Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

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Benny Goodman And His Orchestra (1935-1939) album art

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Don't Be That Way
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Elmer's Tune
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Goody Goody [1987 Remastered]
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Jersey Bounce
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Sing, Sing, Sing (Parts 1 & 2)

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Benny Goodman

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Dubbed "The King of Swing," Benny Goodman was the first celebrated bandleader of the Swing Era. He was an accomplished clarinetist whose distinctive playing gave an identity both to his big band and to the smaller units he led simultaneously. The most popular figure of the first few years of the Swing Era in the 1930s, he continued to perform until his death 50 years later. Goodman was the son of Russian immigrants David Goodman, a tailor, and Dora Rezinsky Goodman. He first began taking clarinet lessons at ten at a synagogue, after which he joined the band at Hull House, a ...