The original Benny Goodman Quartet performs “I’ve Got a Heartful of Music” in Hollywood Hotel, directed by Busby Berkeley and released in 1937. Goodman is heard on clarinet, Lionel Hampton on vibraphone, Teddy Wilson on piano, and Gene Krupa on drums. This sequence is believed to be the first time that black and white instrumentalists were shown performing together on screen in an American film. The song is by Richard A. Whiting and Johnny Mercer:
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