Benny Goodman Info and Links

Here are some links to sites about Benny Goodman and facts about the band. I'll be adding more information about Benny Goodman as I find the time, as well as info about each of my favorite songs of the band. For more information about my "Desert Island Songs" list, check out the intro page.

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Benny Goodman

    Benny Goodman
  • Person or Group: Person
  • Country: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: 1909-05-30
  • Died: 1986-06-13
  • Studio Albums:
    • (1928) A Jazz Holiday
    • (1929) BG and Big Tea in NYC
    • (1929) Benny Goodman and the Giants of Swing
    • (1934) Swinging 34 Vols. 1 & 2
    • (1935) Original Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet Sessions, Vol. 1; After You've Gone
    • (1935) Stomping at the Savoy
    • (1935) The Birth of Swing
    • (1935) Sing, Sing, Sing
    • (1936) Air Play
    • (1937) Roll 'Em, Vol. 2
    • (1937) Roll 'Em, Vol. 1
    • (1938) Mozart Clarinet Quintet (with Budapest String Quartet)
    • (1938) From Spirituals to Swing
    • (1939) Featuring Charlie Christian
    • (1940) Eddie Sauter Arrangements
    • (1941) Swing into Spring
    • (1947) Undercurrent Blues
    • (1948) Swedish Pastry
    • (1950) Sextet
    • (1954) BG in Hi-fi
    • (1955) The Benny Goodman Story Volume 1
    • (1956) The Great Benny Goodman
    • (1956) Mozart Clarinet concerto (with Boston symphomy)
    • (1957) Peggy Lee Sings with Benny Goodman
    • (1958) Benny in Brussels Vols. 1 & 2
    • (1959) The Benny Goodman Treasure Chest
    • (1959) Texaco's Swing into Spring 59
    • (1959) In Stockholm 1959
    • (1960) Swing With Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
    • (1962) Benny Goodman in Moscow
    • (1970) Benny Goodman Today
    • (1977) Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
  • Websites:
  • Notable Songs: (ChuckyG's Favorites in Red)
    (I'm still cleaning up the data used for this list, so ignore duplicates for now please)
    • Sing, Sing, Sing (1938)
    • Solo Flight (1944)
    • Taking A Chance On Love (1943)
    • Why Don't You Do Right? (1943)

    • Selected Album Covers

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