Artist: Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman
Aliases
Bennie Goodman's Boys
Benny Goodman & His Boys
Benny Goodman & His Sextet
Benny Goodman & Paris
Benny Goodman Quintet
Benny Goodman Sextet
Benny Goodman Trio
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, featuring Charlie Christian - Benny Goodman Quartet
Benny Goodman's Modernists
The Benny Goodman Quartet
Real name
Benő Guttman
Born
May 30, 1909
Died
June 13, 1986
Country
United States
Member
Peggy Lee   Vocalist Benny Goodman & His Orchestra in 1941-1942
See also
Jess Stacy
Louisiana Rhythm Kings
Ove Lind
Shoji Suzuki
Take a Little Walk With Me

Performances

Originals

Title down Performer Release date Covered by
1 A Smo-o-o-th One Benny Goodman Sextet 1941 (7 artists)
2 Ain't-cha! Glad? Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1933 (3 artists)
3 All the Cats Join In Benny Goodman and His Orchestra with vocal chorus by the Pied Pipers April 20, 1946 (performance date) (9 artists)
4 Bob White Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1937 (7 artists)
5 Darn That Dream Benny Goodman Sextet 1939 (78 artists)
6 Flying Home Benny Goodman Sextet 1975 (67 artists)
7 Good Enough to Keep Benny Goodman & His Sextet 1941 (6 artists)
8 Goodbye Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1935 (58 artists)
9 I Thought About You Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 (94 artists)
10 On a Slow Boat to China Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1948 (51 artists)
11 Soft as Spring Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 (3 artists)

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 A Fine Romance Benny Goodman and Rosemary Clooney 1956 Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
2 A Fine Romance Benny Goodman Sextet 1955 Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
3 A Gal in Calico Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1947 Dennis Morgan [1], Jack Carson and Sally Sweetland
4 After You've Gone Benny Goodman Trio 1935 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
5 All the Cats Join In Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1946 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra with vocal chorus by the Pied Pipers
6 Always Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1935 Irving Kaufman
7 Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Miguel Fleta
8 And the Angels Sing Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 Ziggy Elman
9 April in Paris Benny Goodman & Paris 1967 Evelyn Hoey
10 As Long as I Live Benny Goodman Sextet 1940 Lena Horne and Avon Long
11 Autumn Leaves Benny Goodman & Paris 1967 Yves Montand
12 Avalon The Benny Goodman Quartet 1937 Al Jolson - Emilio De Marchi
13 Bewitched Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest 1941 Vivienne Segal
14 Beyond the Sea Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1948 Harry James and His Orchestra - Roland Gerbeau
15 Blue Skies Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1935 Belle Baker
16 Blues in the Night Benny Goodman & His Sextet 1942 William Gillespie
17 Body and Soul Benny Goodman Trio 1935 Ambrose and His Orchestra
18 Bugle Call Blues Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1934 Friar Society Orchestra
19 C'est magnifique Benny Goodman & Paris 1967 Lilo & Peter Cookson
20 Cabin in the Sky Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1940 Ethel Waters and Dooley Wilson
21 Cherokee Benny Goodman Sextet 1948 Ray Noble and His Orchestra
22 Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp) Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1937 Douglas Richardson
23 Christopher Columbus Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1936 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy
24 Dinah The Benny Goodman Quartet 1936 Eddie Cantor
25 Don't Be That Way Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1938 Chick Webb and His Orchestra
26 Down by the Old Mill Stream Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1940 Brunswick Quartette
27 Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye Benny Goodman Quintet 1945 Nan Wynn
28 Flying Home Benny Goodman Sextet 1939 Benny Goodman Sextet
29 Frenesi Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Lupita Palomera
30 Goodbye Benny Goodman and Rosemary Clooney 1956 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
31 Goody-Goody Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1936 Ted Wallace & His Swing Kings
32 How Deep Is the Ocean? Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1945 Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
33 How High the Moon Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest 1940 Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake
34 How'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm Benny Goodman & Paris 1967
35 I Didn't Know What Time It Was Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar
36 I Don't Know Enough About You Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1946 Peggy Lee
37 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Ivie Anderson
38 I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1933 Lillian Shade
39 I Hear a Rhapsody Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Al Donahue & His Orchestra
40 I Know That You Know Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1936 Beatrice Lillie
41 I Love Paris Benny Goodman & Paris 1967 Lilo
42 I Must Have That Man Benny Goodman Trio 1938 Adelaide Hall
