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Whiting, Richard A.

composer, lyricist, songwriter


born: 12 Nov 1891 Peoria, Illinois / state, USA Source: 1  

born: 12 Nov 1891 Peoria, Illinois / state, USA Source: 2  

died: 10 Feb 1938 Beverly Hills, California / state, USA Source: 1  
died: 19 Feb 1938 Beverly Hills, California / state, USA Source: 2  

The Music Sack has 26 items with information about Richard A. Whiting:


 1996

[Index of Names]

The above item is part of :
Bloom, Ken
American song
The complete musical theater companion: 1877-1995. Volume 2: T-Z and indexes
Second edition
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 2093 p.

Number of People : 24,881


 1995

Forte, Allen
The American popular ballad of the golden era 1924-1950
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1995, 366 p.

Number of People : 24


 1992 Source: 2

Larkin, Colin
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Colin Larkin
Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1992, 4V p.

Number of People : 5,680

More Details : (1 Section)


 1991

Bierley, Paul E.
Rehrig, William H.
The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music
Edited by Paul E. Bierley
William H. Rehrig
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991

Number of People : 8,916


 1991

Wilk, Max
They're playing our song
The truth behind the words and music of three generations
Mount Kisco, New York & London: Moyer Bell Limited, 1991

Number of People : 28


 1990

Rust, Brian
Cliffe, Peter
Fascinating rhythm
Foreword by Brian Rust
Baldock, Hertfordshire: Egon Publishers Ltd, 1990, 282 p.

Number of People : 248


 1987

Ewen, David
American songwriters. An H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1987

Number of People : 135


 1986

Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.

Number of People : 3,993


 1986

Hemming, Roy
The melody lingers on
The great songwriters and their move musicals
New York: Newmarket Press, 1986

Number of People : 16


 1983

White, Mark
You must remember this ... : popular songwriters 1900-1980
London: Frederick Warner, 1983

Number of People : 137


 1980

Press, Jaques Cattell
ASCAP biographical dictionary of composers, authors and publishers
Fourth edition
Compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and publishers by Jaques Cattell Press
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1980, 589 p.

Number of People : 8,161


 1980

Comuzio, Ermanno
Film music lexicon
Amministrazione Provinciale di Pavia, 1980

Number of People : 570


 1980

Warren, Craig
The great songwriters of Hollywood
London: A. S. Barnes, 1980

Number of People : 32


 1980 Source: 1

Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
London: Macmillan, 1980

Number of People : 20,506


 1979

Lacombe, Alain
Rocle, Claude
La musique du film
[par] Alain Lacombe et Claude Rocle
Paris: Editions Francis van der Velde, 1979, 516 p.

Number of People : 312


 1978

After Tin Pan Alley

p. 91 In:
Ager, Milton
Craig, Warren
Sweet and lowdown : America's popular song writers
By Warren Craig
With a foreword by Milton Ager
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978

Number of People : 105


 1977

Stieger, Franz
Opernlexikon
Teil II: Komponisten
Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 1977

Number of People : 9,633


 1974

Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.

Number of People : 3,156


 1974

Limbacher, James L.
Film music : from violins to video
Compiled and edited by James L. Limbacher
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974

Number of People : 4,664


 1974

Kinkle, Roger D.
The complete encyclopedia of popular music and jazz, 1900-1950
New Rochelle, N. Y.: Arlington, 1974

Number of People : 2,098


 1973

Wilk, Max
They're playing our song
New York: Atheneum, 1973

Number of People : 22


 1972

Wilder, Alec
American popular song. The great innovators, 1900-1950
New York: Oxford University Press, 1972

Number of People : 23


 1971

Index

p. 101 In:
Krohn, Ernst C.
Century of Missouri music
Reprinted 1971 with a supplementary list of Missouri composers, musicians, and musicologists....
New York: Da Capo Press, 1971, 380 p.

Number of People : 292


 1962

Freeman, Larry / Dr.
Burton, Jack
The blue book of tin pan alley
A human interest encyclopedia of American popular music
1950-1965 supplement by Dr. Larry Freeman
By Jack Burton
Vol. II: 1910-1950
Watkins Glen, N.Y.: Century House, 1962, 528 p.

Number of People : 75


 1962

Ewen, David
Popular American composers : From revolutionary times to the present.
A biographical and critical guide
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson, 1962

Number of People : 131


 1959

Ewen, David
Complete book of the American musical theater
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1959

Number of People : 77


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