Richard A. Whiting

Richard A. Whiting

Richard Armstrong Whiting (November 12, 1891 – February 19, 1938) was an American composer of popular songs, including the standards "Hooray for Hollywood", "Ain't We Got Fun?" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop". He also wrote lyrics occasionally, and film scores most notably for the standard "She's Funny That Way". He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936 for "When Did You Leave Heaven" from the movie Sing, Baby Sing.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 12, 1891 (Peoria), Died February 19, 1938 (Beverly Hills)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1914 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, lyricist

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Recordings (Results 226-250 of 684 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	46719	10-in.	4/18/1916	They made it twice as nice as paradise and they called it Dixieland	James F. Harrison ; James Reed	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	46851	10-in.	6/16/1916	The whole world loves a lover	Henry Burr ; Grace Nash [i.e., Grace Kerns]	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	47037	10-in.	9/21/1916	Mammy's little coal black Rose	Broadway Quartette [i.e., Columbia Stellar Quartette]	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	47278	10-in.	1/9/1917	Where the black-eyed Susans grow	Samuel Ash	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77023	10-in.	5/5/1917	It's time for every boy to be a soldier	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	77112	10-in.	6/6/1917	You're a great big lonesome baby	M. J. O'Connell	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Columbia	77120	10-in.	6/8/1917	Along the way to Waikiki	Charles Harrison ; Andrea Sarto	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77124	10-in.	6/8/1917	Ain't you coming back to Dixieland?	George O'Connor	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77182	10-in.	6/30/1917	For you a rose	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	77190	10-in.	7/6/1917	Some Sunday morning	Ada Jones ; M. J. O'Connell	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77255	10-in.	8/14/1917	Along the way to Waikiki	Louise and Ferera	Steel guitar and guitar duet (Hawaiian)	composer
Columbia	78019	10-in.	8/22/1918	I love you more for losing you a while	Hugh Donovan	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78159	10-in.	10/25/1918	Till we meet again	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78266	10-in.	1/23/1919	You're still an old sweetheart of mine	Sterling Trio	Male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78383	10-in.	4/10/1919	Till we meet again	Kalaluki Hawaiian Orchestra	Instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian)	composer
Columbia	78753	10-in.	10/22/1919	Hand in hand again	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78784	10-in.	11/1/1919	Till we meet again	Toots Paka Hawaiian Company	Male vocal and instrumental ensemble, with guitars and ukulele (Hawaiian)	composer
Columbia	79132	10-in.	4/20/1920	Till we meet again	Ferera and Franchini	Steel guitar and guitar duet (Hawaiian), with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79386	10-in.	8/25/1920	The Japanese sandman	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79440	10-in.	9/30/1920	The Japanese sandman	Art Hickman's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	79441	10-in.	9/30/1920	Avalon	Art Hickman's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	79692	10-in.	Mar. 1921	Honeymoon home	Art Hickman's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	79784	10-in.	3/11/1921	In a little front parlor (on an old back street)	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79805	10-in.	4/20/1921	Tea leaves	Nora Bayes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79806	10-in.	4/21/1921	Ain't we got fun	Van and Schenck	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer

(Results 226-250 of 684 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Whiting, Richard A.," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104978.

Whiting, Richard A.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104978.

"Whiting, Richard A.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.

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