Tuxedo Junction

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"Tuxedo Junction" is a song written by Erskine Hawkins and introduced by his orchestra. Lyrics were added by Buddy Feyne. It was popularized and made famous by a best-selling record in 1939 by Glenn Miller and his orchestra and was one of the top 10 songs in the US in 1939. It was covered by numerous bands and Swing orchestras and solo artists such as Ella Fitzgerald. Frankie Avalon and Joe Jackson, and became the the theme song for The Manhattan Transfer, first recorded on their album The Manhattan Transfer in 1975.

It has been used in various movies, including Big Band films "The Glenn Miller Story" "The Gene Krupa Story" and a Woody Allen film, "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion".

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There is also a Big Band that brings beautiful sounds to the Inland Northwest that is named the Tuxedo Junction Big Band.

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