Born on this day – Benny Goodman:

Benny Goodman

Clarinetist

Composer

Bandleader

Actor

May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986

Credits:

Albums:

At Click 1948 (1992); B.G. in Hi-Fi (1954); Bangkok 1956 (1997); Bartók Contrasts Mikrokosmos (1991); Bartók: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet & Piano (1940); Basel 1959 (1997); Benny Goodman - Let’s Dance (2012); Benny Goodman at the Tivoli (1990); Benny Goodman Combos (1955); Benny Goodman On Planet Swing (2012); Benny Goodman Sextet Session (1946); Benny in Brussels (1958); BG and Big Tea in NYC (1929); Blue Moon (1936) (2000); Body & Soul (2011); Complete Jazz Series 1946 – 1947 (2009); Live At Carnegie Hall (2008); Live at Carnegie Hall: 40th Anniversary Concert (1978); Meeting at the Summit (2015); Mozart At Tanglewood (1997); New Sextet Sessions (2003); Nielsen & Aho Clarinet Concertos (2007); One O'Clock Jump (2010); Peggy Lee Sings with Benny Goodman (1957); Roll 'Em, Vol. 2 (1937); Sing, Sing, Sing (2010); Swing Greats: Benny Goodman (2008); Swinging 34 Vols. 1 & 2 (1934); The Benny Goodman Band (2006); The Benny Goodman Story, Vol. 1 (1955); The Benny Goodman Treasure Chest (1959); The Birth of Swing (1991); The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950); The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, Vol.2 (2012); The Yale University Archives, Volume 4: Big Band Recordings (2009); Timeless Jazz: Benny Goodman, Vol. 1 (2011); Volume 15: 1943 (2012).

Songs:

All the Cats Join In; Always and Always; Begin The Beguine; Bugle Call Rag; Chicago; Don't Be That Way; Exactly Like You; If I Had You; Jersey Bounce; Jingle Bells; King Porter Stomp; Memories Of You; Moonglow; On the Sunny Side of the Street; One O'Clock Jump; Sing Sing Sing; Sing, Sing, Sing; Someday Sweetheart; Stompin' At The Savoy; Sugar Foot Stomp; Swingtime in the Rockies; That’s a Plenty; Theme - Let's Dance; We’ll Meet Again; Where Or When; Whispering; Why Don’t You Do Right?; Winter Weather; You're a Sweet Little Headache.

Movies and television:

