The results in this chart are not affiliated with any mainstream or commercial chart and may not reflect charts seen elsewhere. Trumpeter Henry Busse (featured on "Hot Lips" and "When Day Is Done") was Whiteman's main star during the 1921-1926 period. List of #1 Pop Singles for 1926. The Deutschlandsender was the first radio in Germany to start operating in 1923 in Berlin’s Voxhaus on Potsdamerstrasse. "Paul Whiteman Dead at 77 of Heart Attack". Bibo, and Edna L. Johnson, "Victor Discography: Paul Whiteman (composer)", "Catalog of Copyright Entries 1954 Renewal Registrations-Music Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 8 Pt 5C", Discography of American Historical Recordings, "The Online Discographical Project: Victor 35500 – 36000 numerical listing", "Grammy Hall of Fame. Words by Lucien Boyer and Jacques Charles. The songwriting credit is assigned as music composed by Paul Whiteman, Ferde Grofé, and Marshall Neilan, with lyrics by Dorothy Terriss. The results in this chart are not affiliated with any mainstream or commercial chart and may not reflect charts seen elsewhere. Defenders note that Whiteman's fondness for jazz was genuine. 1 records during the Roaring ’20s, and his version of “Ol’ Man River” with Paul Robeson on vocals would be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006. Australia - - Prime Minister - - Billy Hughes Paul Whiteman and the Radio. "...The reaction to Paul Whiteman's grand radio plug for "Among My Souvenirs"…was a flock of orders by wire from dealers the day following the Dodge Brothers Victory Hour broadcast. 30m, Fridays at 10, then Mondays at 9:30. 9/24/1923: Wonderful one: John McCormack: Tenor vocal solo, with celeste and orchestra : Victor: B-29532: 10-in. Seeking to "make a lady out of jazz," Whiteman's symphonic jazz did not always swing, but at Aeolian Hall in 1924 he introduced "Rhapsody in Blue" (with its composer George Gershwin on piano) in what was called "An Experiment in Modern Music." He returned to RCA Victor between September 1931 and March 1937. His father insisted that Paul learn an instrument, preferably the violin, but the young man chose the viola. The collection of 22,359 ten and twelve inch seventy-eights is one of the first that ARC worked with from beginning to end, and what a pleasure. In 1918, Whiteman conducted a 12-piece U.S. Navy band, the Mare Island Naval Training Camp Symphony Orchestra (NTCSO). The Bona Vacantia unclaimed estates list advertises the estates of deceased persons for kin to identify their own entitlement. Paul Whiteman aka Pops american conductor here during a concert in a street c. 1925. 78rpm shellac discs donated from Daniel McNeil to the Archive of Contemporary Music and digitized by George Blood, LP for the Internet Archive. Thursdays at 9 until July, then Wednesdays at 9:30. The Paul Whiteman Orchestra recorded "My Fantasy" with Joan Edwards on vocals in 1939 and released it as a 78 single on Decca Records. (Victor) Recorded 30 March 1926. [2] Eddie Condon criticized him for trying to "make a lady" out of jazz. Mr. Whiteman's orchestra is seldom heard on the radio, and its infrequent broadcasts are the subject of major jubilations, despite the presence of tenors and vocal harmonists in most of the Whiteman renditions. Paul Samuel Whiteman was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violist. In a time when most dance bands consisted of six to ten men, Whiteman directed a more imposing group that reached of up to 35 musicians. September 29, 1947 – May 23, 1948, ABC. Starting with his early days as a song composer, Gershwin had ambitions to compose serious music. The Peerless Quartet 17. [22], Red McKenzie, leader of the Mound City Blue Blowers, and cabaret singer Ramona Davies (billed as "Ramona and her Grand Piano") joined the Whiteman group in 1932. The first major play of the Harlem Renaissance, "Shuffle Along," debuts on Broadway. 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