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".
Filmography
all 39
self 35
Movies 26
TV Shows 13
Music Genres. Voices of the World (2023)
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs (2022)
THE HISTORY OF JAZZ. WHAT IS JAZZ? (2021)
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013)
Jazz (2001)
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV (2000)
Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing (1993)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not (1978)
Bio’s Bahnhof (1978)
Copland Conducts Copland (1976)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
Sackgasse (1963)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Big Party (1959)
John Gunther's High Road (1959)
DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
Allen in Movieland (1955)
Music Land (1955)
Two for the Record (1954)
Star Time (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
A Song Is Born (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Make Mine Music (1946)
Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
The Shining Future (1944)
The Gang's All Here (1943)
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
The Powers Girl (1943)
Syncopation (1942)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
Me and the Boys (1929)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1909-05-30
Deathday1986-06-13 (77 years old)
Birth NameBenjamin David Goodman
Birth PlaceChicago, United States of America
Height
SpouseAlice Frances Hammond
ChildrenBenji Goodman, Rachel Goodman
FatherDavid Goodman
MotherDora Grisinsky
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsBenjamin David Goodman, The King of Swing
AwardsKennedy Center Honors, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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