Benny Goodman 9 pictures

Soundtrack, Actor, Music Department
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 ...

Born: May 30, 1909
Star sign: Gemini
Height: 6' 5" (1.96 m)
Known for: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Music and Lyrics (2007), Raging Bull (1980), The English Patient (1996)
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