COMPOSER

Paul Whiteman

1890 - 1967

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Paul Samuel Whiteman (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist. As the leader of one of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s and early 1930s, Whiteman produced recordings that were immensely successful, and press notices often referred to him as the "King of Jazz". His most popular recordings include "Whispering", "Valencia", "Three O'Clock in the Morning", "In a Little Spanish Town", and "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Whiteman has received more than 830,980 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Whiteman is the 1,159th most popular composer (down from 1,145th in 2019), the 6,750th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,786th in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Composer.

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  • 830k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Paul Whiteman ranks 1,159 out of 1,451. Before him are José Vianna da Motta, Zakir Hussain, Vladimir Shainsky, Leigh Harline, Robert Planquette, and Thomas Morley. After him are Vano Muradeli, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Jonathan Larson, Dario Marianelli, John Corigliano, and Arthur Benjamin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Paul Whiteman ranks 181. Before him are Mykola Zerov, Ellen Osiier, Gopinath Bordoloi, Isaak Zelensky, Karl Patterson Schmidt, and Maurice McLoughlin. After him are Marc Wright, Art Acord, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Klabund, Robert Lindsay, and Hans Gál. Among people deceased in 1967, Paul Whiteman ranks 195. Before him are Stanley Morison, Fausto Acke, Angela Piskernik, Juan Luque de Serrallonga, Marcello Bertinetti, and Ernestas Galvanauskas. After him are Friedrich Gogarten, Walter Krueger, Väinö Kokkinen, William Christian Bullitt Jr., Gerald Patterson, and Hans Reissner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Whiteman ranks 6,750 out of 20,380. Before him are Jenny Shimizu (1967), Abbey Lincoln (1930), Teri Weigel (1962), Lee Pace (1979), Ted Wilde (1889), and Tabitha King (1949). After him are Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), Edie McClurg (1951), Memphis Slim (1915), Patty Murray (1950), William Beaumont (1785), and Ashley Tisdale (1985).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Paul Whiteman ranks 68. Before him are Harry Partch (1901), Morton Gould (1913), Roger Sessions (1896), Frank Churchill (1901), Gunther Schuller (1925), and Leigh Harline (1907). After him are Jonathan Larson (1960), John Corigliano (1938), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), William Schuman (1910), Alf Clausen (1941), and Brad Fiedel (1951).

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