Benny Goodman — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Benny Goodman — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Benny Goodman

6 episodes

Chosen over the decades

6

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Dora Bryan
Harvey Goldsmith
John Dankworth
Lucia Popp
Margaret Forster
Woody Herman

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Margaret Forster
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Castaway · 4 December 1994Sue Lawley
Dora Bryan

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

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Castaway · 2 March 1986Michael Parkinson

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Woody Herman

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Castaway · 18 February 1984Roy Plomley

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Lucia Popp

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Castaway · 8 May 1982Roy Plomley