PAUL WHITEMAN

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Paul Whiteman (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) was a popular American orchestral leader. He was born in Denver, Colorado. After a start as a classical violinist and violist, Whiteman then led a jazz-influenced dance band which became locally popular in San Francisco, California in 1918. In 1920 he moved his band to New York City where they started making recordings for Victor Records which propelled Whiteman and his band to national prominence. Whiteman became the most popular band leader of the decade. In the late 1920s he recorded for Columbia Records.

In the 1920s and early 1930s Whiteman dubbed himself The King of Jazz (see: Jazz royalty). Much of what his band played hasn't been considered "true" jazz by later generations. Others reject these notions, and regard Whiteman's music as an interesting development in jazz history. He recorded Hoagy Carmichael singing and playing Washboard Blues to the accompaniment
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PAUL WHITEMAN George Gershwin Music album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
George Gershwin Music
Big Band 1939
PAUL WHITEMAN Album Of Manhattan - Metropolitan Impressions By Louis Alter album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Album Of Manhattan - Metropolitan Impressions By Louis Alter
Big Band 1940
PAUL WHITEMAN In A Program Of George Gershwin Music album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In A Program Of George Gershwin Music
Big Band 1949
PAUL WHITEMAN All Time Dance Party album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
All Time Dance Party
Big Band 1954
PAUL WHITEMAN Great Gershwin album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Great Gershwin
Big Band 1955
PAUL WHITEMAN 50th Anniversary album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
50th Anniversary
Big Band 1956
PAUL WHITEMAN Hawaiian Magic (Accent On Strings) (aka Hawaiian Hits) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hawaiian Magic (Accent On Strings) (aka Hawaiian Hits)
Exotica 1957
PAUL WHITEMAN Rhapsody In Blue album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rhapsody In Blue
Big Band 1958
PAUL WHITEMAN Cavalcade Of Music album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cavalcade Of Music
Big Band 1959
PAUL WHITEMAN The Roaring 20's album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Roaring 20's
Big Band 1959
PAUL WHITEMAN Crazy Charleston album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Crazy Charleston
Big Band 1960
PAUL WHITEMAN America The Beautiful album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
America The Beautiful
Big Band 1966
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"Pops" Remembers
Big Band 1967
PAUL WHITEMAN The New Paul Whiteman Orchestra album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The New Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Big Band 1975

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PAUL WHITEMAN The Birth Of Rhapsody In Blue (Paul Whiteman's Historic Aeolian Hall Concert Of 1924) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Birth Of Rhapsody In Blue (Paul Whiteman's Historic Aeolian Hall Concert Of 1924)
Big Band 1986

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PAUL WHITEMAN Paul Whiteman And His Famous Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Whiteman And His Famous Friends
Big Band 1967
PAUL WHITEMAN Paul Whiteman, Volume 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Whiteman, Volume 1
Big Band 1968
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Vol. II
Big Band 1969
PAUL WHITEMAN Shaking the Blues Away album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Shaking the Blues Away
Big Band 1982
PAUL WHITEMAN The Best of Paul Whiteman: The Columbia Years album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best of Paul Whiteman: The Columbia Years
Big Band 2003

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