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  Name Paul Whiteman
  Img Whitemanband1921jpg
  Img Capt Paul Whiteman and his orchestra in 1921 Photo from the sheet music issue of the band's early hit recording ''Wang Wang Blues''
  Img Size 200
  Background non_performing_personnel
  Birth Name Paul Whiteman
  Origin <small> Denver, Colorado
  Instrument Violin
  Genre Jazz
  Occupation Bandleader <br> Composer
  Associated Acts Bix Beiderbecke <br> Frankie Trumbauer <br> Joe Venuti <br> Eddie Lang


Paul Whiteman ( March 28 , 1890 – December 29 , 1967 ) was a popular American orchestral leader.
He was born in Denver, Colorado . After a start as a classical Violin ist and Violist , Whiteman then led a jazz-influenced dance band, which became locally popular in San Francisco, California in 1918 . In 1920 he moved his band to New York City where they started making recordings for Victor Records which propelled Whiteman and his band to national prominence. Whiteman became the most popular band leader of the decade. In the late 1920s he recorded for Columbia Records .