Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

Acting
28 Movies 16 TV Shows

Born

May 30, 1909

Died

June 13, 1986

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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 M…

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