Benny Goodman

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 we...

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Benny Goodman - Adventures In The Kingdom Of Swing

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Make Mine Music

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Allen in Movieland

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Two for the Record

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Hollywood Hotel

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A Song Is Born

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The Gang's All Here

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Birth of the Blues

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Sweet and Low-Down

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John Gunther's High Road

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The Big Broadcast of 1937

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The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

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The Shining Future

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The Powers Girl

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Me and the Boys

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Åke Hasselgård story

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Stage Door Canteen

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Syncopation

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

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Music Land

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Copland Conducts Copland

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

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Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

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Legends in Concert: Benny Goodman

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The All-Star Christmas Show

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All the Cats Join In

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Louis Armstrong & Benny Goodman - Sounds in Motion

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Swing With Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett

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Le Grand Échiquier

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Jazz

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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

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Star Time

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The Kennedy Center Honors

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

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The Ed Sullivan Show

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Bio’s Bahnhof

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DuPont Show of the Month

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The Big Party

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What's My Line?

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The Dick Cavett Show

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The Bell Telephone Hour

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The Danny Kaye Show

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