Whiteman, Paul
(1890–1967)> BANDLEADER
Paul Whiteman Bandleader Paul Samuel Whiteman, Denver, Colorado, March 28, 1890; Doylestown, Pennsylvania, December 29, 1967. Whiteman was a large man, and it seemed that the size of his original band (nine) increased in proportion to his waistline as his career flourished in the 1920s. (His band stopped at thirty-four, but his waistline didn’t.) His first group, called the Ambassador Orchestra, made its first recording for Victor on August 9, 1920. Whiteman was leader and violinist; Henry…