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According to Allmusic, there have been over 700 versions of the song. The Pasadena Roof Orchestra has covered the song on at least one album (The Best of the Pasadena Roof Orchestra in 1973). George Gershwin made a piano roll of his own arrangement (really a set of variations) for solo piano which is currently available on a commercial recording, as is an arrangement for voices and piano by the Comedian Harmonists. Harry Belafonte recorded the song during the first year of his recording career, in December 1949.

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  • According to Allmusic, there have been over 700 versions of the song. The Pasadena Roof Orchestra has covered the song on at least one album (The Best of the Pasadena Roof Orchestra in 1973). George Gershwin made a piano roll of his own arrangement (really a set of variations) for solo piano which is currently available on a commercial recording, as is an arrangement for voices and piano by the Comedian Harmonists. Harry Belafonte recorded the song during the first year of his recording career, in December 1949.
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  • According to Allmusic, there have been over 700 versions of the song. The Pasadena Roof Orchestra has covered the song on at least one album (The Best of the Pasadena Roof Orchestra in 1973). George Gershwin made a piano roll of his own arrangement (really a set of variations) for solo piano which is currently available on a commercial recording, as is an arrangement for voices and piano by the Comedian Harmonists. Harry Belafonte recorded the song during the first year of his recording career, in December 1949. A 2010 search for the song "Whispering" on the commercial internet music site LaLa.com yielded 161 results of recordings with the title "Whispering". Notable artists included Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, Les Paul, Mary Ford, and Oscar Peterson. The jazz tune "Groovin' High", composed by Dizzy Gillespie, is based on the harmonic structure of "Whispering". The first recording of the song, as an instrumental, was made on July 1, 1920, by Ray Miller and his Black and White Melody Boys (Okeh 4167-A). The film, "Greenwich Village" starring Don Ameche, is based on the song, "WHISPERING".
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