It’s a substantial and comprehensive overview of the hits from his early career, and a great showcase for his highly successful style.

Paul Whiteman was a violinist who became one of the most successful bandleaders and orchestral directors in the history of popular music. Although his music was essentially middle-of-the-road dance band music in flavour, it had much of the roaring 20s atmosphere, and he was often referred to as ‘The King Of Jazz’, the phrase that was used as the title of a film about him. So successful was he that he had 220 hits attributed to him from 1920 through to 1954, more than any other artist, we believe. We have chosen to address that career with two 5-CD collections, of which this is the first (‘Smoke Gets In Your Eyes – The Hits Collection Vol. 2 1928-54’ Acrobat ACFCD7522 is the other one). This 113-track 5-CD set comprises all the titles listed as hits, all of them on the Victor label, from his 1920 debut through to the end of 1927. It includes no less than twenty-three No. 1s including the classic songs ‘Whispering’, ‘What’ll I Do’, ‘Birth of The Blues’, ‘My Blue Heaven’, ‘In A Little Spanish Town’, ‘Somebody Loves Me’ and ‘Among My Souvenirs) The Japanese Sandman’. There are performances by a number of featured vocalists including Bing Crosby, Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, Austin Young, Lewis James and more, plus a piano solo by George Gershwin. It’s a substantial and comprehensive overview of the hits from his early career, and a great showcase for his highly successful style.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Whispering
• The Japanese Sandman
• Wang Wang Blues
• Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere
• Grieving For You / Feather Your Nest
• Caresses, I’m A Lonesome Little Raindrop
• I Never Knew (I Could Love Anybody Like I’m Loving You)
• Do You Ever Think Of Me
• Bright Eyes
• My Mammy
• Humming
• Make Believe
• Cherie
• My Man (Mon Homme)
• Song Of India
• Learn To Smile
• Sweetheart
• Say It With Music
• Canadian Capers
• April Showers
• Everybody Step
• Gypsy Blues

Disc 2:

• When Buddha Smiles
• Dear Old Southland
• They Call It Dancing
• Old Fashioned Girl
• Do It Again
• Some Sunny Day
• Stumbling
• Georgia
• Neath The South Sea Moon
• Hot Lips
• My Rambler Rose
• I’m Just Wild About Harry
• Coal Black Mammy
• Three O’Clock In The Morning
• Oriental Foxtrot
• I’ll Build A Stairway To Paradise
• Carolina In The Morning
• Romany Love
• Crinoline Days
• When Hearts Are Young
• Journey’s End
• Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
• Lady Of The Evening

Disc 3:

• Underneath The Mellow Moon
• Wonderful One
• Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
• Dearest
• Bambalina
• Last Night On The Back Porch
• Chansonette
• I Love You
• An Orange Grove In California
• Raggedy Ann
• Linger Awhile
• I’m Going South
• Some One Loves You After All
• Limehouse Blues
• Why Did I Kiss That Girl?
• What’ll I Do?
• Lazy
• There’s Yes Yes In Your Eyes
• Spain
• Where Is That Old Girl Of Mine , Driftwood Medley
• Mandalay / Step Henrietta
• It Had To Be You
• Pale Moon

Disc 4:

• Song Of Songs
• Somebody Loves Me
• Lonely Little Melody
• Where The Dreamy Wabash Flows
• Adoring You
• Rose Marie
• All Alone
• Mandy, Make Up Your Mind
• Indian Love Call
• Tell Her In The Springtime
• Oh Lady Be Good
• I’ll See You In My Dreams
• When The One You Love, Loves You
• Honey, I’m In Love With You
• Charleston
• Pal Of My Cradle Days
• I Miss My Swiss (My Swiss Miss Misses Me)
• Manhattan
• That Certain Feeling
• Valencia
• Birth Of The Blues
• Moonlight On The Ganges
• When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin’
• Why Do You Roll Those Eyes?
• In A Little Spanish Town

Disc 5:

• Your Land And My Land
• Silver Moon
• Muddy Water
• It All Depends On You
• So Blue
• Side By Side
• Rhapsody In Blue
• When Day Is Done
• Just Once Again
• I’m Coming Virginia
• Broken Hearted
• My Blue Heaven
• Just A Memory
• The Calinda (Boo-Joom, Boo-Joom, Boo!)
• Shaking The Blues Away
• Dancing Tambourine
• A Shady Tree
• Among My Souvenirs
• Washboard Blues
• Changes

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 355 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/04/25

UPC: 824046752125