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Richard A. Whiting
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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.
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- 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
- Toot Sweet
- George White’s Scandals of 1919
- Take a Chance
- (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
- Japanese Sandman
- Sleepy-time Gal
- Ain't We Got Fun
- 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