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Goodman's version was a number one pop hit. [3] The song has been recorded by many artists. It was the signature theme of the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner , performed by nightclub singer Jacqueline Fontaine on camera, as well as over the opening and closing credits. [ 4 ]
From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in 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 popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music."
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Jon Hancock: " Benny Goodman – 'The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert' ". ISBN 0-95-624040-2, Prancing Fish Publishing (May 2009) Irving Kolodin: Liner Notes (Benny Goodman – Carnegie Hall Concert) Catherine Tackley: 'Benny Goodman's Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert', Oxford: Oxford University Press 2013 ISBN 978-0-19-539831-1
Goodman used "Let's Dance" as an opening for almost all of his performances, eventually becoming his official theme song. [1] The song was composed by Gregory Stone and Joseph Bonime, with lyrics written by Fanny May Baldridge. Goodman never recorded the theme with the lyrics, although The Modernaires recorded it in a tribute to him in 1954. [2]
The song compares being in love with popular Italian food (pizza and pasta) and has appeared in many movies and series, including Friends, Frasier, and The Simpsons. Ray Fisher - Getty Images ...
On July 6, 1937, "Sing, Sing, Sing" was recorded in Hollywood with Benny Goodman on clarinet; Gene Krupa on drums; Harry James, Ziggy Elman, and Chris Griffin on trumpets; Red Ballard and Murray McEachern on trombones; Hymie Schertzer and George Koenig on alto saxophones; Art Rollini and Vido Musso on tenor saxophone; Jess Stacy on piano; Allan Reuss on guitar; and Harry Goodman on bass.
The song is among Ellington's most popular compositions. [106] Both Benny Goodman and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band charted with the song in 1936. At one point, it was used as the theme song of nine different radio shows. [106] "Just One of Those Things" was introduced by June Knight and Charles Walters in Broadway musical Jubilee. The song was ...