Benny Goodman
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".
Acting
Movie
Make Mine Music
as Self (voice)
1946
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage)
1962
Movie
A Song Is Born
as Professor Magenbruch
1948
Movie
The Gang's All Here
as Benny Goodman
1943
TV
Jazz
as Self (archive footage)
2001
TV
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
TV
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
Movie
Stage Door Canteen
as Benny Goodman
1943
Movie
Hollywood Hotel
as Benny Goodman, Leader of His Orchestra
1938
Movie
Birth of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
1941
Movie
All the Cats Join In
1946
Movie
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
TV
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
TV
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
Movie
Sweet and Low-Down
as Benny Goodman
1944
Movie
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Benny Goodman
1936
Movie
Syncopation
as Benny Goodman
1942
Movie
The Powers Girl
as Self - Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
1943
TV
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
TV
DuPont Show of the Month
as Self
1957
Movie
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
as Self (archive footage)
2022
TV
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
