Benny Goodman (I) (1909–1986) |
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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 ...
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Soundtrack (157 credits)
Soundtrack (157 credits)
2015
American Horror Story
(TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes)
- Mommy
(2015)
... (performer: "Body and Soul" - as Benny Goodman Trio, uncredited)
- Chutes and Ladders
(2015)
... (performer: "Body and Soul" - as Benny Goodman Trio, uncredited)
- Checking In
(2015)
... (performer: "Body and Soul" - as Benny Goodman Trio, uncredited)
2014
Dancing with the Stars
(TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Finals: Part 1
(2014)
... ("Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)")
2014
Manhattan
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Gun Model
(2014)
... (performer: "Darktown Strutter's Ball" - uncredited)
2014
The Marty Stuart Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jesse McReynolds
(2014)
... (writer: "Air Mail Special" - uncredited)
2013
Waterloo Road
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Don't Mention the War
(2013)
... (performer: "Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye")
2013
Average Consumer
(TV Series short) (performer - 1 episode)
- "The Great Gatsby" Review
(2013)
... (performer: "You're a Sweet Little Headache")
Banda sonora
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 2012) (performer - 1 episode, 2008)
- Episode #8.8
(2012)
... (writer: "Flying Home")
- Episode #3.13
(2008)
... (performer: "Roll'em")
Mildred Pierce
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011)
- Part Four
(2011)
... (performer: "Stompin' At The Savoy") / (writer: "Stompin' At The Savoy")
2010
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Best Band in the Land
(2010)
... (performer: "Unidentified Tune" - uncredited)
2010
Frankie Manning: Ambassador of the Lindy Hop
(Video documentary short) (writer: "Stompin' At The Savoy")
2010
Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 9 July 2010
(2010)
... (performer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
- Episode dated 1 May 2010
(2010)
... (performer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
2010
The Pacific
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Home
(2010)
... (performer: "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place")
2005-2009
Cold Case
(TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes)
- WASP
(2009)
... (performer: "Sing Sing Sing")
- World's End
(2007)
... (performer: "You Can't Put The Wool Over My Eyes")
- Colors
(2005)
... (performer: "Gotta Be This or That")
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(Video documentary) (performer: "Why Don't You Do Right?" - uncredited)
2008
Me and Orson Welles
(performer: "This Year's Kisses", "Sing, Sing, Sing", "In a Sentimental Mood (Instrumental)")
2007
The War
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (1 episode)
- When Things Get Tough: January 1943 - December 1943
(2007)
... ("Sing, Sing, Sing")
2007
Big Love
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Kingdom Come
(2007)
... (performer: "A String of Pearls" - uncredited)
2000-2007
The Sopranos
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Remember When
(2007)
... (performer: "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)")
- Do Not Resuscitate
(2000)
... (performer: "Goodnight, My Love" - uncredited)
2007
Music and Lyrics
(performer: "Flying Home", "Rose Room", "It's Tight Like That") / (writer: "Flying Home")
2005-2006
So You Think You Can Dance
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Top 10 Perform
(2006)
... (performer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
- Top 10
(2005)
... (performer: "Sing, Sing, Sing")
2005
Poirot
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Mystery of the Blue Train
(2005)
... (performer: "Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)")
2005
Carnivàle
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Road to Damascus
(2005)
... (performer: "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" - uncredited)
2004
Independent Lens
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew
(2004)
... (writer: "Airmail Special" - as Goodman)
2003
Miss Match
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Pilot
(2003)
... (performer: "Sing Sing Sing" - uncredited)
2002
Livshunger
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(2002)
... (music: "IF DREAMS COME TRUE")
2001
Great Performances: Dance in America
(TV Series) (1 episode)
- From Broadway: Fosse
(2001)
... ("Sing, Sing, Sing")
1999
California's Gold
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Muscle Beach
(1999)
... (writer: "Don't Be That Way" - uncredited)
1999
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley
(1999)
... (performer: "I Must Have That Man" - uncredited)
1998
The X Files
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Triangle
(1998)
... (performer: "Sing, Sing, Sing" - uncredited)
1997
Deconstructing Harry
(performer: "Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)" (1936), "Christopher Columbus" (1936))
1995
The Grass Harp
