Artist: Richard Whiting

Richard Whiting
Real name
Richard Armstrong Whiting
Born
November 12, 1891
Died
October 2, 1938
Country
United States
Comments
Composer of popular songs and film scores. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Whiting died of a heart attack at age 46 at the peak of his career.
Family
Margaret Whiting   Daughter
Margaret Young   Sister-in-Law

Songs written by

Original songs

Title down Written by Covered by
1 Ain't We Got Fun Gus Kahn, Richard Whiting, Raymond Egan (9 artists)
2 Beyond the Blue Horizon Leo Robin, W. Franke Harling, Richard Whiting (5 artists)
3 Breezin' Along With the Breeze Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simons, Richard Whiting (23 artists)
4 Eadie Was a Lady B.G. DeSylva, Nacio Herb Brown, Richard Whiting (3 artists)
5 Guilty Gus Kahn, Harry Akst, Richard Whiting (12 artists)
6 Miss Brown to You Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger, Richard Whiting (14 artists)
7 On the Good Ship Lollipop Richard Whiting, Sidney Clare (12 artists)
8 She's Funny That Way Neil Moret, Richard Whiting (52 artists)
9 Sleepy Time Gal Richard Whiting, Ange Lorenzo, Joseph Alden, Raymond Egan (57 artists)
10 You're an Old Smoothie B.G. DeSylva, Nacio Herb Brown, Richard Whiting (9 artists)

Tributes

Title Performer Release date down Label
1 Too Marvelous for Words - A Tribute to Johnny Mercer and Richard Whiting Margaret Whiting 1980 Audiophile
2 Too Marvelous for Words - A Tribute to Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting, Arthur Schwartz & Alec Wilder Margaret Whiting 1995 Audiophile

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