Posts Tagged Benny Goodman

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June 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 110

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Sing Sing Sing [Single] (1975) Something like this pops out at you and you grab it. A fiver. Done deal. A mono version of one of the most famous Benny Goodman staples – well three, really but the side A lead single is the one right. And I guess I […]

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August 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Toots Thielemans

Toots Thielemans has died. The 94 year old harmonica virtuoso was also a guitarist and – intriguingly – a whistler. He wrote standards. He played sessions with rock, pop and jazz superstars as well as performing his own shows and leading groups. And even if you haven’t heard the name before you have heard him […]

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March 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Benny Goodman

The King Of Swing. The acceptable face, the calculated position. Goodman was anything but what his name suggests, despite recording Louis Prima’s Sing, Sing, Sing, which allowed the people to dance, dance, dance. A belligerent misogynist, a devil with the drink. To this day people think of Benny Goodman as the Creator of Swing. It […]