Editing Paul Whiteman (section)

==Major recordings==
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[[File:Whispering Paul Whiteman 18690A 1920.jpg|thumb|1920 release of "Whispering" by Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra, Victor 18690A. 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame inductee.]] [[File:Rhapsody in Blue Paul Whiteman (Victor 55225A 1924).jpg|thumb|Original 1924 acoustical release of "Rhapsody in Blue" by Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra with the composer (George Gershwin) on piano, Victor 55225A. 2003 [[National Recording Registry]] selection.]]
* "[[Whispering (song)|Whispering]]", 1920, 1998 [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] inductee. Sold nearly two million copies by 1921, awarded [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]].<ref name=BookGoldenDiscs>{{Cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The book of golden discs |date=1978 |publisher=London : Barrie & Jenkins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-214-20512-5}}</ref>
* "[[The Japanese Sandman]]", 1920
* "[[Wang Wang Blues]]", 1921, 1,000,000 sales,<ref name=Jazzstandards>{{Cite web |title=Jazz History: The Standards (1920s) |url=https://www.jazzstandards.com/history/history-2.htm |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Jazzstandards.com}}</ref> on the soundtrack to the 1996 Academy Award-winning movie ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]''
* "[[My Mammy]]", 1921, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=Jazzstandards/>
* "Cherie", 1921, 405,647 sales<ref name=Sarnoff>{{Cite web |title=The Victor Talking Machine Company |url=https://davidsarnoff.org/vtm-appendix11.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=davidsarnoff.org}}</ref>
* "Say It With Music", 1921
* "[[Song of India (song)|Song of India]]", 1921, 1,000,000 sales,<ref name=Jazzstandards/> music adapted by Paul Whiteman from the Chanson Indoue theme by [[Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov]] from the opera ''[[Sadko (opera)|Sadko]]'' (1898) 
* "[[Hot Lips|Hot Lips (He's Got Hot Lips When He Plays Jazz)]]", 1922, 1,000,000 sold,<ref name=Jazzstandards/> featured in the motion picture ''[[The Color Purple (1985 film)|The Color Purple]]'' (1985)
* "[[Do It Again (George Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva song)|Do It Again]]", 1922, 523,106 sold<ref name=Sarnoff/>
* "[[Three O'Clock in the Morning]]", 1922, 3,000,000 sold<ref name=BookGoldenDiscs/>
* "Stumbling", 1922
* "[[Wonderful One]]", 1922, music composed by Paul Whiteman and [[Ferde Grofé]], with lyrics by [[Theodora Morse]]
* "[[Stairway to Paradise|I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise]]", 1923
* "[[The Parade of the Tin Soldiers|Parade of the Wooden Soldiers]]", 1923, 722,895 sales<ref name=Sarnoff/>
* "Bambalina", 1923
* "Nuthin' But", 1923, co-written by [[Ferde Grofé]] and [[Henry Busse]]
* "Linger Awhile", 1924, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954|publisher=Record Research|year=1986}}</ref><ref name=Sarnoff/> 
* "[[What'll I Do]]", 1924, 538,434 sales<ref name=Sarnoff/> 
* "[[Somebody Loves Me]]", 1924, 678,403 sales<ref name=Sarnoff/> 
* "[[Rhapsody in Blue]]", 1924, acoustical version, arranged by [[Ferde Grofé]], with [[George Gershwin]] on piano
* "[[When the One You Love Loves You]]", 1924, composed by Paul Whiteman
* "[[Last Night on the Back Porch]]", 1924, 427,784 sales<ref name=Sarnoff/>
* "[[Oh, Lady Be Good!]]", 1924
* "[[All Alone (Irving Berlin song)|All Alone]]", 1925, 835,586 sales<ref name=Sarnoff/>
[[File:Rhapsody in Blue Paul Whiteman 78 1927 35822.jpg|thumb|1927 electrical release of "Rhapsody in Blue" as Victor 35822A by Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra with George Gershwin on piano. 1974 Grammy Hall of Fame inductee.]]
