Paul Samuel Whiteman was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist.
Whiteman in a 1939 publicity photo
Whiteman and his orchestra, 1921
The members of Whiteman's Orchestra in 1930
A frame from the trailer for the film Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
"Whispering" is a popular song published in 1920 by Sherman, Clay & Co. of San Francisco. The 1920 copyright attributes the lyrics to Malvin Schonberger and the music to John Schonberger.
Whispering (song)
Inset photo: John Steel (image courtesy of the UCLA Archive of Popular American Music)
Illustration by Wesley Raymond De Lappe (1887–1952).