In the early 1940s her hits included "That Old Black Magic" (with Freddie Slack), "Moonlight in Vermont" (with Billy Butterfield), and "It Might As Well Be Spring" (with Paul Weston).
Between 1946 and 1954 Whiting had more than forty solo hit tunes for Capitol. After stints with Dot Records and Verve Records, and a brief return to Capitol in the late fifties and early sixties, she recorded for the London label beginning in 1966.
In the late 1990s she appeared in the Broadway musical Dream (1997) and in the PBS broadcast The Songs of Johnny Mercer: Too Marvelous for Words (1997).
Recorded "Baby It's Cold Outside" with Johnny Mercer in 1949.
(Summer 1980) She acted in the musical revue, "4 Girls 4," in a Kenley Players production at the Memorial Hall in Dayton and in Akron, Ohio with Rosemary Clooney, Helen O'Connell and Rose Marie in the cast. John Kenley was artistic director.
(Summer 1962) She acted in Eric Mashwitz's play, "Invitation to a Waltz," at the Cherry County Playhouse in Traverse City, Michigan. Ruth Bailey was founder and artistic director.