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Jun 14, 1986 · 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...
Jun 14, 1986 · Benny Goodman, the King of Swing whose clarinet led a generation of music fans into the Big Band era in the 1930's, died yesterday afternoon at his Manhattan apartment, apparently of a heart...
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the mo the United States. His concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938, is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or ...
Statement on the Death of Benny Goodman. Nancy and I are both saddened by the news of Benny Goodman's death, and we send our heartfelt condolences to his family. Benny's swing music came to symbolize the new energy of 20th-century America, and it helped us all through the Great Depression.
Aug 9, 2021 · Benny Goodman, the Chicago-born Big Band ”King of Swing” who introduced jazz to Carnegie Hall and the Soviet Union and was the first musician to bring blacks into a white orchestra, died Friday...
June 14, 1986. Nancy and I are both saddened by the news of Benny Goodman's death, and we send our heartfelt condolences to his family. Benny's swing music came to symbolize the new energy of 20th-century America, and it helped us all through the Great Depression.
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He continued to play the music that defined his lifetime in occasional concert dates until his death in June 1986 of cardiac arrest. He was laid to rest after a short nonsectarian service with around 40 family members and friends in attendance on June 15, 1986 at Long Ridge Cemetery in Stamford, Connecticut.
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