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Benny Goodman (1) (1909–1986)

Author of Benny: King of Swing

For other authors named Benny Goodman, see the disambiguation page.

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Works by Benny Goodman

Benny: King of Swing (1979) 35 copies
Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (2006) 27 copies, 1 review
Live at Carnegie Hall 16 copies, 1 review
The kingdom of swing (1961) 9 copies
Benny Goodman 9 copies
Benny Goodman Sextet. CD — Artist — 7 copies
16 Most Requested Songs (1993) 5 copies
Let's Dance (2002) 5 copies
Big Bands: Benny Goodman (1991) 5 copies
Verve Jazz Masters 33: Benny Goodman (2005) 4 copies, 1 review
Body and Soul (2008) 3 copies
Solo Flight (2008) 3 copies
Gold Collection 3 copies
Bg in Hi-Fi 2 copies
Swing Swing Swing (1992) 2 copies
Harry James Years 2 (1995) 2 copies
Swing Is King 2 copies
Benny Goodman & Friends (1990) 2 copies
Kings of Swing 2 copies
Yale Recordings 10 (1995) 2 copies
Blues Sequence 2 copies
King Porter Stomp (2005) 2 copies
Yale Archives: Volume 1 (1991) 2 copies
The King 2 copies
Pure Gold 2 copies
Roll 'em 1 (1987) 1 copy
Golden Hits 1 copy
Early Years 1 copy, 1 review
1939 - 1951 (2003) 1 copy
King of Swing (2002) 1 copy
The Classic Tracks (2002) 1 copy
20 big swing hits 1 copy, 1 review
Yale Recordings 9 (1994) 1 copy
Combos 1 copy
Stompin' At The Savoy (2012) 1 copy
Air Play (1985) 1 copy
Get Happy (2002) 1 copy
Best of 1 copy
Compact jazz 1 copy
Lady Be Good 1 copy
The Ultimate Collection [Sound Recording] — Composer — 1 copy, 1 review
V-Disc Recordings (1998) 1 copy

Associated Works

Make Mine Music [1946 film] (1946) — Composer — 88 copies
The Best of Ken Burns' Jazz [sound recording] (1992) — Contributor — 51 copies
The Gang's All Here [1943 film] (1943) — Self — 27 copies
Swing Kids: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993) — Performer — 15 copies
A Song is Born [1948 film] (1948) 9 copies, 1 review
The Encyclopedia Yearbook of Jazz (1993) — Foreword — 9 copies
Sing a Song of Basie [sound recording] (1957) — Composer — 5 copies
Danny Kaye: The Goldwyn Years: 4 Films (2013) — Actor — 4 copies, 1 review
Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet (2009) — Clarinet — 3 copies
Sing Again with the Chipmunks (1960) — Composer — 2 copies
Tenderly (2010) — Songwriter — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Goodman, Benny
Legal name
Goodman, Benjamin David
Other names
King of Swing
Birthdate
1909-05-30
Date of death
1986-06-13
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Place of death
New York City, New York, USA

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Reviews

1 Flying Home 3:16
2 Stardust 3:17
3 Memories Of You 3:13
4 Soft Winds 2:31
5 Shivers 2:51
6 AC/DC Current 2:50
7 I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) 3:00
8 The Sheik Of Araby 3:18
9 Poor Butterfly 2:52
10 I Surrender, Dear 3:02
11 These Foolish Things 3:14
12 Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special) 2:55
13 Breakfast Feud 3:17
14 I Can't Give You Anything But Love 3:25
15 Gilly 2:36
16 On The Alamo 3:33
17 Gone With What Draft 2:44
18 A Smo-o-o-oth One 3:19… (more)
 
