Editing Paul Whiteman (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Whitemanband1921.jpg|thumb|left|Whiteman and his orchestra, 1921]]
Whiteman was born in [[Denver, Colorado]].<ref name="Larkin"/> He came from a musical family: his father, Wilburforce James Whiteman<ref>"Answers to Questions," Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 2, 1935, p. M-10.</ref> was the supervisor of music for the [[Denver Public Schools]], a position he held for fifty years,<ref>"Paul Whiteman Dead at 77 of Heart Attack", ''Rockford IL Register-Republic'', December 29, 1967, p. 1.</ref> and his mother Elfrida (née Dallison) was a former opera singer. His father insisted that Paul learn an instrument, preferably the violin, but the young man chose the viola.<ref>"Music Industry Giant, Paul Whiteman Dead at 77", ''Boston Herald'', December 30, 1967, p. 10.</ref> Whiteman was Protestant and of Scottish, Irish, English, and Dutch ancestry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bigbandlibrary.com/paulwhiteman.html|title=Big Band Library: Paul Whiteman: "Something to Remember You By"|website=Bigbandlibrary.com}}</ref>