Ronald Reagan: “Benny's swing music came to symbolize the new energy of 20th-century…”

On the recordJune 13, 1986

Benny's swing music came to symbolize the new energy of 20th-century America.

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Republican · California

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Statement on the Death of Benny Goodman

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