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1-1 After You've Gone 2:45
1-2 After You've Gone 2:43
1-3 Body And Soul 3:24
1-4 Body And Soul 3:23
1-5 Who? 3:09
1-6 Someday Sweetheart 2:44
1-7 China Boy 2:26
1-8 More Than You Know 3:06
1-9 All My Life 3:10
1-10 Oh, Lady Be Good! 2:57
1-11 Nobody's Sweetheart 2:42
1-12 Too Good To Be True 3:23
1-13 Moonglow 3:22
1-14 Dinah 2:40
1-15 Exactly Like You 3:15
2-1 Vibraphone Blues 3:20
2-2 Sweet Sue, Just You 3:16
2-3 My Melancholy Baby 3:23
2-4 Tiger Rag 3:20
2-5 Stompin' At The Savoy 3:14
2-6 Stompin' At The Savoy 2:47
2-7 Whispering 3:21
2-8 Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider 3:44
2-9 Tea For Two 3:04
2-10 Runnin' Wild 2:35
2-11 Avalon 2:47
2-12 Avalon 2:43
2-13 Handful Of Keys 2:20
2-14 Handful Of Keys 2:29
2-15 The Man I Love 3:24.

A1,2,3,4,5,6 Benny Goodman Trio: Benny Goodman (cl), Teddy Wilson (p), Gene Krupa (d) NYC, 13 July 1935
A7.8 Benny Goodman Trio; Benny Goodman (cl), Teddy Wilson (p), Gene Krupa (d) Chicago, 24 April 1936
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1 Old Man Harlem
2 Keep On Doin' What You're Doin'
3 Nobody's Sweetheart Now
4 Ain't Cha Glad
5 Doctor Heckle And Mr. Jibe
6 Georgia Jubilee
7 Texas Tea Party
8 Honeysuckle Rose
9 Sweet Sue
10 A Hundred Years From Today
11 Riffin' The Scotch
12 Your Mother's Son-in-Law
13 Love Me Or Leave Me
14 I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
15 I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
 