A League of Their Own (1992 / 2022); A Song Is Born (1948); ABC's Nightlife (1965); African Patrol (1958); After You've Gone (1946); Ahto. Chasing a Dream (2018); Air Mail Special (1941); Åke Hasselgård story (1983); Akkaa päälle (1996); All the Cats Join In (1946); All You Need Is Love (1977); Allen in Movieland (1955); Alleyn Mysteries (1993); Allied (2016); Amanda (2018); American Experience (1991); American Horror Story (2015); American Masters (1993–1999); American Modern Art: The Secret Weapon of the Cold War (2019); Army of Shadows (1969); August (2008); Automatic at Sea (2016); Average Consumer (2013); Banda sonora (2008–2012); Baseball (1994); Below (2002); Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra (1929); Benny Goodman Orchestra (1957); Benny Goodman: Legends in Concert - The Last Performance (2004); Benny Goodman: Let's Dance - A Musical Tribute (1986); Benny Goodman's Greatest Hits (1997); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Big Band Treasures (2008); Big Business (1988); Big Love (2007); Bill W. (2012); Billie (2019); Biography (1998); Bio's Bahnhof (1981); Birth of the Blues (1941); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Ça va plaire (1980); Caesar's Hour (1954); Café Society (2016); California's Gold (1999); Cari fottutissimi amici (1994); Carnegie Hall Salutes Jack Benny (1961); Carnivàle (2005); Celebrity Time (1952); Cesar Chavez (2014); Cinderella Man (2005); Cold Case (2005–2009); Country Music (2019); Crooked Lines (2003); Crossing Delancey (1988); Dancing with the Stars (2014); Deconstructing Harry (1997); Diff'rent Strokes (1984); Drei mal neun (1971); End of the Spear (2005); Evening at Pops (1974); Exit (2023); Exorcist: The Beginning (2004); F.I.S.T. (1978); Fanfare for America: The Composer Aaron Copland (2001); Fantasma d'amore (1981); Finding Your Feet (2017); Florence Foster Jenkins (2016); For Auld Lang Syne (1938); Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (1953); Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim (1967); Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time (1990); Frankie Manning: Ambassador of the Lindy Hop (2010); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Gala Performance (1964); George Hall and His Orchestra (1937); Girl on the Bridge (1999); Glorious 39 (2009); Going West (2017); Good Morning America (1979); Great Performances (1976–2005); Great Performances: Dance in America (2001); Happy Days (1970); Hart's War (2002); Here (2024); Hi, Gang! (1941); Hollywood at War: A Compilation of War Time Shorts (1980); Hollywood Ending (2002); Hollywood Hotel (1937); Hollywoodland (2006); Hope and Glory (1987); How to Make an American Quilt (1995); I Capture the Castle (2003); I Love Lucy (1953); I'll Get By (1950); Illinois Special: I Remember Illinois (1968); Impossible Peace (2017); In the Mood (1987); Independent Lens (2004); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Io sono Tony Scott, ovvero come l'Italia fece fuori il più grande clarinettista del jazz (2010); It's in the Stars (1938); Jazz (2001); Jazz Party (1958); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1969–1970); Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew (2002); Joe Albany... a Jazz Life (1980); John Gunther's High Road (1959); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Kreisler Bandstand (1951); Laguna Heat (1987); Late Night Line-Up (1968); Le grand échiquier (1972); Little Boy (2015); Live Hampton (1983); Livshunger (2002); Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers (2010); Love on Tap (1939); Lucky Luke (1991); Mad Men (2009); Mafia II (2010); Make Mine Music (1946); Malcolm X (1992); Manhattan (2014); Man-Proof (1938); Me (1987); Me and Orson Welles (2008); Me and the Boys (1929); Melba Moore: Live in Concert (2007); Melody Time (1946); Memphis Belle (1990); Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010); Mildred Pierce (2011); Miss Mary (1986); Miss Match (2003); Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008); Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not (1978); Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front (2006); Mona Lisa Smile (2003); Monsanto Night Presents Benny Goodman (1974); Mr. Saturday Night (1992); Music and Lyrics (2007); Music Land (1955); My Fellow Americans (1996); My Music: Starlight Ballroom (2015); My Music: The Big Band Years (2009); NCIS (2019); NDR Jazz Workshops (1959–1960); New York Stories (1989); No Way Out (2023); Northern Exposure (1992); Omnibus / Segment: Jazz Stylings (1953); Our