Benny Goodman

Known for ActingBorn 1909-05-30Died 1986-06-13Chicago, Illinois, USA

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".Read more

Movies & web series

John Gunther's High Road

Bio’s Bahnhof

Le Grand Échiquier

The Bell Telephone Hour

Two for the Record

Jazz

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

DuPont Show of the Month

Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing

Åke Hasselgård story

The Danny Kaye Show

What's My Line?

The Dick Cavett Show

The Powers Girl

The Ed Sullivan Show

Syncopation

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

A Song Is Born

Stage Door Canteen

All the Cats Join In

The All-Star Christmas Show

Birth of the Blues

Music Land

The Big Broadcast of 1937

The Mike Douglas Show

The Gang's All Here

Make Mine Music

Sweet and Low-Down

Hollywood Hotel

Allen in Movieland

The Shining Future

Tag! You’re It!

Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman

Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett

Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion

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

Copland Conducts Copland

Sackgasse

The Big Party

Star Time

Me and the Boys