43 I Wish You Love Benny Goodman & Paris 1967 Keely Smith - Charles Trenet
44 I'm Always Chasing Rainbows Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Harry Fox and the Dolly Sisters
45 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Benny Goodman's Modernists 1934 The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
46 Idaho Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1942 Alvino Rey and His Orchestra
47 If Dreams Come True Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1938 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
48 If I Could Be With You Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1936 Eva Taylor
49 It Had to Be You Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 The Ambassadors [2]
50 It's Always You Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest 1941 Bing Crosby
51 It's Only a Paper Moon Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1945 Claire Carleton
52 Japanese Sandman Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1935 Paul Whiteman & His Ambassador Orchestra
53 Jersey Bounce Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1942 Earl Hines and His Orchestra
54 Jumpin' at the Woodside Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 Count Basie and His Orchestra
55 June Is Bustin' Out All Over Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1945 Christine Johnson, Jean Darling and Ensemble
56 King Porter Stomp Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1935 Jelly Roll Morton
57 Lazy River Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
58 Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Irene Bordoni and Arthur Margetson
59 Limehouse Blues Benny Goodman & His Sextet 1941 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
60 Liza The Benny Goodman Quartet 1937 Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler
61 Love Is Just Around the Corner Benny Goodman Sextet 1948 Bing Crosby
62 Mahzel Benny Goodman and His Orchestra May 1947 Artie Wayne with The Crewchiefs & Andy Phillips Orchestra
63 Memories of You Benny Goodman and Rosemary Clooney 1956 Minto Cato
64 Moon Glow The Benny Goodman Quartet 1936 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra
65 More Than You Know Benny Goodman Trio 1936 Mayo Methot
66 Muskrat Scramble Benny Goodman & His Boys 1930 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
67 My Blue Heaven Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1946 Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
68 My Old Flame Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1945 Mae West & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
69 Night and Day Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1940 Fred Astaire
70 Nobody's Sweetheart Benny Goodman Trio 1936 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
71 Oh Babe Benny Goodman & His Sextet November 1950 Louis Prima and Keely Smith
72 Perfidia Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Lupita Palomera con La Lira San Cristóbal
73 Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) Benny Goodman Sextet 1939 Prince's Band
74 Sing, Sing, Sing Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1937 Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang
75 Solitude Benny Goodman's Modernists 1934 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
76 Someday Sweetheart Benny Goodman Trio 1935 Alberta Hunter
77 Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1942 Four Tones and Eddie Beal Trio
78 Sometimes I'm Happy Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1935 Charles King & Louise Groody
79 Star Dust Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1936 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
80 Stealin' Apples Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1940 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
81 Stompin' at the Savoy Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1936 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
82 Sweet Georgia Brown The Benny Goodman Quartet 1938 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
83 Taking a Chance on Love Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1940 Ethel Waters
84 Thanks for the Memory Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1938 Bob Hope & Shirley Ross
85 The Birth of the Blues Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
86 The Glory of Love Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1936 Willie Bryant and His Orchestra
87 The Huckle Buck Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1949 Roy Milton and His Solid Senders - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra
88 The Lady's in Love With You Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
89 The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise The Benny Goodman Quartet 1943
90 There'll Be Some Changes Made Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 Ethel Waters
91 There's a Small Hotel Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1936 Doris Carson, Ray Bolger
92 Undecided Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
93 Where or When Benny Goodman & His Sextet 1942 Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green
94 Why Don't You Do Right? Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1942 Lil Green & Her Trio - Harlem Hamfats
95 Wolverine Blues Bennie Goodman's Boys 1928 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
96 You Don't Know What Love Is Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1942 Carol Bruce

