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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 30, 1909
Died
June 13, 1986
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Benjamin David Goodman
- The King of Swing
- The Benny Goodman Sextet
Benny Goodman
0.4 Popularity
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
6.8
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
🎬
0.0
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
2004
0.0
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Jazz
2001
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000
0.0
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
1993
0.0
Åke Hasselgård story
1983
7.4
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
0.0
Self
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
1978
Credits
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.8
🎬
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
2004
0.0
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001
0.0
Jazz
as Self (archive footage)
2001
7.5
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
as Self (archive footage)
2000
0.0
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000
0.0
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
as Self (archive footage)
1993
6.0
Åke Hasselgård story
1983
0.0
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
as Self
1978
0.0
🎬
Bio’s Bahnhof
as Self
1978
0.0
Copland Conducts Copland
as Self - Clarinet
1976
0.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
8.0
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
6.3
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
🎬
The Big Party
as Self
1959
0.0
John Gunther's High Road
as Self
1959
10.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
7.3
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
1958
6.0
DuPont Show of the Month
as Self
1957
6.8
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
Allen in Movieland
as Self
1955
4.5
Music Land
as Orchestra Leader (archive footage)
1955
6.0
Two for the Record
as Self
1954
0.0
🎬
Star Time
as Self - Musician
1950
0.0
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
A Song Is Born
as Professor Magenbruch
1948
6.3
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
All the Cats Join In
1946
6.1
Make Mine Music
as Self (voice)
1946
5.8
Sweet and Low-Down
as Benny Goodman
1944
5.2
The Shining Future
as Self
1944
4.0
The Gang's All Here
as Benny Goodman
1943
5.9
Stage Door Canteen
as Benny Goodman
1943
6.1
The Powers Girl
as Self - Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
1943
6.5
Syncopation
as Benny Goodman
1942
6.2
Birth of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
1941
6.0
Hollywood Hotel
as Benny Goodman, Leader of His Orchestra
1938
5.4
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Benny Goodman
1936
5.4
🎬
Me and the Boys
as Self - Clarinet
1929
0.0