Paul Whiteman - Major Recordings

Major Recordings

• Whispering (song), 1920, #1 for 11 weeks, the no.2 hit of 1920, 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame inductee
• The Japanese Sandman, 1920, #1 for 2 weeks
• Wang Wang Blues, 1921, #1 for 6 weeks, on the soundtrack to the 1996 Academy Award–winning movie The English Patient
• My Mammy, 1921, #1 for 5 weeks
• Cherie, 1921, #1 for 6 weeks
• Say It With Music, 1921, #1 for 5 weeks
• Grieving For You-Feather Your Nest, #26 hit of 1921
• Play that "Song of India" Again, 1921, #1 for 5 weeks, music adapted by Paul Whiteman from the Chanson Indoue theme by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov from the opera Sadko (1898) with lyrics by Leo Wood and Irving Bibo
• Bright Eyes, the #13 hit of 1921
• Hot Lips (He's Got Hot Lips When He Plays Jazz), 1922, #1 for 6 weeks, featured in the Oprah Winfrey movie The Color Purple (1985), directed by Steven Spielberg
• Do It Again, 1922, #1 for 2 weeks
• Three O'Clock in the Morning, 1922, #1 for 8 weeks
• Stumbling, 1922, #1 for 6 weeks
• Wonderful One, 1922, music composed by Paul Whiteman and Ferde Grofe, with lyrics by Theodora Morse, #3 on Billboard charts in 1923
• I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, 1923, #1 for 1 week
• Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, 1923, #1 for 7 weeks
• Bambalina, 1923, #1 for 1 week
• Nuthin' But, 1923, co-written by Ferde Grofe and Henry Busse
• Linger Awhile, 1924, #1 for 4 weeks
• What'll I Do, 1924, #1 for 5 weeks
• Somebody Loves Me, 1924, #1 for 5 weeks
• Rhapsody in Blue, 1924, arranged by Ferde Grofe, with George Gershwin on piano
• When the One You Love Loves You, 1924, composed by Paul Whiteman
• All Alone, 1925, #1 for 3 weeks
• Charlestonette, 1925, composed by Paul Whiteman with Fred Rose
• Birth of the Blues, 1926, #1 for 4 weeks
• Valencia, no.1 for 11 weeks in 1926, the #1 record of 1926
• My Blue Heaven, 1927, #1 for 1 week
• Three Shades of Blue: Indigo/Alice Blue/Heliotrope, 1927, composed and arranged by Ferde Grofe
• In a Little Spanish Town, 1927, #1 for 8 weeks
• I'm Coming, Virginia
• Whiteman Stomp, 1927
• Washboard Blues, 1927, with Hoagy Carmichael on vocals and piano
• Rhapsody in Blue, 1927, "electrical" version, Grammy Hall of Fame inductee
• Chiquita, #36 hit of 1928
• From Monday On, 1928, with Bing Crosby, the Rhythm Boys, and Jack Fulton on vocals and Bix Beiderbecke on cornet, #14 on Billboard
• Mississippi Mud, 1928, with Bing Crosby and Bix Beiderbecke, #6 on Billboard
• Metropolis: A Blue Fantasy, 1928, composed by Ferde Grofe, with Bix Beiderbecke on cornet
• Ol' Man River, 1928, first, fast version, with Bing Crosby on vocals, #1 for 1 week. This recording was Bing Crosby's first #1 record as a vocalist. Crosby would have 41 such hits during his career.
• Ol' Man River, 1928, second, slow version, with Paul Robeson on vocals, Grammy Hall of Fame inductee
• Concerto in F
• Among My Souvenirs, 1928, #1 for 4 weeks
• Ramona, 1928, with Bix Beiderbecke, #1 for 3 weeks
• Together, 1928, with Jack Fulton on vocals, #1 for 2 weeks. Dinah Shore recorded this song in 1944, which became a hit. Connie Francis recorded the song in 1961; it reached #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The song was also recorded by Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards (1928), Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest (1944), and Tony Pasror and His Orchestra on a V-Disc.
• My Angel, 1928, with Bix Beiderbecke, #1 for 6 weeks
• Great Day, 1929, #1 for 2 weeks
• Body and Soul, 1930, #1 for 6 weeks
• New Tiger Rag, 1930, #10 on Billboard
• When It's Sleepy Time Down South, 1931, vocal by Mildred Bailey and the King's Jesters
• Grand Canyon Suite, 1932
• Mississippi Suite
• Rise 'N' Shine, 1932, featuring Ramona Davies and her Grand Piano
• All of Me, 1932, #1 for 3 weeks
• Willow Weep for Me, 1933, #2 chart hit
• It's Only a Paper Moon, 1933, with Peggy Healy on vocals. The Whiteman recording, Victor 24400, was used in the 1973 movie Paper Moon
• San
• Sun Spots, 1934, with Frankie Trumbauer
• You're the Top, #21 hit of 1934
• Fare-Thee-Well to Harlem, 1934, with vocals by Johnny Mercer and Jack Teagarden
• Wagon Wheels, 1934
• My Fantasy, 1939, Paul Whiteman co-wrote the song "My Fantasy", an adaptation by Paul Whiteman of the Polovtsian Dances theme from the opera Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin, credited to "Paul Whiteman/Leo Edwards/Jack Meskill". Artie Shaw recorded "My Fantasy" in 1940.
• Trav'lin' Light, 1942, with Billie Holiday on vocals
• Then and Now, 1955
• The Night is Young (And You're So Beautiful), 1956, with Tommy Dorsey
• It's The Dreamer In Me, 1956, with Jimmy Dorsey