Young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a music professor. He is advised to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
Steve Allen
Benny Goodman
Donna Reed
Alice Hammond
Berta Gersten
Mama Goodman
Barry Truex
Benny Goodman (age 16)
Herbert Anderson
John Hammond Jr.
Robert F. Simon
Papa Dave Goodman
Hy Averback
Willard Alexander - Benny's manager
Sammy Davis Sr.
Fletcher Henderson
Dick Winslow
Gil Rodin
Shepard Menken
Harry Goodman
Jack Kruschen
'Murph' Podolsky - riverboat band Mgr.
Wilton Graff
John Hammond Sr.
A Complete Unknown
The Glenn Miller Story
Jersey Boys
Respect
Beyond the Sea
'Round Midnight
Too Late Blues
One Chance
Love Me or Leave Me
Honeydripper
Elvis
Coda
Supersonic
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Ruth & Boaz
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Music of the Heart
Grace Unplugged
The Jazz Singer