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    recorded by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra for Victor Records in 1922 Problems playing this file? See media help. Paul Samuel Whiteman (March 28, 1890...
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    Two-step". Beginning in 1920, he played piano with the Paul Whiteman orchestra. He served as Whiteman's chief arranger from 1920 to 1932. He made hundreds...
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    popular dance band: Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra. Beiderbecke's most influential recordings date from his time with Goldkette and Whiteman, although he also...
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  • was Paul Whiteman, a classically trained musician from Denver. Prior to his time as a ballroom bandleader at the Palais Royal, in New York Whiteman played...
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    of his death. On August 18, 1931, Livingston married the band leader Paul Whiteman in a ceremony in Denver, Colorado. She retired from film acting in 1934...
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    blocks, piccolo, violins and a viola into his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra. Paul Whiteman also featured a solo accordion in his ensemble. Jazz ensembles numbering...
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  • in 1933 when it was sung by June Knight and Charles "Buddy" Rogers. Paul Whiteman recorded a hit version later that year, released on the Victor label...
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    Rhapsody in Blue (category Music commissioned by Paul Whiteman)
    classical music with jazz-influenced effects. Commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman and written by George Gershwin, the work premiered in a concert titled...
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  • Kress and jazz violinist Joe Venuti, and played rhythm guitar in the Paul Whiteman Orchestra and was the favoured accompanist of Bing Crosby. The son of...
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    as a 78 single by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra featuring Henry Busse on trumpet. The song is a pop and jazz standard. Paul Whiteman recorded the song...
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    Pictures revue film King of Jazz (1930), where it was performed by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra with the Rhythm Boys.[citation needed] In film, the...
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    Ol' Man River (category Paul Robeson songs)
    (rare in musicals, solos for baritones or tenors being more common). Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra had a hit recording of the song in early 1928, in...
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  • its name from the 1938 song, featured in the film under a version by Paul Whiteman. Patricia Belcher and Eileen Brennan also appear in supporting roles...
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  • with Paul Whiteman is an American talent show that aired live on ABC on Sunday night from May 30, 1954, to August 1, 1954, hosted by Paul Whiteman. Telecast...
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    boyhood friend. While playing at the Park Central, Hayton was heard by Paul Whiteman and immediately engaged by him in April 1928 as second pianist, playing...
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    theorist Joseph Schillinger. He worked in radio, as a staff arranger for Paul Whiteman (1938–39), Andre Kostelanetz, Fred Waring, and for CBS Radio. He invented...
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    an independent act, they were spotted by a member of the Paul Whiteman organization. Whiteman needed something different to break up his musical selections...
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    Schonberger and the music to John Schonberger. "Whispering" was recorded by Paul Whiteman and his Ambassador Orchestra on August 23, 1920, for the Victor Talking...
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    written by Harry Barris, first sung by Bing Crosby as a member of Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys. Its musical composition entered the public domain on January...
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    Three O'clock In The Morning Three O'clock In The Morning, performed by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra for Victor Records. Problems playing this file? See...
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    June 12, 1942, in Los Angeles, Holiday recorded "Trav'lin Light" with Paul Whiteman for a new label, Capitol Records. Because she was under contract to...
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    recruited by Paul Whiteman in late 1926. Pianist/singer/songwriter Barris joined the team in 1927. They made a number of recordings with the Whiteman Orchestra...
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    California and joined the early Paul Whiteman Orchestra, with which he moved to New York City. He helped give the Whiteman band a touch of the Dixieland...
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    Hot Lips Performed by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, Victor 18920A, 23 Jun 1922 Problems playing this file? See media help. "Hot Lips" ("When He Plays...
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  • evocation in tone of a particular scene typical of the Grand Canyon. Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra gave the first public performance of the work, in...
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    King of Jazz (category Paul Whiteman)
    American pre-Code color musical film starring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. The film title refers to Whiteman's popular cultural appellation. At the time...
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    York in 1925 to play with the California Ramblers. In 1927, he joined Paul Whiteman. In 1929, the Dorsey Brothers had their first hit with "Coquette" for...
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  • music with words by Chester Wallace. This was a US hit in 1926 for Paul Whiteman. Many other arrangements followed, with the piece becoming a jazz standard...
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  • Record Research. "Victor matrix B-27268. Parade of the wooden soldiers / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library...
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  • style of dance orchestra was the "sweet" style, often with strings. Paul Whiteman developed a style he called "symphonic jazz", grafting a classical approach...
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