Word: whiteman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Rochelle Whiteman...
...those innocent days the big names in show business were frightened by radio. Paley set out to win them, and before long such famous names as Paul Whiteman and Will Rogers had been tempted before the microphones, where they found even greater recognition...
DIED. Joe Venuti, eightyish, peerless jazz violinist whose daring experiments in swing were matched only by his outrageous practical jokes; in Seattle. Trained in the classics, Venuti played second violin in the Philadelphia Orchestra but longed to improvise. He played with Dance Band Leaders Jean Goldkette and Paul Whiteman, teamed up with Guitarist Eddie Lang to make hundreds of vintage jazz recordings and then formed his own band. An energetic performer who worked high jinks with his bow to play four strings at once, Venuti enjoyed a renaissance in the past decade and was still performing in jazz spots last...
Wide recognition came after a few years of modest success as one of the Rhythm Boys featured by Paul Whiteman-this before the King of Jazz fired him for not taking his work seriously enough. Nor was Whiteman the only early employer that Crosby disenchanted by drinking and carousing too much. He became a national name only after a medical fluke-the sudden occurrence of nodules on his vocal cords-caused him to lose his voice just before his first scheduled radio network show in 1931. When the voice came back, it had, thanks to the nodules, what Crosby called...
...seems that Harry Lillis Crosby first became enamored of the game after he landed a role in the 1930 Paul Whiteman musical "The King of Jazz." During the filming, Crosby and some other musicians played a round at the Lakeside Golf Club in Los Angeles. Crosby became a life-long member of Lakeside and won. the club championship several times...