Actor

Benny Goodman

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Movies: 27Series: 12Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 82408

IMDb ID: nm0329015

Known for: Acting

Born: May 30, 1909

Died: June 13, 1986

Age: 77

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1936 - 2022

Years active: 87

Average TMDB rating: 6.71

Wikidata: Q46755

Also known as

Benjamin David Goodman • The King of Swing • The Benny Goodman Sextet

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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".