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Benny Goodman was born May 30, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, he died June 13, 1986. he was a clarinetist. He had a nickname "the King of Swing". Two of his songs are "Sing, Sing, Sing" and "One O'clock Jump". He was 13 years old when he made his first recording as a soloist. He had 100 hit songs in his life time.

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 * Duke Ellington was born on April 29, 1899 in Washington, D.C. He died on May 24, 1974 in New York City. His real name was Edward Kennedy Ellington, but he got the nickname Duke for his noble grace. He was a piano player and a bandleader. He started playing piano at seven but he didn't start his band career until he was much older. A few of his songs are "Mood Indigo," " It Don't Mean a Thing," and "I Let a Song Go out of my Heart" just to name a few. ||  ||   ||
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 * ===Internet Sources=== ||
 * http://jazz.about.com/od/classicjazzartists/p/DukeEllington.htm ||
 * http://www.answers.com/topic/benny-goodman ||
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJ4dpNal_k ||
 * http://rpiswingclub.wordpress.com/faq/types-of-swing-dancing/ ||