Benny Goodman at Carnegie
Hall (1938): The Performance of a Lifetime
Rosemary Clooney &
Benny Goodman - Memories of you
BENNY GOODMAN - SING SING
SING
Sweet Georgia Brown - Benny
Goodman 1980
Benny Goodman Biography – Who2 Biographies.
Benny Goodman was a jazz clarinetist and band leader famous for
the songs "Sing, Sing, Sing" and "One O'Clock Jump." A
prodigy on the clarinet, Benny Goodman joined the professional musician's union
when he was just 13 years old and made his first recording as a soloist four
years later. In the 1920s he played in orchestras, on the radio and for stage
shows, and made several recordings as a sideman (including for Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday). In the early 1930s Benny
Goodman formed his own orchestra, and the Swing Era began. He became a
world-famous bandleader, appeared regularly on the radio and in the movies and
is often credited with introducing jazz to mainstream audiences. (He also had a
simmering and long-running feud with competing clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw.) By the end of his career, Goodman
had recorded well over 100 hit songs, including "Let's Dance,"
"Blue Moon, and "Six Appeal."
