TV Guide: Online Video Guide Benny Goodman

Hollywood Hotel -- (Movie Clip) Hooray For Hollywood!

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:59:46 -0500

Rousing opening number with the Benny Goodman band, Gene Krupa, Johnnie Davis (on trumpet) and Frances Langford (vocals) performing "Hooray for Hollywood" by Dick Whiting and Johnny Mercer, from Hollywood Hotel, 1938.

Ken Burns: Jazz: Swing: Pure Pleasure (1935-1937)

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:45:45 -0500

As the Great Depression drags on, jazz comes as close as it has ever come to being America's popular music. It has a new name, Swing, and for millions of young fans, it will be the defining music of their generation. Benny Goodman is hailed as the "King of Swing" and Billie Holiday begins her career as the greatest of all female jazz singers.

Ken Burns: Jazz: Our Language (1924-1929)

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:45:45 -0500

In the 1920s, jazz is everywhere, and for the first time soloists and singers take center stage. We meet Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues; Bix Beiderbecke, the first great white jazz star; and Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, for whom jazz offers a chance to escape the ghetto and achieve their dreams. Duke Ellington appears at the Cotton Club and Louis Armstrong performs his masterpiece, "West End Blues."

The Benny Goodman Story - (Original Trailer)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:00:50 -0500

Steve Allen stars in the story of the Swing Era legend, The Benny Goodman Story (1956) co-starring Donna Reed.