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Richard A. Whiting (November 12, 1891-February 10, 1938) was a writer of popular songs. He was born in Peoria, Illinois. He attended the Harvard Military School in Los Angeles, California. Upon his graduation, Whiting began his career as a staff writer for various music publishers. In 1912, he became a personal manager.
   In 1919, he moved to Hollywood and wrote a number of film scores. He wrote music, collaborating with such lyricists as BG DeSylva, Ray Egan, Johnny Mercer, Neil Moret, Leo Robin, Gus Kahn, and Sidney Clare, to produce a number of hits (listed below). He also wrote a number of scores for Broadway plays.
   He was the father of singer/actress Margaret Whiting and actress Barbara Whiting Smith.
   He died from a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California, aged 46. He died at the height of his powers and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

Film scores

Innocents of Paris
Dance of Life
Monte Carlo
Safety in Numbers
The Playboy of Paris
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
One Hour With You
Adorable
Big Broadcast of 1936
Varsity Show
Ready, Willing and Able
Hollywood Hotel
Cowboy from Brooklyn

Broadway show scores

Toot Sweet

George White’s Scandals of 1919

Take a Chance

Hit songs

"(They Made it Twice as Nice as Paradise) and They Called it Dixieland"

"Till We Meet Again"

"Some Sunday Morning"

"It's Tulip Time in Holland"

"Where the Morning Glories Grow"

"Where the Black-Eyed Susans Grow"

"The Japanese Sandman"

"Sleepy Time Gal"

"Ain't We Got Fun?"

"Hooray for Hollywood"

"Honey"

"Breezin' Along With the Breeze"

"Horses"

"It's a Habit of Mine"

"Beyond the Blue Horizon"

"Eadie Was a Lady"

"On the Good Ship Lollipop"

"Sentimental and Melancholy"

"Too Marvelous for Words"

"Love Is on the Air Tonight"

"Silhouetted in the Moonlight"

"You've Got Something There"

"Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride"

"She's Funny That Way" (words only)

External references

Big Bands Database page on Whiting

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