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[5] [6] In the 1930s and 1940s, as jazz and swing music were gaining popularity, it was the more commercially successful white artists Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman who became known as "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Swing" respectively, despite there being more highly regarded contemporary African-American artists. [7]
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". His orchestra did phenomenally well commercially. From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States.
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (5 February 1840 – 24 November 1916) was an American-born British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. [1] Maxim held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons , a mousetrap , and steam pumps .
King of Swing may refer to: Count Basie (1904–1984), American jazz pianist, bandleader, organist, and composer King of Swing, a 1956 album by Count Basie Orchestra; King of Swing (horse), a New Zealand bred and Australian based standardbred harness race horse; Benny Goodman (1909–1986), American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
Although black-owned independent labels competed with the Jewish-owned indie labels in the rhythm and blues era, Jewish entrepreneurs had access to a wide network in popular entertainment that made Jews preeminent in music publishing, talent agencies, A&R, and record distribution. This network wielded considerable influence in American culture ...
Hiram I, king of Tyrus, 980–947 BC; Hiram II, king of Tyrus (modern-day Tyre, Lebanon), 739–730 BC; Hiram Abiff, an appellation in Masonic myth applied to the "skillful man" whom Hiram the king of Tyre sent to make the furnishings of Solomon's temple. 966 BC; Hiram Abas (1932–1990), official in the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey
Hiram Percy Maxim (September 2, 1869 – February 17, 1936) was an American radio pioneer and inventor, and co-founder (with Clarence D. Tuska) of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). Hiram Percy Maxim is credited with inventing and selling the first commercially successful firearm silencer , and also with developing mufflers for internal ...
Klezmer (Yiddish: קלעזמער or כּלי־זמר) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. [1] The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for listening; these would have been played at weddings and other social functions.