Glenn Miller

Not many people can boast of having more hits than Elvis Presley, but Glenn Miller’s one of them, and during his peak in the late ’30s, the performer was one of the best-selling artists. When he was 38, Miller decided to join the Army, and despite being rejected by the Navy for being too old, in 1942, he got finally accepted into the Air Force.

During his military service, Miller established an Army band that churned out over 50 hits and played close to 800 shows. Sadly, when traveling to France to perform for the U.S. troops in 1944, the trombonist’s plane disappeared, and to date, it’s never been found.