Editing Paul Whiteman (section)

==Songs==
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[[File:Trav'lin' Light Paul Whiteman 286A.jpg|thumb|left|"Trav'lin' Light" by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra featuring Billie Holiday on vocals released as [[V-Disc]] 286A by the U.S. War Department in October 1944.]]

The Paul Whiteman Orchestra introduced many jazz standards in the 1920s, including "[[Hot Lips]]", which was in the [[Steven Spielberg]] movie ''[[The Color Purple (1985 film)|The Color Purple]]'' (1985), "[[Mississippi Mud]]", "From Monday On", written by Harry Barris and sung by the Rhythm Boys featuring Bing Crosby and Irene Taylor with [[Bix Beiderbecke]] on cornet, "Nuthin' But", "Grand Canyon Suite" and "Mississippi Suite" composed by [[Ferde Grofé]], "Rhapsody in Blue", composed by George Gershwin who played piano on the Paul Whiteman recording in 1924, "Wonderful One" (1923), and "[[Wang Wang Blues]]" (1920), covered by Glenn Miller, [[Duke Ellington]], [[Benny Goodman]], and [[Joe "King" Oliver]]'s Dixie Syncopators in 1926 and many of the Big Bands. "Hot Lips" was recorded by [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis]] and His Jazz Band, [[Horace Heidt]] and His Brigadiers Orchestra (1937), Specht's Jazz Outfit, the Cotton Pickers (1922), and [[Django Reinhardt]] et Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France.

Paul Whiteman was the first to release the jazz and pop standard "[[Deep Purple (song)|Deep Purple]]" as an instrumental in 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>