PAUL "POPS" WHITEMAN - PROGRAM SIGNED CIRCA 1934 - HFSID 253501
Price: $240.00
PAUL WHITEMAN
A program for the 1933-1934 Brooklyn Academy of Music, signed by
Whiteman
Program signed: "Paul/Whiteman" on inside page, 8p, 6x9.
Titled on cover: "Brooklyn Academy of Music/Season 1933-1934". The page
on which the bandleader has signed lists the program as "The Significance of
American Popular Music". Bandleader Paul Whiteman (1890-1967) led a U.S. Navy
band before forming his own group in San Francisco. In 1920, a year after he
began recording, Whiteman had his first hit with "Whispering". In 1924, he
introduced George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue", which was specially
arranged for Whiteman's 35-piece orchestra. Known as "The King of Jazz",
Whiteman starred in a film of the same name in 1930. The film featured one of
his newest discoveries, singer Bing Crosby, one of the many crooners who got
their start with Whiteman's orchestra. Whiteman and his orchestra also
appeared in Strike Up The Band (1940), Rhapsody in Blue (1945) and
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947). From 1949-1952, he hosted The Paul
Whiteman Goodyear Revue. Vertical fold touches the "l" in Paul and between
the "tm" of Whiteman". Lightly soiled. ½-inch tear at upper right blank margin
of cover. Otherwise, fine condition.
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