Glenn Osser wrote the melody to Ruth Lowe's number one hit, "I'll Never Smile Again", recorded by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra with the Piped Pipers and Frank Sinatra.
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Glenn Osser was the long-time musical director and conductor for the Miss America Pageant.
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Glenn Osser co-wrote the opening numbers and incidental music with his wife Edna providing lyrics.