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First Name

Paul

Last Name

Whiteman

Claim to Fame

Happy Feet

Gender

Male

Music Genre

Jazz

Music Style

Sweet Bands, Early Jazz, Society Dance Band, Big Band, Dance Bands

Music Mood

Cheerful, Carefree, Sophisticated, Laid-Back/Mellow, Refined/Mannered, Playful, Sentimental

Instrument

Violin, Bandleader

Date of Birth

28/03/1890

Build

Large

Place of Birth

Denver, Colorado, USA

Star Sign

Aries

Date of Death

29 December 1967

Place of Death

heart attack

Nationality

American

Ethnicity

White

Wikipedia Text

Paul Samuel Whiteman (March 28, 1890 � December 29, 1967) was an American bandleader and orchestral director.

Couple Profile

aul Whiteman began his musical career as a viola player for the San Francisco Symphony. He enlisted in the Navy during World War I, and his musical abilities resulted in the Navy putting him in charge of his own band. After the war he moved to New York in 1920, where he recorded his first hit, Whispering/The Japanese Sandman. It sold more than two million copies, making Whiteman was an instant star. In 1924 he introduced the George Gershwin classic Rhapsody in Blue, which became the band`s signature song. Whiteman had the foresight to hire some of the best jazz musicians of the era, including Red Nichols, Frankie Trumbauer, Tommy Dorsey and Bix Beiderbecke. Bing Crosby got his start with Whiteman in 1929, in a trio called the Rhythm Boys. Whiteman`s band continued its run into the 1930s, but toward the end of the decade their popularity began to wane, and in the early 1940s Whiteman took a job as musical director for the American Broadcasting Co., a position he kept into the `60s. He would put together his band every so often during that period, and in the early 1960s they even managed to secure engagements in Las Vegas, after which Whiteman retired.

Father

Dr. Wilburforce Whiteman

Friend

Johnny Mercer, Tommy Dorsey, Bing Crosby, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Red Nichols, Hoagy Carmichael, Jimmy Dorsey, Buddy DeSylva, Fred Rich, Joe Venuti

Role ID

Soundtrack, Actor/Actress, Music Department

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