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1-1 Benny Goodman– 1950 Introduction 0:52
1-2 Benny Goodman Big Band*– Don't Be That Way
Composed By – Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Mitchell Parish
Soloist, Drums – Gene Krupa
4:12
1-3 Benny Goodman Big Band*– Sometimes I'm Happy
Composed By – Clifford Grey, Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Art Rollini*
4:13
1-4 Benny Goodman Big Band*– One O'Clock Jump
Composed By – Buster Smith, Eddie Durham
6:47
1-5 No Artist– Applause; Transition To Twenty Years Of Jazz 0:41
1-6 Benny Goodman Dixieland Quintet*– Sensation Rag
Composed By – Ed "Daddy" Edwards*
Cornet [Probably] – Bobby Hackett
Drums – Gene Krupa
Piano – Jess Stacy
Trombone – Vernon Brown
1:12
1-7 Benny Goodman 12-Piece Ensemble– I'm Coming Virginia
Composed By – Donald Heywood, Will Marion Cook
Cornet – Bobby Hackett
2:15
1-8 Benny Goodman Combo– When Baby Smiles At Me
Bass – Harry Goodman
Composed By – Andrew Sterling, Bill Munro, Harry Von Tilzer, Ted Lewis
Cornet [Possibly] – Bobby Hackett
Drums – Gene Krupa
Guitar – Allan Reuss
Trombone [Probably] – Vernon Brown
0:52
1-9 Benny Goodman Big Band*– Shine
Composed By – Cecil Mack, Ford Dabney, Lew Brown
Soloist, Drums – Gene Krupa
0:55
1-10 Benny Goodman Combo– Blue Reverie
Baritone Saxophone – Harry Carney
Bass – Harry Goodman
Composed By – Duke Ellington, Harry Carney
Drums – Gene Krupa
Guitar – Allan Reuss
Piano – Jess Stacy
Soprano Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
Trombone – Vernon Brown
Trumpet – Cootie Williams
3:32
1-11 No Artist– Applause; Transition Back To Goodman Orchestra 0:22
1-12 Benny Goodman Big Band*– Life Goes To A Party
Arranged By [Possibly] – Eddie Durham
Composed By – Benny Goodman, Harry James (2)
4:05
1-13 No Artist– Setting Up For Jam Session 0:40
1-14 Benny Goodman 12-Piece Ensemble– Jam Session: Honeysuckle Rose
Baritone Saxophone – Harry Carney
Bass [Rhythm Section] – Walter Page
Clarinet [Rhythm Section] – Benny Goodman
Composed By – Andy Razaf, Thomas "Fats" Waller*
Drums [Rhythm Section] – Gene Krupa
Guitar [Rhythm Section] – Freddie Green
Soloist, Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
Soloist, Piano, Piano [Rhythm Section] – Count Basie
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Lester Young
Soloist, Trumpet – Buck Clayton
Trumpet – Harry James (2)
16:42
1-15 No Artist– Applause; Setting Up & Tuning Up For BG Small Groups 1:00
1-16 Benny Goodman Trio– Body And Soul
Composed By – Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour
3:10
1-17 No Artist– Applause As Lionel Hampton Enters 0:27
1-18 Benny Goodman Quartet*– Avalon
Composed By – Al Jolson, B. G. Desylva*, Vincent Rose
4:04
1-19 Benny Goodman Quartet*– The Man I Love
Composed By – George And Ira Gershwin*
3:35
1-20 Benny Goodman Quartet*– I Got Rhythm
Composed By – George And Ira Gershwin*
4:51
1-21 No Artist– Pause Track 0:06
2-1 Benny Goodman Big Band*– Blue Skies
Composed By – Irving Berlin
Soloist, Tenor Saxophone – Art Rollini*
3:14
2-2 Benny Goodman Big Band*– Loch Lomond
Arranged By – Claude Thornhill
Soloist, Vocals – Martha Tilton
Vocals – Benny Goodman
Written-By – Traditional Scottish*
3:04
2-3 Benny Goodman– Applause; Benny Goodman's "No Encore" Announcement 1:14
2-4 Benny Goodman Big Band*– Blue Room
Composed By – Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart*
Soloist, Trumpet – Chris Griffin (3)
2:36
2-5 Benny Goodman Big Band*– Swingtime In The Rockies
Composed By – Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy
2:38
2-6 No Artist– Applause; Martha Tilton Returns To Stage 0:21
2-7 Benny Goodman Big Band*– Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
Adapted By [With English Lyrics] – Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin
Composed By – Sholom Secunda
Lyrics By [Yiddish] – Jacob Jacobs
Soloist, Vocals – Martha Tilton
3:54
2-8 No Artist– Applause; Setting Up For BG Small Groups 0:32
2-9 Benny Goodman Trio– China Boy
Composed By – Dick Winfree, Philadelphia Boutelje*
4:45
2-10 Benny Goodman Quartet*– Stompin' At The Savoy
Composed By – Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson
5:55
2-11 Benny Goodman Quartet*– Applause; BG Quartet Continues But Changes Program 0:24
2-12 Benny Goodman Quartet*– Dizzy Spells
Composed By – Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson
5:37
2-13 No Artist– Applause; Transition Back To Goodman Orchestra For Finale 0:41
2-14 Benny Goodman Big Band*– Sing Sing Sing (With A Swing)
Composed By – Louis Prima
12:02
2-15 No Artist– Applause Until Encores 1:03
2-16 Benny Goodman Big Band*– If Dreams Come True
Arranged By – Edgar Sampson
Composed By – Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Irving Mills
2:34
2-17 No Artist– Applause For Second Encore 0:21
2-18 Benny Goodman Big Band*– Encore: Big John's Special
Composed By, Arranged By – Horace Henderson
Soloist [On Bridge] – Benny Goodman
3:41
2-19 No Artist– Pause Track 0:06
Benny Goodman 1950 Tune-By-Tune Introductions:
2-20 Benny Goodman– Introduction 0:26
2-21 Benny Goodman– Don't Be That Way 0:18
2-22 Benny Goodman– Twenty Years Of Jazz 0:15
2-23 Benny Goodman– Blue Reverie 0:24
2-24 Benny Goodman– Life Goes To A Party 0:27
2-25 Benny Goodman– Body And Soul 0:45
2-26 Benny Goodman– Avalon 0:23
2-27 Benny Goodman– Swingtime In The Rockies 0:17
2-28 Benny Goodman– Conclusion 0:15
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