Richard A. Whiting

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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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 684 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-16143	10-in.	6/28/1915	It's tulip time in Holland (Two lips are calling me)	American Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-16546	10-in.	9/28/1915	It's tulip time in Holland (Two lips are calling me)	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-16598	10-in.	10/5/1915	It's tulip time in Holland	Signor "Grinderino"	"Street" (barrel) piano	composer
Victor	B-16632	10-in.	10/9/1915	Success medley	Pietro	Accordion solo	composer
Victor	B-17591	10-in.	5/2/1916	They made it twice as nice as paradise (And they called it Dixieland)	Geoffrey O'Hara	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-17703	12-in.	5/19/1916	Loading up the Mandy Lee	Victor Military Band	Band	composer
Victor	C-18052	12-in.	7/5/1916	They made it twice nice as paradise and they called it Dixieland	Conway's Band	Band	composer
Victor	C-18374	12-in.	9/15/1916	Pretty baby	Victor Military Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-18379	10-in.	9/18/1916	Mammy's little coal black Rose	Orpheus Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-18978	10-in.	1/11/1917	Where the black-eyed susans grow	Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-18991	12-in.	1/16/1917	How's every little thing in Dixie	Victor Military Band	Band	composer
Victor	C-19612	12-in.	4/20/1917	I can hear the ukuleles calling me	Victor Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-20034	10-in.	6/13/1917	Ain't you coming back to Dixieland	Orpheus Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20066	10-in.	6/20/1917	Along the way to Waikiki	Peerless Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-20362	12-in.	7/3/1917	She's Dixie all the time	Conway's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-20615	10-in.	8/10/1917	Hawaii, I'm lonesome for you	Athenian Mandolin Quartet ; Louise and Ferera	Guitar duet (Hawaiian), with mandolin quartet	composer
Victor	B-20625	10-in.	8/14/1917	Some Sunday morning	Ada Jones ; Billy Murray	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20654	10-in.	9/10/1917	Parody on "They made it twice as nice as paradise and they called it Dixieland"	Geoffrey O'Hara	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20811	10-in.	10/1/1917	Where the morning glories grow	Elizabeth Spencer ; Sterling Trio	Female vocal solo, with male vocal trio and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20922	10-in.	10/29/1917	Some Sunday morning	Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-21651	10-in.	4/4/1918	Some Sunday morning	Hurtado Brothers Royal Marimba Band of Guatemala	Marimba band	composer
Victor	B-22360	10-in.	1/6/1919	Till we meet again	Nicholas Orlando's Orchestra	Orchestra, with vocal chorus	composer
Victor	B-22447	10-in.	12/4/1918	Till we meet again	Charles Hart ; Lewis James	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-22898	10-in.	6/11/1919	You're still an old sweetheart of mine	Henry Burr ; Elizabeth Spencer	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23513	10-in.	12/3/1919	Hand in hand again	Charles Harrison ; Reed Miller	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer

(Results 1-25 of 684 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Whiting, Richard A.," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104978.

Whiting, Richard A.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104978.

"Whiting, Richard A.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.

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