Person

Paul Whiteman

Acting Born 28 Mar 1890 Died 29 Dec 1967 — at 77.754098360656

Paul Whiteman began his musical career as a viola player for the San Francisco Symphony. He enlisted in the Navy during World War I, and his musical abilities resulted in the Navy putting him in charge of his own band. After the war he moved to New York in 1920, where he recorded his first hit, Whispering/The Japanese Sandman. It sold more than two mill...