Songs written by

Original songs

Title down Written by Covered by
1 A Smo-o-o-th One Benny Goodman (7 artists)
2 Don't Be That Way Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish, Edgar M. Sampson (68 artists)
3 Flying Home Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sid Robin (67 artists)
4 Good Enough to Keep Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Jimmy Mundy [1] (6 artists)
5 If Dreams Come True Benny Goodman, Irving Mills, Edgar M. Sampson (57 artists)
6 Stomping at the Savoy Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar M. Sampson, Chick Webb (106 artists)

Adapted songs

Title down Written by Originals Covered by
1 Two O'Clock Jump Benny Goodman, Harry James One O'clock Jump (5 artists)

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Charlie Christian Live! With the Benny Goodman Sextet - 1940 Benny Goodman Sextet 1975 Jazz Archives
2 Date with the King Benny Goodman and Rosemary Clooney 1956 Columbia
3 The Famous 1938 Carneige Hall Jazz Concert Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1950 Columbia
4 Listen to the Magic Benny Goodman & Paris 1967 Command Records

Audio single

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 A Fine Romance Benny Goodman Sextet 1955 Columbia
2 A Jazz Holiday Bennie Goodman's Boys 1928 Vocalion
3 After a While Benny Goodman & His Boys 1930 Brunswick Records
4 All the Cats Join In Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1946 Columbia
5 Always Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1935 Victor
6 And the Angels Sing Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 Victor
7 As Long as I Live Benny Goodman Sextet 1940 Columbia
8 Avalon The Benny Goodman Quartet 1937 Victor
9 Benjie's Bubble Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1947 Columbia
10 Bewitched Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest 1941 Columbia
11 Beyond the Moon Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia
12 The Birth of the Blues Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Columbia
13 Blue Skies Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1946 Columbia
14 Blues in the Night Benny Goodman & His Sextet 1942 OKeh
15 Bob White Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1937 Victor
16 Body and Soul Benny Goodman Trio 1935 Victor
17 Bugle Call Rag Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1934 Columbia
18 Cabin in the Sky Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia
19 Cherokee Benny Goodman Sextet 1948 Capitol Records
20 Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp) Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1937 Victor
21 Christopher Columbus Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1936 Victor
22 Clarinade Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1945 Columbia
23 Darn That Dream Benny Goodman Sextet 1939 Columbia
24 Dear Old Southland Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1935 Victor
25 Don't Be That Way Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1938 Victor
26 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Benny Goodman Quintet 1945 Columbia
27 Fable of the Rose Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest 1940 Columbia
28 Flying Home Benny Goodman Sextet 1939 Columbia
29 For Every Man There's a Woman Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1948 Capitol Records
30 Good Enough to Keep Benny Goodman & His Sextet 1941 Columbia
31 Good-Bye Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1935 Victor
32 Goody-Goody Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1936 Victor
33 Hard to Get Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Columbia
34 The Huckle Buck Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1949 Capitol Records
35 I Didn't Know What Time It Was Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 Columbia
36 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Columbia
37 I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1933 Columbia
38 I Hear a Rhapsody Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Columbia
39 I Know That You Know Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1936 Victor
40 I Must Have That Man Benny Goodman Trio 1938 Victor
41 I Want to Be Loved Benny Goodman and His Orchestra May 1947 Capitol Records
42 If I Had You Benny Goodman & His Sextet 1941 OKeh
43 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Benny Goodman's Modernists 1934 Melotone
44 I'm Gonna Love That Guy Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1945 Columbia
45 Intermezzo (A Love Story) Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Columbia
46 It Had to Be You Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 Victor
47 Jersey Bounce Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1942 OKeh
48 King Porter Stomp Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1935 Victor
49 The Lady's in Love With You Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 Victor
50 Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 OKeh
51 Life Goes to a Party Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1938 Victor
52 Liza The Benny Goodman Quartet 1937 Victor
53 Make With the Kisses Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 Columbia
54 Moon Glow The Benny Goodman Quartet 1936 Victor
55 More Than You Know Benny Goodman Trio 1936 Victor
56 My Blue Heaven Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1946 Columbia
57 My Old Flame Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1945 Columbia
58 Oh Babe Benny Goodman & His Sextet November 1950 Columbia
59 Oh! Look at Me Now Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Columbia
60 On a Slow Boat to China Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1948 Capitol Records
61 Perfidia Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Columbia
62 Sing, Sing, Sing Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1937 Victor
63 Soft as Spring Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Columbia
64 Solo Flight - The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, featuring Charlie Christian - Benny Goodman Quartet 1943 Columbia
65 Somebody Stole My Gal Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Columbia
66 Someday Sweetheart Benny Goodman Trio 1935 Victor
67 Star Dust - Star Dust Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 1936 Victor
68 Stealin' Apples Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia
69 Stompin' at the Savoy Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1936 Victor
70 Sweet Georgia Brown The Benny Goodman Quartet 1938 Victor
71 Take Me Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1942 Columbia
72 Thanks for the Memory Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1938 Victor
73 There'll Be Some Changes Made Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 Columbia
74 There's a Small Hotel Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 1936 Brunswick Records
75 Undecided Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1939 Victor
76 Why Don't You Do Right? Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1942 Columbia
77 You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1936 Victor
78 You Don't Know What Love Is Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1942 OKeh
79 You Lucky People, You Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1941 Columbia
80 Yours Is My Heart Alone Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1940 Columbia

Tributes

Title Performer Release date down Label
1 A Tribute to Benny Goodman Peanuts Hucko and the All Stars 1955 Waldorf Music Hall
2 A Tribute to Benny Goodman Peanuts Hucko and the All Stars 1956 Grand Award
3 Tribute to Benny Goodman Jess Stacy and the Famous Sidemen 1956 Atlantic Records
4 Buddy DeFranco Plays Benny Goodman Buddy DeFranco 1958 Verve
5 Benny Goodman Favorites Dave Shepherd Quintet 1969 Fontana
6 Benny Goodman Classics Dave Shepherd 1975 Black Lion
7 Swingin' for the King - A Tribute to Benny Goodman Bob Wilber and the Phontastic Swing Band 1979 Phontastic
8 In Goodmansland Sylvia Vrethammar, Georgie Fame 1983 Sonet
9 A Tribute to the Benny Goodman Quartet Erstrand-Lind Quartet 1987 Opus 3 Records
10 For Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman Kenny Burrell 1990 Verve
11 A Tribute to Benny Goodman - Memories of You Terry Gibbs/Buddy DeFranco/Herb Ellis Sextet 1992 Contemporary
12 Benny Rides Again Eddie Daniels and Gary Burton 1992 GRP Records
13 Reflections on the Art of Swing Harry Skoler 1996 Brownstone Recordings
14 Last Swing of the Century - The Big Band Music of Benny Goodman Ken Peplowski June 22, 1999 Concord Jazz
15 Memories of You - Barbara Jay Sings Songs Made Famous by Benny Goodman Barbara Jay 2000 Tee-Jay
16 With Benny in Mind Allan Vaché March 13, 2007 Arbors Records

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