
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
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John Gunther's High Road
1959 · Movie
Bio’s Bahnhof
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Bio’s Bahnhof
1978 · Series
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Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Series
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The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Series
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Two for the Record
1954 · Movie
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Jazz
2001 · Series
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The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Series
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
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Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022 · Movie
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The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000 · Movie
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DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Series
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Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing
1993 · Movie
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Åke Hasselgård story
1983 · Movie
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The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Series
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What's My Line?
1950 · Series
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The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
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The Powers Girl
1943 · Movie
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The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
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Syncopation
1942 · Movie
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Movie
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
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A Song Is Born
1948 · Movie
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Stage Door Canteen
1943 · Movie
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All the Cats Join In
1946 · Movie
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The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Movie
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Birth of the Blues
1941 · Movie
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Music Land
1955 · Movie
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The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936 · Movie
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The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
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The Gang's All Here
1943 · Movie
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Make Mine Music
1946 · Movie
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Sweet and Low-Down
1944 · Movie
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Hollywood Hotel
1938 · Movie
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Allen in Movieland
1955 · Movie
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The Shining Future
1944 · Movie

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Tag! You’re It!
2026 · Movie
Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
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Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman
2004 · Movie

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Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett
2001 · Movie

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Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion
2000 · Movie

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Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not
1978 · Movie

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Copland Conducts Copland
1976 · Movie

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Sackgasse
1963 · Movie
The Big Party
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The Big Party
1959 · Series
Star Time
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Star Time
1950 · Series
Me and the Boys
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Me and the Boys
1929 · Movie