Harry Aaron Finkelman (born May 26, 1914), known professionally as Ziggy Elman, was an American jazz and swing trumpeter from Philadelphia. Elman began performing for nightclubs at age 15 and made a first recording in 1932. In 1936, the trumpeter joined the Benny Goodman orchestra. While with Goodman, Elman recorded the recording "And the Angels Sing", which reached Number 1 on the charts in 1939. Elman led the group Ziggy Elman and His Orchestra and received honors in the Down Beat magazine poll six times between 1940 and 1947. Elman joined the Tommy Dorsey band in 1940 and served in the military starting in 1943. Elman appeared in the film The Benny Goodman Story in 1956. By 1961, he became bankrupt. The trumpeter died of liver failure on June 26, 1968, in Los Angeles.
