Benny Payne(1907-1986)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Consummate pianist and arranger, Benny Payne played with greats like
Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Chu Berry, and Fats Waller, but his
longest collaboration was with the lounge singer Billy Daniels; during
the 1950s, they were among the first African-American entertainers to
appear on national television. In 1964, Payne appeared on Broadway in a
revival of "Golden Boy" with Daniels and Sammy Davis, Jr.