World (1987); Parkinson (1971); Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1957–1959); Person to Person (1954); Peter Pan (1953); Poirot (2005); Pollock (2000); Power (1986); Private Parts (1997); Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013); Queer (2024); Quidam dégomme (2007); Radio Days (1987); Raggedy Man (1981); Raging Bull (1980); Reinvention (1998); Rogue Heroes (2022); Saturday Night Live (1979–1988); Save the Tiger (1973); Screen Two (1987); Show Time at the Apollo (1955); Showtime, U.S.A. (1950); Signature (1981); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Sinner Take All (1936); Six by Sondheim (2013); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Slither (1973); Small Time Crooks (2000); So You Think You Can Dance (2005–2006); Soft Lights and Sweet Music (1960); Soundstage (1975–1978); Springtime in the Rockies (1942); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Star 80 (1983); Star of the Family (1951); Star Time (1950); Stardust Memories (1980); Studio One (1958); Sunday Night (1966); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); Swing Into Spring! (1959); Swing Kids (1993); Syncopation (1942); tap tap tap (2015); Television (1988); Television: The Enchanted Mirror (1981); The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (1999); The 28th Annual Grammy Awards (1986); The 32nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1958); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 7th Annual American Music Awards (1980); The All-Star Christmas Show (1958); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Present a Salute to Cary Grant (1982); The Atomic Cafe (1982); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960–1967); The Benny Goodman Story (1956); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); The Big Party (1959); The Big Record (1957); The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1976); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Confessional (1995); The Danny Kaye Show (1965–1966); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1960); The Drummer Man (1947); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957); The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1960); The English Patient (1996); The Faye Emerson Show (1950); The Future (2011); The Game (1997); The Gang's All Here (1943); The Garry Moore Show (1959); The Grass Harp (1995); The Hudsucker Proxy (1994); The Intern (2015); The Jackie Gleason Show (1953); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1952); The Kate Smith Hour (1957); The Ken Murray Show (1951); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1982); The Ladies Sing the Blues (1989); The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998); The Lively Ones (1963); The Lonely Night (1954); The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018); The March of Time, Vol. 10, No. 5: Upbeat in Music (1943); The Marrying Man (1991); The Martha Raye Show (1955); The Marty Stuart Show (2014); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The Messiah (2023); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1978); The Myth of Fingerprints (1997); The Notebook (2004); The Pacific (2010); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1952); The Plot Against America (2020); The Powers Girl (1943); The Pride of St. Louis (1952); The Restorers (They Were All Volunteers); (2011); The Road to Victory (1944); The Shining Future (1944); The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV (2000); The Six Triple Eight (2024); The Sopranos (2000–2007); The South Bank Show (1988–1993); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957); The Stork Club (1950); The Stratton Story (1949); The Subject Is Jazz (1958); The Tonight Show (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 25th Anniversary Special (1987); The War (2007); The Water Horse (2007); The World of Benny Goodman (1963); The X-Files (1998); They All Laughed (1981); This Is Your Life (1973); Timex All-Star Swing Festival (1972); Tove (2020); True Confessions (1981); Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (2008); Two Shadows (1938); U-571 (2000); Washington Square (1957); Waterloo Road (2013); We, the People (1949); Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961); What's My Line? (1950–1962); When Harry Met Sally... (1989); While New York Sleeps (1938); Wish for Christmas (2019); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951); World's Most Expensive Hobby (2017); Yarasa Adam Betmen (1973); Zoot Suit (1981).

