Richard A. Whiting

American composer and songwriter

Richard Armstrong Whiting (November 12, 1891 – February 19, 1938) was an American composer of popular songs, including the standards "Hooray for Hollywood", "Ain't We Got Fun?" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop". He also wrote lyrics occasionally, and film scores most notably for the standard "She's Funny That Way".

He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936 for "When Did You Leave Heaven" from the film Sing, Baby Sing.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • A Peach of a Pear
  • A Young Man’s Fancy
  • Ain’t We Got Fun?
  • Ain’t You Coming Back to Dixieland
  • Along the Way to Waikiki
  • Always in All Ways
  • Beyond the Blue Horizon
  • Breezin’ Along With the Breeze
  • Can’t Teach My Old Heart New Tricks
  • Dans la vie quand on tient le coup
  • Double Trouble
  • Eadie Was a Lady
  • Everything Is K.O. In K-Y.
  • Guilty
  • Hate to Talk About Myself
  • Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?
  • Here's the Key to My Heart
  • Honey
  • Hooray for Hollywood
  • I Can’t Escape From You
  • I Couldn’t Be Annoyed
  • I Have to Have You
  • I've Gotta Yen for You
  • I've Hitched My Wagon to a Star
  • I’m Like a Fish Out of Water
  • Kungen kommer
  • Let That Be a Lesson to You
  • Louise
  • Lovable
  • Mammy's Little Coal Black Row
  • Miss Brown to You
  • My Future Just Passed
  • My Ideal
  • My Mad Moment
  • On the Good Ship Lollipop
  • One Hour With You
  • Peter Piper
  • Qu’auriez-vous fait
  • Rock and Roll
  • Silhouetted in the Moonlight
  • Sing You Son of a Gun
  • Sleepy Time Gal
  • Some Sunday Morning
  • Sweet Child (I'm Wild About You)
  • The Japanese Sandman
  • There's A Boatman on the Volga
  • Till We Meet Again
  • Too Marvelous for Words
  • True Blue Lou
  • Turn Out the Light
  • Ukulele Lady
  • Une heure près de toi
  • Wait ’till You See 'Ma Chérie'
  • When Did You Leave Heaven?
  • Where the Black-Eyed Susans Grow