Benny Goodman
Known for: Acting
Born: May 30, 1909
Died: June 13, 1986
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…
Known for
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
1993
Two for the Record
1954
Sweet and Low-Down
1944
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
2004
All the Cats Join In
1946
Music Land
1955
Copland Conducts Copland
1976
Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000
Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001
Make Mine Music
1946
A Song Is Born
1948
The Gang's All Here
1943
The Shining Future
1944
Me and the Boys
1929
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
1978
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000
John Gunther's High Road
1959
Åke Hasselgård story
1983
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
The Powers Girl
1943
Allen in Movieland
1955
Syncopation
1942
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
Birth of the Blues
1941
Hollywood Hotel
1938
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Jazz
2001
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
The Big Party
1959
What's My Line?
1950
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
The World of Polygoon
1994
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Stage Door Canteen
1943