Whispering

Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra · 1920 · Victor 18690, onze semaines n° 1

Context

Recorded on August 23, 1920, for Victor in an arrangement by Ferde Grofé, also on piano, Whispering was released with The Japanese Sandman on record 18690. It stayed at number one in the United States for eleven weeks and exceeded two million copies; the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry in 2020.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras. Among the origins and influences of Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras: Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Dixieland (ODJB, 1917), Third stream.

By the same artist

• Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
• Willow Weep for Me (Paul Whiteman, 1932) (1932)

Sources

• EN: Whispering (song)
• adp.library.ucsb.edu

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