Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded Tuxedo Junction February 5, 1940 in New York. His was the most successful recording and it reached #1 on the Billboard charts in 1940. It sold 115,000 copies in the first week.
The song was written by Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, and Julian Dash, with lyrics by Buddy Feyne. Tuxedo Junction was written as an instrumental, but the composers sent it to lyricists to see who could write the best words for it. Hawkins preferred Buddy Feyne's lyrics.
It was released in 1939 and reached #7 on the American pop charts. Tuxedo Junction has been covered by numerous artists including the Andrews Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Manhattan Transfer.
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