BENNY GOODMAN - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 143950
Benny Goodman signs an index card in black ink.
Signature: "Benny Goodman", 5x3 index card. After playing with
bands in the 1920s and early 1930s, Benny Goodman (1909-1986) organized his own
orchestra in 1934.
Price: $140.00
Condition: Lightly soiled, otherwise fine condition
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BENNY GOODMAN
Benny Goodman signs an index card in black ink.
Signature: "Benny Goodman", 5x3 index card. After playing with
bands in the 1920s and early 1930s, Benny Goodman (1909-1986) organized his own
orchestra in 1934. In 1935, he formed the Benny Goodman Trio with Gene Krupa and
Teddy Wilson; it became a quartet in 1936 when Lionel Hampton joined.
Goodman, who became known as "The King of Swing", was the first major
white bandleader to integrate Black and white musicians. Performing on radio
and in motion pictures in addition to recording, his orchestra became
nationally famous. Composers such as Béla Bartók, Aaron Copland, Leonard
Bernstein and Morton Gould wrote music for Goodman. Lightly soiled at lower left
corner. Fine condition.
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