Benny Goodman is popular by this name. His actual name was "Benjamin David Goodman". He was born in Chicago in Illinois on the 30th of May in 1909. He was a Clarinetist who passed away on the 13th of June in 1986 at the age of 77 in New York.

This exceptionally talented musician with Russian ancestry had shown his musical talent at a very young age of 10. Soon he started performing with other popular orchestra in the area. After a few years he started a new musical band which conducted several shows and attained huge popularity.

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The city of Chicago has a diversified population of different cultures and religions.

Though the most common language spoken is English, some other languages like Spanish, Polish, Arabic, Russian, Cantonese, German, Chinese etc. are also spoken. As the city of Chicago is a tourist spot, it attracts a wide range of people across the world which makes them speak these languages.

The Polish Language is the most common language in Chicago, since it constitutes a large ethnic Polish group; the Polish people and their language have been widely prevalent in the city from early years.

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