Name
Benny Goodman
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-05-30
Deathday
1986-06-13 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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".
Known For
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In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of musically charge...
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A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pa...
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The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They s...
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Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers...
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A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famo...
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After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Mars...
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A hep teen hears a tune on the jukebox at the malt shop and calls his girl; She rounds up ...
- 1993 Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing as Self (archive footage)
- 1946 Make Mine Music as Self (voice)
- 1955 Allen in Movieland as Self
- 1954 Two for the Record as Self
- 1938 Hollywood Hotel as Benny Goodman, Leader of His Orchestra
- 1948 A Song Is Born as Professor Magenbruch
- 1943 The Gang's All Here as Benny Goodman
- 1941 Birth of the Blues as Self (archive footage)
- 1944 Sweet and Low-Down as Benny Goodman
- 1959 John Gunther's High Road as Self
- 1936 The Big Broadcast of 1937 as Benny Goodman
- 2000 The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV as Self (archive footage)
- 1944 The Shining Future as Self
- 1943 The Powers Girl as Self - Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
- 1929 Me and the Boys as Self - Clarinet
- 1983 Åke Hasselgård story
- 1943 Stage Door Canteen as Benny Goodman
- 1942 Syncopation as Benny Goodman
- 1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1955 Music Land as Orchestra Leader (archive footage)
- 1976 Copland Conducts Copland as Self - Clarinet
- 1978 Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not as Self
- 2022 Charlie Parker: Bird Songs as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
- 1958 The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
- 1946 All the Cats Join In
- 2000 Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
- 2001 Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
- 1994 The World of Polygoon as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 Jazz ( 10 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 The Kennedy Center Honors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1978 Bio’s Bahnhof ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1957 DuPont Show of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 The Big Party ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1959 The Bell Telephone Hour ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1963 The Danny Kaye Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
