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Benny Goodman
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Benny Goodman
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-05-30,Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
The King of Swing! Famed clarinetist, composer ("Stompin' at the Savoy") and conductor, educated at the Lewis Institute in Chicago and a student of Schillinger and Schoepp. He was a clarinetist with the orchestras of Bix Beiderbecke, Jules Herbuveaux, Arnold Johnson and Ben Pollack, and also played in Broadway theater orchestras. He began to lead his own orchestras in 1934 at the Billy Rose Music Hall, then conducted the orchestra on the weekly radio program "Let's Dance" in 1934-1935, and played at numerous hotels, colleges and theaters. Expanding his musical efforts, he performed in chamber music concerts, later touring throughout the US, Europe, the Far East, South America and the USSR and made many recordings. Joining ASCAP in 1945, his chief musical collaborators included Count Basie, Harry James, Mitchell Parish, Andy Razaf, Edgar M. Sampson, Chick Webb, and Teddy Wilson. Some of his other popular songs and instrumental compositions include "Lullaby in Rhythm," "Don't Be That Way," "Seven Come Eleven," "Flying Home," "Two O'Clock Jump," "Air Mail Special," "Dizzy Spells," "If Dreams Come True," "Georgia Jubilee," "Four Once More," and "The Kingdom of Swing".

Filmography

Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing

6

Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
1993-12-08

Make Mine Music

5.8

Make Mine Music
1946-06-30

Allen in Movieland

5

Allen in Movieland
1955-07-02

Two for the Record

0

Two for the Record
1954-04-23

Hollywood Hotel

5.4

Hollywood Hotel
1938-01-15

6.5

A Song Is Born
1948-10-19

The Gang's All Here

5.8

The Gang's All Here
1943-12-24

Birth of the Blues

5.3

Birth of the Blues
1941-11-07

Sweet and Low-Down

5.2

Sweet and Low-Down
1944-09-21

John Gunther's High Road

10

John Gunther's High Road
1959-09-07

The Big Broadcast of 1937

5.25

The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936-10-05

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

0

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000-06-20

The Shining Future

4

The Shining Future
1944-04-11

The Powers Girl

6.5

The Powers Girl
1943-01-15

Me and the Boys

0

Me and the Boys
1929-07-01

Åke Hasselgård story

0

Åke Hasselgård story
1983-06-03

Stage Door Canteen

6.1

Stage Door Canteen
1943-06-24

6.8

Syncopation
1942-05-22

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

5.7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06

6

Music Land
1955-06-11

Copland Conducts Copland

0

Copland Conducts Copland
1976-03-17

Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not

0

Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
1978-04-06

Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

6.8

Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022-01-09

Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman

0

Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
2004-07-12

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

7.962

Jazz
2001-01-09

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

5.3

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956-10-05

0

Star Time
1950-09-02

The Kennedy Center Honors

7.3

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.415

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.6

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

0

Bio’s Bahnhof
1978-02-09

DuPont Show of the Month

6.7

DuPont Show of the Month
1957-09-29

0

The Big Party
1959-10-08

What's My Line?

6.8

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

The Dick Cavett Show

6.625

The Dick Cavett Show
1968-06-06

The Bell Telephone Hour

7

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959-01-12

The Danny Kaye Show

6.3

The Danny Kaye Show
1963-09-25