* "[[Indian Love Call]]", 1925, 526,884 sales<ref name=Sarnoff/>
* "[[Charlestonette]]", 1925, composed by Paul Whiteman with [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]]
* "Birth of the Blues", 1926
* "[[Valencia (song)|Valencia]]", 1926, 1,012,687 sales<ref name=Sarnoff/>
* "[[My Blue Heaven (song)|My Blue Heaven]]", 1927
* "Three Shades of Blue: Indigo/Alice Blue/Heliotrope", 1927, composed and arranged by [[Ferde Grofé]]
* "[[In a Little Spanish Town]]", 1927, 1,000,000 sales
* "[[I'm Coming Virginia]]"
* "[[Washboard Blues]]", 1927, with [[Hoagy Carmichael]] on vocals and piano
* "Rhapsody in Blue", 1927, electrical version, Grammy Hall of Fame inductee
* "From Monday On", 1928, with [[Bing Crosby]], the [[The Rhythm Boys|Rhythm Boys]], and [[Jack Fulton (singer)|Jack Fulton]] on vocals and [[Bix Beiderbecke]] on cornet
* "[[Mississippi Mud]]", 1928, with Bing Crosby and [[Bix Beiderbecke]]
* "Metropolis: A Blue Fantasy", 1928, composed by [[Ferde Grofé]], with [[Bix Beiderbecke]] on cornet
* "[[Ol' Man River]]", 1928, first, fast version, with Bing Crosby on vocals
[[File:Ol' Man River Paul Whiteman Robeson.JPG|thumb|"Ol' Man River" by Paul Whiteman with Paul Robeson, Victor 35912A, 1928. 2006 Grammy Hall of Fame inductee.]]
* "Ol' Man River", 1928, second, slow version, with [[Paul Robeson]] on vocals, Grammy Hall of Fame inductee
* "[[Concerto in F (Gershwin)|Concerto in F]]"
* "[[Among My Souvenirs]]", 1928
* "[[Ramona (1928 song)|Ramona]]", 1928, with [[Bix Beiderbecke]]
* "[[Together (1928 song)|Together]]", 1928, with Jack Fulton on vocals. 
* "My Angel", 1928, with Bix Beiderbecke
* "Great Day", 1929
* "[[Body and Soul (1930 song)|Body and Soul]]", 1930
* "[[Tiger Rag|New Tiger Rag]]", 1930
* "[[When It's Sleepy Time Down South]]", 1931, vocal by [[Mildred Bailey]] and the King's Jesters
* "[[Grand Canyon Suite]]", 1932
* "[[All of Me (jazz standard)|All of Me]]" (vocal Mildred Bailey), 1932, 12,161 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 22879 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/20403/Victor_22879 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
* "[[Let's Put Out the Lights (and Go to Sleep)]]" (Vocal [[Ramona (vocalist)|Ramona Davies]]), 1932, 11,942 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 24140 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21929/Victor_24140 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
* "[[Willow Weep for Me]]", vocal refrain by [[Irene Taylor]], 1933, 8,292 sales (second highest total 1933).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 24187 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21976/Victor_24187 |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref>
* "[[It's Only a Paper Moon]]", 1933, with [[Peggy Healy]] on vocals. The Whiteman recording, Victor 24400, was used in the 1973 movie ''[[Paper Moon (film)|Paper Moon]]''
* "[[Deep Purple (song)|Deep Purple]], he was the first to release the jazz and pop standard, 1934<ref>[https://secondhandsongs.com/work/24531/versions#nav-entity "Deep Purple", first release on September 26, 1934 by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra. Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 2 July 2024.]</ref>
* "[[Smoke Gets in Your Eyes]]" (vocal Bob Lawrence), 1934, [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1934|Jazz Standards]]
* "[[You're the Top]]", 1934
* "Fare-Thee-Well to Harlem", 1934, with vocals by [[Johnny Mercer]] and [[Jack Teagarden]]
* "Wagon Wheels" (vocal Bob Lawrence), 1934
* "My Fantasy", 1939, Paul Whiteman co-wrote the song, an adaptation by Paul Whiteman of the Polovtsian Dances theme from the opera ''[[Prince Igor]]'' by [[Alexander Borodin]], credited to "Paul Whiteman/[[Leo Edwards (composer)|Leo Edwards]]/[[Jack Meskill]]". Artie Shaw recorded "My Fantasy" in 1940.
* "[[Trav'lin' Light (song)|Trav'lin' Light]]", 1942, with [[Billie Holiday]] on vocals; no. 1 for 3 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Harlem Hit Parade chart; no. 23 on the pop singles chart in 1942; [[V-Disc]] No. 286A, released in October 1944 by the U.S. War Department.