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
H
Hy Averback
Willard Alexander - Benny's manager
Sammy Davis Sr.
Fletcher Henderson
Dick Winslow
Gil Rodin
S
Shepard Menken
Harry Goodman
Jack Kruschen
'Murph' Podolsky - riverboat band Mgr.
Wilton Graff
John Hammond Sr.
Fred Essler
Prof Schoepp
D
David Kasday
Benny Goodman (age 10 )
John Erman
Harry Goodman (age 16 )
George Givot
Lionel Hampton
Gene Krupa
Teddy Wilson
B
Ben Pollack
K
Kid Ory
U
Urbie Green
B
Buck Clayton
Stan Getz
Harry James
Martha Tilton
Z
Ziggy Elman