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...
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...
Known For
A Song Is Born
as Professor Magenbruch
The Gang's All Here
as Benny Goodman
Make Mine Music
as Self (voice)
Cast Credits
Copland Conducts Copland
as Self - Clarinet
Music Land
as Orchestra Leader (archive footage)
A Song Is Born
as Professor Magenbruch
Make Mine Music
as Self (voice)
Sweet and Low-Down
as Benny Goodman
The Gang's All Here
as Benny Goodman
Stage Door Canteen
as Benny Goodman
The Powers Girl
as Self - Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Syncopation
as Benny Goodman
Birth of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Hotel
as Benny Goodman, Leader of His Orchestra
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Benny Goodman
Me and the Boys
as Self - Clarinet
Crew Credits
Sackgasse
Original Music Composer