May 30, 1909. Jazz clarinetist and bandleader, born Benjamin David Goodman at Chicago, IL. The King of Swing reigned in popularity, especially in the 1930s and 1940s. His band was the first to play jazz at New Yorks Carnegie Hall. He died June 13, 1986, at New York, NY.

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