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Richard A. Whiting

Essential American pop and musicals composer Richard Whiting wrote hit tunes from the middle-’10s with the ’30s, when he centered on Hollywood. Created in 1891 in Peoria, IL, Whiting grew up inside a musical family members where both of the parents performed instruments. He went to an L.A. armed service …

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