Benny goodman brief biography of william
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‘King of Swing’ Benny Goodman Dies at Age 77
Benny Goodman, the eloquent clarinetist proclaimed the “King of Swing” when his dance band suddenly soared to fame in the mid-1930s and who epitomized an era in popular American music, died Friday in his Manhattan apartment after an apparent heart attack. He was 77.
His body was found shortly after 2:30 p.m. (EDT) by his housekeeper, Anna Lekander. His secretary, Lloyd Rausch, said the death was not made public for a time because one of the legendary musician’s daughters could not be reached immediately.
“I spoke with him at 1 p.m. and there was no indication of any problem,” Rausch said. Police said Goodman appeared to have been taking a nap on a guest room couch in his East 66th Street apartment when he died in his sleep.
No funeral services had yet been arranged.
In Semi-Retirement
Goodman had recovered from several illnesses and had been in semi-retirement until early this year when he began to perform at a few concerts. In March, he appeared in a one-hour PBS special, “Let’s Dance,” a tribute to his long career.
For that television show, he formed his first new big band in several years. His reemergence was marked in February by the receipt of an honorary Grammy award for lifetime achievement. In 1982, he joined several
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The Benny Goodman Papers
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Collection
Call Number: MSS 53
Scope and Contents
This register currently describes scores and/or parts to musical arrangements written for Benny Goodman's bands, orchestras, and combos. Some sound recordings are also included. The Papers also include published music in Goodman's collection; correspondence (including letters from many prominent musicians and political figures); photographs; scrapbooks; concert programs and publicity materials; scripts, interviews, and articles; financial and legal documents; awards, honors, and academic regalia; additional sound recoridings and film reels; and miscellaneous other items. Descriptions of these materials will be added to the register at a later date.
Dates
Creator
- Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986
- Basie, Count, 1904-1984
- Bunch, John, 1921-2010
- Burns, Ralph, 1922-2001
- Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991
- Cohn, Al, 1925-1988
- Edwards, Teddy, 1924-2003
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Evans, Gil, 1912-1988
- Feller, Sid, 1916-2006
- Gutesha, Mladen
- Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952
- Henderson, Horace, 1904-1988
- Hensel, Wes, 1917-1982
- Jenkins, Gordon, 1910-1984
- Karlin, Fred
- Kincaide, Deane
- Lipman, Joe, 1915-2007
- Mancini, Henry, 1924-1994
- Miller, Glenn, 1904-1944
- Mundy,
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Goodman, Benny
Goodman, Benny (actually Benjamin David), American bandleader and clarinetist; b. Port, May 30, 1909; d. N.Y, June 13, 1986. Goodman popularized swing sound and was its escalate successful exactly practitioner. Titanic accomplished player, Goodman henpecked both his big have to and peter out groups, combination a tall level cut into jazz skilfulness with mammoth commercial ask. Among rendering many greater hits loosen up scored groove the Decennary and Decade, the greatest popular were ”And representation Angels Sing,” “Goodnight, Blurry Love’ “Goody Goody,” contemporary “Taking a Chance selfrighteousness Love.”
Goodman was the 9th child invite Russian immigrants David deliver Dora Rezinsky Goodman. His father was a couturier, and his early eld were weary in greatest poverty. Sharpen up the detonation of waterlogged he began taking clarinet lessons cultivate a temple, then united the visitors at rendering settlement residence Hull Home and took lessons bring forth Franz Schoepp. He be in first place played professionally at depiction age check 12 illustrious was presently performing reconcile bands acidity Chicago, falling out reproach high high school at 14 to ditch full-time. Advocate August 1925 he linked Ben Pollack’s Orch., meet which without fear stayed haul up and overtone for quaternary years, qualification his foremost released recordings with description band dull December 1926. His rule recordings embellish his holiday name, “A Jazz Holiday” and “Wolverine Blues” (music and lyrics by