Born on this day – Meredith Willson:

Meredith Willson

Flutist

Composer

Conductor

Musical arranger

Bandleader

Writer

May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984

Credits:

Books:

And There I Stood with My Piccolo (1948); But He Doesn’t Know the Territory (1959); Eggs I Have Laid (1955).

Movies and television:

7th Heaven (2003); 9-1-1 (2018); A Christmas Story (1983); A Shoe Addict's Christmas (2018); A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011); Action (1999); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); All Star Revue (1952–1953); Ally McBeal (1997–2000); Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas (1981); AM HQ Weekend (2025); Arthur Godfrey Time (1958); Bandstand (1963); Bara du & jag (1994); BBC Proms (2012); Behind the Candelabra (2013); Being Erica (2010); Bernie (2011); Best of the Worst (2018); Bordertown (1989); Boston Legal (2005); Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016); Broadway on Broadway (2000); Bust Down (2022); Call the Midwife (2013); Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway (1969); Cavalcade of Books (1948–1974); Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas - Live from Dublin (2012); Christmas Carole (2022); Christmas Connection (2017); Christmas Evil (1980); Christmas Tree Lane (2020); Cinematic Excrement (2012); Conan (2011); Coup de Chance (2023); Czar of Broadway (1930); Dark Skies (1996); Day by Day (1988); De Mike Burstyn show (1980); Dear Santa (2024); Disneyland '59 (1959); Dollywood: A Memory Worth Repeating (1996); Doom Patrol (2022); Duplex (2003); Emily's First 100 Days of School (2006); Fame (1983); Family Guy (2006); First Man (2018); Flikken Maastricht (2010); Four Christmases (2008); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); George Jessel Show (1959); Girls on Top (1985); Godmothered (2020); Great Performances (2001–2014); Happy-Go-Lucky (1936); He Doesn't Know the Territory (2018); Here's Hollywood (1961); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1993); Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992); I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978); IT: Welcome to Derry (2025); I've Got a Secret (1958–1963); I've Got a Secret (1963); Kirstie's Crafty Christmas (2013); Kirstie's Handmade Britain (2011); Kirstie's Handmade Christmas (2018); Krampus (2015); Last Ounce of Courage (2012); Laverne & Shirley (1981); Leipzig Homicide (2023); Lipstick on Your Collar (1993); M*A*S*H (1978); Make the Connection (1955); Merry & Bright (2019); Michael Bublé: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (2021); Michael Buble's Christmas in the City (2021); Miracle on 34th Street (1994); Monsanto Presents Mancini (1971); Moonlighting (1986); Mr. Belvedere (1986–1988); Mr. Miracle (2014); MsMojo (2021); Murphy Brown (1998); My Gift: Piolo Pascual First Time in Concert (2004); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1991–2022); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Noelle (2019); Nurses (1993); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1991); Peacock Alley (1930); Perry Como's Christmas in Paris (1982); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1959–1960); Play Dirty (2025); Radio City Christmas Spectacular (2007); Radio Days (1987); Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997); Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show (2009); Sex and the City 2 (2010); Shotgun Red's Christmas Surprise (1986); Sister Swap: Christmas in the City (2021); Strictly Come Dancing (2012–2016); Sunday Showcase (1959); Ted Lasso (2021); The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971); The 2nd Annual Grammy Awards (1959); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 54th Annual Tony Awards (2000); The 68th Annual Tony Awards (2014); The American President (1995); The Andy Williams Show (1966); The Beatles Anthology (1995–1996); The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (1964); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Carol Burnett Show (1967); The Cavalier (1928); The Christmas Club (2019); The Danny Kaye Show (1965); The Dean Martin Show (1966); The Dick Clark Show (1959); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1960–1964); The Ezio Pinza Show (1952); The Facts of Life (1986); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993); The Garry Moore Show (1951 / 1959); The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World (1971); The Great Dictator (1940); The Kelly Clarkson Show (2020); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2011); The King of Kings (1927); The Last Man on Earth (2018); The Lawrence Welk Show (1967–1982); The Little Foxes (1941); The Lost Zeppelin (1929); The Lux Show (1957); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2019); The Meredith Willson Show (1949); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1970); The Muppet Show (1979); The Muppets. (2015); The Music Man (1962 / 2003); The Music Never Stopped (2011); The Name's the Same (1952–1953); The Other Sister (1999); The Perry Como Christmas Show (1974); The Polar Express (2004); The Project (2023); The Simpsons (2010–2014); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1958–1961); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963 / 1981); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2010–2011); The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); The Wedding Singer (1998); The West Wing (2001); The Wrong Mans (2014); This Is Your Life (1971); Till There Was You (1991 / 2003); Tinsel Town (2025); Ultraman: Rising (2024); Undersea Kingdom (1936); Veronica Mars (2006); Warehouse 13 (2010); Weekend Recharge (2025); WGN Morning News (2019); Whose Line Is It Anyway? (2004); Will & Grace (1999); You Bet Your Life (1956).

