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Benny Goodman Research Paper

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Benny Goodman was born on May 30, 1909, in Chicago Illinois. He was known as “The King of Swing” to many people during his lifetime. Benny Goodman had to start somewhere though. Benny grew up in a poor Jewish family during his childhood. Benny was ten years old and he was already good at the clarinet. Benny Goodman got his education from the Hull house and started his career. By the age of thirteen, people thought he was good enough that they paid him money to perform jazz music. Later on, he went to join Ben Pollack’s band, and stayed with them for several years. Goodman’s first album, A Jazz Holiday, was released in 1928. This was right before he left the band and moved to New York City the next year. There, he played on the radio,

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