Benny Goodman

Acting

Born 1909-05-30 Died 1986-06-13 Chicago, Illinois, USA 45 credits Kennedy Center Honors 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 1

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Won 1 Kennedy Center Honors Award

Kennedy Center Honors 1 won

— Kennedy Center Honors Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 1 won

1986 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Won

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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 "Let's 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," "Don't Be That Way," "Seven Come Eleven," "Flying Home," "Two O'Clock Jump," "Air Mail Special," "Dizzy Spells," "If Dreams Come True," "Georgia Jubilee," "Four Once More," and "The Kingdom of Swing".

Benny Goodman

Awards

Kennedy Center Honors 1 won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 1 won

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