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

Recordings (Results 251-275 of 683 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	79988	10-in.	9/13/1921	Bimini bay	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	80075	10-in.	11/19/1921	When shall we meet again?	Tandy MacKenzie ; William Simmons	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	80098	10-in.	12/13/1921	When shall we meet again	Charles Hart ; Elliott Shaw	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	80105	10-in.	12/16/1921	While Miami dreams	Billy Jones	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	80309	10-in.	4/15/1922	Song of Persia	Edwin Dale	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	80353	10-in.	5/15/1922	Bamboo Bay	Eddie Elkins' Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	80737	10-in.	12/16/1922	Rocky Mountain moon	Ferera's Hawaiian Instrumental Quartet	Instrumental quartet (Hawaiian)	composer
Columbia	80807	10-in.	1/26/1923	Everything is K.O. in K-Y	Frank Crumit	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	81156	10-in.	7/31/1923	Somebody's wrong	Eddie Elkins' Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	81215	10-in.	9/16/1923	Somebody's wrong	Georgians ; Frank Guarente	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	81577	10-in.	2/20/1924	Watchin' the moon rise	Franklyn Baur	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	81885	10-in.	7/25/1924	The grass is always greener (In the other fellow's yard)	Joseph A. Griffith ; The Original Memphis Five	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	81998	10-in.	9/11/1924	Mammy's little coal black Rose	Connie Faw Sides	Female vocal solo, with harmonica and guitar	composer
Columbia	81999	10-in.	9/11/1924	They made it twice as nice as paradise	Connie Faw Sides ; Ernest Errott Thompson	Female vocal solo, with harmonica and guitar	composer
Columbia	37090	12-in.	ca. 1914	I linger	Joan Sawyer's Persian Garden Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	37187	12-in.	2/24/1915	I want to linger	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	37373	12-in.	8/23/1915	It's tulip time in Holland	Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson	Band	composer
Columbia	49242	12-in.	8/18/1917	Sailin' away on the Henry Clay	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	49256	12-in.	10/11/1917	The bravest heart of all	Prince's Band	Band	composer
Columbia	49565	12-in.	12/31/1918	Madelon (I'll be true to the whole regiment)	Columbia Band ; Peerless Quartet	Band, with male vocal quartet	songwriter
Columbia	49567	12-in.	1/4/1919	Till we meet again	Columbia Orchestra ; Charles Adams Prince	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	49736	12-in.	1/19/1920	If you could care	Henry Burr ; Prince's Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	98004	12-in.	12/15/1921	When shall we meet again?	Prince's Dance Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	W140500	10-in.	4/6/1925	Ukulele lady	Vaughn De Leath	Female vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and ukulele	composer
Columbia	W140645	10-in.	6/2/1925	Got no time	Little Ramblers	Jazz/dance band	composer

(Results 251-275 of 683 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Whiting, Richard A.," accessed May 1, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104978.

Whiting, Richard A.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104978.

"Whiting, Richard A.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024.

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