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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.
Tilton initially married Benny Goodman's manager Leonard Vannerson, and they had two sons. [18] She married James Brooks, a test pilot, in 1948. [19] They had a daughter. [18] Tilton was a Republican. [20] On December 8, 2006, Tilton died of natural causes at her Brentwood home. [21]
She married Benny Goodman (d. 1986) [18] in March 1942. [19] Rachel Hammond (1908–2007), [20] who married Richard L. McClenahan. [21] They divorced in February 1942 and she married John Gordon Ferrier Speiden (1900−1970) in May 1942. [22] They also divorced and she married Manley du Pont Breck (1906−1972) in 1961. [23]
The Benny Goodman Story is a 1956 American musical biographical film starring Steve Allen and Donna Reed, written and directed by Valentine Davies, and released by Universal-International. The film was intended as a follow-up to Universal's 1954 hit The Glenn Miller Story , dramatizing a popular bandleader's life.
In March 1943, Lee married Dave Barbour, a guitarist in Goodman's band. [18] Lee said: David joined Benny's band and there was a ruling that no one should fraternize with the girl singer.
Mary Louise Tobin (November 11, 1918 – November 26, 2022) was an American jazz singer and musician. She appeared with Benny Goodman, Bobby Hackett, Will Bradley, and Jack Jenney.
The youngest, Alice, married first Arthur Duckworth in 1927, and then, after divorcing him, the musician Benny Goodman in 1942. Well-known clergyman and peace activist William Sloane Coffin Jr. was a cousin.
After graduating from Moline High School in 1942, he worked with big bands throughout the 1940s, with Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Duke Ellington. In 1952, he married jazz singer Pearl Bailey.