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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 16, 1913
Died
October 29, 1987
Place of Birth
Milwaukee, WI
Also Known As
- Woodrow Charles Herman
Woody Herman
0.1 Popularity
Biography
Legendary clarinetist, composer ("At the Woodchoppers' Ball"), singer and bandleader (the Thundering Herd(s) ), educated at Marquette University. He was a clarinetist in the orchestras of Joey Lichter, Harry Sosnik, Gus Arnheim, and Indiana Jones, then formed his own orchestra, appearing in hotels, theatres and ballrooms. He toured Europe in 1954, Europe, and Latin America in 1958 (under the auspices of the US State Department), and made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1945, his chief musical collaborators included Chubby Jackson and Ralph Burns, and his other popular-song and instrumental compositions include "Apple Honey", "Goosey Gander", "Northwest Passage", "River Bed Blues", "Blues on Parade", "Blowin' Up a Storm", "Music by the Moon", "Early Autumn", "A Kiss Goodnight", "Your Father's Moustache", "Wild Root", "I Remember Duke", and "Misty Morning".
Known For
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Woody Herman: Blue Flame - Portrait of a Jazz Legend
2012
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Jazz Icons: Woody Herman Live in '64
2009
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Himself (archive footage)
Louis Prima: The Wildest!
1999
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Clarinettiste
Woody Herman's Swinging Herd live in England
1964
6.3
Self
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
5.4
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
🎬
7.3
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
🎬
7.0
Self - Bandleader
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
🎬
7.0
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
6.5
Leader - Woody Herman and His Orchestra
Winter Meeting
1948
Credits
Woody Herman: Blue Flame - Portrait of a Jazz Legend
2012
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Jazz Icons: Woody Herman Live in '64
2009
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Louis Prima: The Wildest!
as Himself (archive footage)
1999
4.0
Woody Herman's Swinging Herd live in England
as Clarinettiste
1964
0.0
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
6.3
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
🎬
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
7.3
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self - Bandleader
1957
7.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Winter Meeting
as Leader - Woody Herman and His Orchestra
1948
6.5
Rhapsody in Wood
as Himself
1947
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New Orleans
as Himself
1947
6.6
Sensations of 1945
as Woody Herman
1944
6.2
Wintertime
as Himself (leader, Woody Herman and His Orchestra)
1943
3.5
What's Cookin'?
as Woody Herman - Orchestra Leader
1942
5.5
Woody Herman & His Orchestra
1938
2.0