Paul Whiteman

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American musician bandleader human jazz musician orchestra leader

Paul Whiteman was a hugely popular early 20th-century American bandleader and orchestral jazz pioneer often called the "King of Jazz."

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Label Occurrences
Paul Whiteman canonical 4
Paul Whiteman Orchestra 2
Paul Samuel Whiteman 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American musician ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
orchestra leader ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1960s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1910 ⓘ
birthDate 1890-03-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
collaboratedWith Bing Crosby ⓘ
Bix Beiderbecke ⓘ
Ferde Grofé ⓘ
George Gershwin ⓘ
Hoagy Carmichael ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1967-12-29 ⓘ
deathPlace Doylestown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
employer Columbia Records ⓘ
Victor Talking Machine Company ⓘ
familyName Whiteman ⓘ
fieldOfWork big band music ⓘ
symphonic jazz ⓘ
fullName Paul Whiteman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Paul Samuel Whiteman
genre jazz ⓘ
orchestral jazz ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
givenName Paul ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle King of Jazz ⓘ
influenced American popular music ⓘ
big band jazz ⓘ
influencedBy classical music ⓘ
instrument violin ⓘ
ledOrganization Paul Whiteman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Paul Whiteman Orchestra
militaryService United States Navy ⓘ
nickname King of Jazz ⓘ
notableAchievement one of the best-selling recording artists of the 1920s ⓘ
popularized symphonic jazz in the 1920s ⓘ
notableEvent premiered George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in 1924 ⓘ
notableWork King of Jazz (1930 film appearance) ⓘ
Rhapsody in Blue ⓘ
surface form: Rhapsody in Blue (premiere performance)
occupation bandleader ⓘ
orchestra conductor ⓘ
violinist ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
spouse Doris Dean ⓘ
Margaret Livingston ⓘ
Mildred Vanderhoff ⓘ

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Strike Up the Band → starring → Paul Whiteman ⓘ
Paul Whiteman → fullName → Paul Whiteman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paul Samuel Whiteman
Paul Whiteman → ledOrganization → Paul Whiteman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Mary Holden → castMemberWith → Paul Whiteman ⓘ
Rhapsody in Blue → commissionedBy → Paul Whiteman ⓘ
Rhapsody in Blue → notablePerformer → Paul Whiteman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paul Whiteman Orchestra
It’s Only a Paper Moon → hasNotablePerformer → Paul Whiteman ⓘ
subject surface form: It's Only a Paper Moon