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 Lets 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, Dont Be That Way, Seven Come Eleven, Flying Home, Two OClock Jump, Air Mail Special, Dizzy Spells, If Dreams Come True, Georgia Jubilee, Four Once More, and The Kingdom of Swing.

All movies available from Benny Goodman

Poster movie A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born

Movie
Poster movie Music Land

Music Land

Movie

Movies unavailable from Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing

Self (archive footage)

Movie 1993

Make Mine Music

Self (voice)

Movie 1946

Allen in Movieland

Self

Movie 1955

Two for the Record

Self

Movie 1954

Hollywood Hotel

Benny Goodman, Leader of His Orchestra

Movie 1938

The Gang's All Here

Benny Goodman

Movie 1943

Birth of the Blues

Self (archive footage)

Movie 1941

Sweet and Low-Down

Benny Goodman

Movie 1944

John Gunther's High Road

Self

Movie 1959

The Big Broadcast of 1937

Benny Goodman

Movie 1936

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2000

The Shining Future

Self

Movie 1944

The Powers Girl

Self - Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)

Movie 1943

Me and the Boys

Self - Clarinet

Movie 1929

Åke Hasselgård story

Movie 1983

Stage Door Canteen

Benny Goodman

Movie 1943

Syncopation

Benny Goodman

Movie 1942

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)

Movie 1975

Copland Conducts Copland

Self - Clarinet

Movie 1976

Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not

Self

Movie 1978

Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2022

Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman

Movie

Tv series unavailable from Benny Goodman

Le Grand Échiquier

Self

Tv 1972

Jazz

Self (archive footage)

Tv 2001

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self

Tv 1956

Star Time

Self - Musician

Tv 1950

The Kennedy Center Honors

Self

Tv 1978

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Tv 1962

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Tv 1948

Bio’s Bahnhof

Self

Tv 1978

DuPont Show of the Month

Self

Tv 1957

The Big Party

Self

Tv 1959

What's My Line?

Self

Tv 1950

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

Tv 1968

The Bell Telephone Hour

Self

Tv 1959

The Danny Kaye Show

Self

Tv 1963