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...clock brought a few surprises. No fewer than nine men turned down Bones (including Kingman Brewster, whom a Bones man found in the News office, and Football Captain-elect Harold Whiteman, who went Keys). Of those who accepted Bones, four were ringleaders in the Political Union. Last man tapped (highest honor) was Junior Prom Chairman Laurence Gotzian Tighe Jr., a functionary usually nabbed by Keys...
...know, and that almost every band has to have a "special" arrangement of is "Stardust." Since the palmy days of the late 20's when it was written, this song has defied any attempt to kill its popularity. Carmen Lombardo has whispered it (the acid test), Paul Whiteman concertized it and Benny Goodman swung it--but it still rates as the most requested standard number in any dance band's repertoire. In this day and age when the very best and worst songs are past numbers inside of three months, this is an amazing record...
Albert L. Whiteman, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania '40; Paul E. Guenther, A.M. '38, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Irving Kaplansky, of Toronto, Ontario; George W. Mackey, A.M. '39, of Houston, Texas, and Frank M. Stewart, A.B. Princeton '39, of Beirut, Syria...
...compare Tommy Dorsey's record of "Stardust" (Victor) and Jack Jenny's new Vocalion platter of the same. Jenny is a studio musician who has been playing around New York for years, making some swell records with such groups as the Red Norvo Octet and later, with the Paul Whiteman recording groups...
Died. Wilberforce James Whiteman, 82, music teacher, remembered by 125,000 people whom he taught to sing, play in Denver's schools; of pneumonia; in Denver, Colo. His son, Bandsman Paul Whiteman, flew twice across the continent to visit him during his illness...