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person_profile-Paul Whiteman

Paul Whiteman Died at age: 77

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Paul Whiteman

Date of Birth:

Mar 28, 1890

Country of birth:

Died:

Dec 29, 1967

Biography of

Paul Whiteman

    Paul 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.

    Date of Birth 28 March 1890, Denver, Colorado, USA

    Date of Death 29 December 1967, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA  (heart attack)

Photos of

Paul Whiteman

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Filmography of

Paul Whiteman

Found 10 Movies in total

The Golden Twenties

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1950

The Fabulous Dorseys

Paul Whiteman ( Actor )

... 1947

Rhapsody in Blue

Paul Whiteman ( Actor )

... 1945

Atlantic City

Himself ( Actor )

... 1944

Birth of the Blues

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1941

Strike Up the Band

Paul Whiteman ( Actor )

... 1940

Hollywood Hotel

Producer at Callahan's Drive In (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Thanks a Million

Himself - Bandleader ( Actor )

... 1935

King of Jazz

Paul Whiteman ( Actor )

... 1930

London

Actor

... 1927