(performer: "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Close Your Eyes", "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me", "Don't Be That Way", "Somebody Stole My Gal") / (writer: "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Don't Be That Way")
1994
Baseball
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes)
- The National Pastime
(1994)
... (performer: "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)")
- Shadow Ball
(1994)
... (performer: "King Porter Stomp")
1993
Swing Kids
(performer: "Bugle Call Rag", "Swingtime in the Rockies", "Flat Foot Floogee", "Goodnight, My Love") / (writer: "Life Goes to a Party", "Swingtime in the Rockies")
1992
Northern Exposure
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Things Become Extinct
(1992)
... (performer: "Memories of You")
1991
American Experience
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Coney Island
(1991)
... (performer: "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)")
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1988) (writer - 1 episode, 1979)
- Tom Hanks/Randy Travis
(1988)
... (performer: "Sing Sing Sing " - uncredited)
- Steve Martin/Blondie
(1979)
... (writer: "Stompin' at the Savoy")
1987
Screen Two
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow
(1987)
... (music: "Flying Home" - uncredited)
1976
The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Original Rompin' Stompin' Hot and Heavy, Cool and Groovy All Star Jazz Show
(1976)
... (music: "Stompin' at the Savoy")
1969-1970
Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Clarke-Boland, Teddy Wilson, Newport All-Stars, Oscar Peterson
(1970)
... (writer: "Flyin' Home")
- George Chisholm and Kenny Baker All-Stars
(1969)
... (writer: "If Dreams Come True")
1970
Happy Days
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2
(1970)
... (writer: "Don't Be That Way" - uncredited)
1967
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
(TV Special) (music: "Stompin' at the Savoy" - uncredited) / (writer: "Don't Be That Way" - uncredited)
The Danny Kaye Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1966) (performer - 1 episode, 1965)
- Episode #4.15
(1966)
... (writer: "Stompin' at the Savoy")
- Benny Goodman, Caterina Valente
(1965)
... (performer: "Poor Butterfly", "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise", "Hi Ya, Sophia")
1963
The Lively Ones
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Jaye P. Morgan, Benny Goodman, Professor Irwin Corey
(1963)
... (performer: "I've Found a New Baby")
1958
Jazz Party
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- Episode #1.23
(1958)
... (writer: "Air Mail Special")
- Episode #1.22
(1958)
... (writer: "Stompin' at the Savoy" - uncredited)
- Episode #1.20
(1958)
... (writer: "Stompin' at the Savoy")
1958
Studio One
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Music U.S.A.
(1958)
... (performer: "Poor Butterfly", "Chinatown, My Chinatown", "Avalon")
1957
The Perry Como Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Tony Bennett, Edie Adams, Diana Dors, Jackie Miles, Benny Goodman
(1957)
... (performer: "Sing, Sing, Sing" - uncredited)
1957
The DuPont Show of the Month
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Crescendo
(1957)
... (performer: "Rule, Britannia" - as The Benny Goodman Orchestra)
1956
The Benny Goodman Story
("Original Dixieland One Step") / (performer: "Goodbye") / (writer: "Don't Be That Way", "Stompin' At the Savoy")
1955
Show Time at the Apollo
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jazz Time
... (writer: "Air Mail Special")
Omnibus
(TV Series) (1 episode, 1955) (performer - 1 episode, 1953)
- The Jazz World
(1955)
... ("Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs")
- While the Tide Was Rising
(1953)
... (performer: "Memories of You", "Nice Work If You Can Get It", "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise")
1953
I Love Lucy
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined
(1953)
... (writer: "Stompin' at the Savoy")
1952
The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Peggy Lee, Earl Wild
(1952)
... (music: "Stompin' at the Savoy")
1949
Toast of the Town
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.44
(1949)
... (writer: "Flying Home" - uncredited)
1948
A Song Is Born
(performer: "Anitra's Boogie", "Stealin' Apples" (1936), "Flying Home" (1939) - uncredited) / (writer: "Flying Home" (1939) - uncredited)
1944
Sweet and Low-Down
(arranger: "Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581" (1789) - uncredited) / (music: "Rachel's Dream" (1939), "Stompin' at the Savoy" (1934) - uncredited) / (performer: "I'm Making Believe" (1944), "Hey Bub! Let's Have a Ball" (1944), "Rachel's Dream" (1939) (uncredited), "Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581" (1789) (uncredited))
1943
The Gang's All Here
(performer: "Minnie's in the Money", " (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo", "Paducah" - uncredited) / (writer: "Soft Winds" - uncredited)
1937
Hollywood Hotel
("I've Got a Heartful of Music" (1937), uncredited) / (arranger: "Satan's Holiday" (1934) - uncredited)
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