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Richard A. Whiting




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 in Beverly Hills, California . He 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''

  • ''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''



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