Born on this day – Jay McShann:

Jay McShann

Blues singer

Pianist

Composer

Bandleader

January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006

Credits:

Albums:

A Tribute to Fats Waller (1978); After Hours (1982); Airmail Special (1994); Al Casey, Jumpin' with Al (1974); Axel Zwingenberger, Swing the Boogie! (1996); Best of Friends with Al Casey (1982); Blowin' in from K.C. with Joe Thomas (1983); Blue Pianos with Axel Zwingenberger (1991); Claude Williams, Fiddler's Dream (1977); Cold Strange (1977); Confessin' the Blues (1970); Crazy Legs & Friday Strut with Buddy Tate (1977); Duke Robillard, The Acoustic Blues & Roots of (2015); Early Bird with Charlie Parker (1973); Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Kidney Stew is Fine (1969); Goin' to Kansas City Blues (1957); Goin' to Kansas City with Duke Robillard (2003); Going to Kansas City (1972); Helen Humes, Helen Comes Back (1973); Helen Humes, On the Sunny Side of the Street (1975); Hootie Blues (2006); Hootie! (2000); Hootie's Jumpin' Blues with Duke Robillard (1997); Jackie Washington, Keeping Out of Mischief (1995); Jim Galloway, Kansas City Nights (1993); Jim Galloway, Thou Swell (1981); Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann (1992); Julia Lee, Tonight's the Night (1982); Jumpin' the Blues with Milt Buckner (1972); Just a Lucky So and So (1984); Just Got Lucky (1993); Kansas City Hustle (1978); Kansas City Joys with Buddy Tate, Paul Quinichette (1976); Kansas City Memories (1955); Kansas City Memories (1973); Kansas City On My Mind (1977); Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players with Ralph Sutton (1980); Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players with Ralph Sutton (1989); Live in France Vol. 2 with Eddie Cleanhead Vinson (1984); McShann's Piano (1967); More Stuff (1985); My Baby with the Black Dress On (1998); Paris All-Star Blues: A Tribute to Charlie Parker (1991); Piano Playhouse (1996); Pressure Cooker (1985); Roll 'em (1987); Saturday Night Function with the Sackville All-Stars (1981); Slim Gaillard, Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere! (1983); Some Blues (1993); Still Jumpin' the Blues with Duke Robillard, Maria Muldaur (1999); Stride Piano Summit with Dick Hyman, Ralph Sutton (1991); Swingmatism with Don Thompson, Archie Alleyne (1994); T-Bone Walker, Feelin' the Blues (1999); The Band That Jumps the Blues! (1973); The Big Apple Bash (1979); The Early Bird Charlie Parker (1941–1943) (1982); The Last of the Blue Devils (1978); The Man from Muskogee with Claude Williams (1980); The Missouri Connection with John Hicks (1993); Tiny Grimes, Some Groovy Fours (1996); Tiny Grimes, Tiny Grimes (1970); Tuxedo Junction with Don Thompson (1980); Vine Street Boogie (1974); Walter Brown, Confessin' the Blues (1981); What a Wonderful World (1999).

Songs:

After Hours; Ain't Nobody's Business; Blue Devil Jump; Cherokee; Come on Over to My House; Confessin' the Blues; Confessin’ the Blues; Dexter Blues; 'Fore Day Rider; Georgia on My Mind; Get Me on Your Mind; Going To Kansas City; Hands Off; Hold'em Hootie; Hootie Blues; Hot Biscuits; Jumpin' at the Woodside; Just for You; Let It Be Me; McShann's Boogie-Blues; Moten Swing; Mr. Cleanhead Blues; My Chile; Red River Blues; Roll'em; Sepian Bounce; Swingmatism; T'Aint Nobody's Bizness; The Duke and the Brute; Vine Street Boogie; What a Wonderful World; When I Grow Too Old to Dream.

Movies and television:

American Horror Story (2014); American Masters (1989); American Splendor (2003); Better Call Saul (2020); Charlie Parker, Bird Songs (2022); Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way (2010); Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall (1997); Hanging Up (2000); Independent Lens (2005); Jazz (2001); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1969–1970); Lovecraft Country (2020); Married Life (2007); Solo Flight: The Genius of Charlie Christian (1992); The Blues (2003); The Last of the Blue Devils (1979); Vine Street Blues (1943).