Lennie Hayton

Lennie Hayton

Leonard George Hayton (February 14, 1908 – April 24, 1971) was an American musician, composer, conductor and arranger. Hayton's trademark was a captain's hat, which he always wore at a rakish angle.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 13, 1908 (New York City), Died April 24, 1971 (Palm Springs)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1945

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, leader, arranger, celeste, composer

Notes: Leonard Hayton.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-41044	10-in.	11/17/1927	Stay out of the South! (If you want to miss heaven on Earth)	Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller	Male vocal duet, with lute and piano	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-41515	10-in.	1/4/1928	Jubilee	Lennie Hayton	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-41516	10-in.	1/4/1928	Melancholy Charlie	Lennie Hayton	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-41537	10-in.	1/11/1928	The grass grows greener ('Way down home)	Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller	Male vocal duet, with piano and guitar	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-43567	10-in.	4/16/1928	Let's give three cheers (For the three volunteers)	Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-43585	10-in.	4/19/1928	What do you say?	Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller	Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-43586	10-in.	4/19/1928	I'm wingin' home (Like a bird that's on the wing)	Charlie Farrell ; Jim Miller	Male vocal duet, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-43662	10-in.	4/22/1928	My pet	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-43663	10-in.	4/22/1928	It was the dawn of love	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-43664	10-in.	4/22/1928	Dancing shadows	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-43665	10-in.	4/22/1928	Forget-me-not	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-43666	10-in.	4/23/1928	Dixie dawn	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-43667	10-in.	4/23/1928	Louisiana	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	PBS-055067	10-in.	9/7/1940	If it's you	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Anita Boyer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	arranger
Victor	PBS-055068	10-in.	9/7/1940	Old, old castle in Scotland	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Anita Boyer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	arranger
Victor	PBS-055069	10-in.	9/7/1940	Temptation	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Victor	PBS-055070	10-in.	9/7/1940	Chantez les bas	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Victor	PBS-055095	10-in.	10/7/1940	Love of my life	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Anita Boyer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	arranger
Victor	PBS-055096	10-in.	10/7/1940	A handful of stars	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Anita Boyer	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	arranger
Victor	PBS-055099	10-in.	10/7/1940	Danza lucumi	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Victor	PBS-055184	10-in.	12/3/1940	This is romance	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Victor	PCS-055226	12-in.	12/17/1940	Concerto for clarinet	Artie Shaw	Jazz/dance band, with clarinet soloist	arranger
Victor	PCS-055227	12-in.	12/17/1940	Concerto for clarinet	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with clarinet soloist	arranger
Victor	PBS-055256	10-in.	1/23/1941	Dancing in the dark	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Victor	PBS-055257	10-in.	1/23/1941	I cover the waterfront	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Victor	PBS-055258	10-in.	1/23/1941	Moonglow	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Victor	PBS-055259	10-in.	1/23/1941	Alone together	Artie Shaw Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Victor	BS-071712	10-in.	1/21/1942	Sometimes I feel like a motherless child	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Hot Lips Page	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	arranger
Victor	[Trial 1927-09-19-01]	10-in.	9/19/1927	Melancholy Charlie	Lennie Hayton	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	[Trial 1927-09-19-02]	10-in.	9/19/1927	Jubilee	Lennie Hayton	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W144627	10-in.	9/6/1927	A letter from Dixie	Lennie Hayton	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	W144628	10-in.	9/6/1927	Melancholy Charlie	Lennie Hayton	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano
OKeh	W80479	10-in.	2/23/1927	My Sunday girl	Irwin Abrams Hotel Manger Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and piano duet	instrumentalist, piano
OKeh	W80480	10-in.	2/23/1927	Collette	Irwin Abrams Hotel Manger Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and piano duet	instrumentalist, piano
OKeh	W401841	10-in.	4/30/1929	I like that	Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	W403078	10-in.	10/18/1929	Running ragged	Joe Venuti's Blue Four	Jazz/dance quartet	composer, instrumentalist, piano
OKeh	W403079	10-in.	10/18/1929	Apple blossoms	Joe Venuti's Blue Four	Jazz/dance quartet	composer, instrumentalist, piano
OKeh	W404976	10-in.	9/10/1931	The wolf wobble	Joe Venuti’s Rhythm Boys	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E27551	10-in.	5/15/1928	Adoreé	Herbert Gordon ; Hotel Adelphia Whispering Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (take G)	arranger
Brunswick	E7170-E7171	10-in.	2/25/1928	My gal Sal (They called her frivolous Sal)	Five Pennies ; Red Nichols	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Brunswick	E26213-E26215	10-in.	1/20/1928	The sunrise (Will bring another day for you)	Adelphia Whispering Orchestra ; Herbert Gordon	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E26215)	arranger
Brunswick	E26216-E26218	10-in.	1/20/1928	Thou swell	Adelphia Whispering Orchestra ; Herbert Gordon	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E26218)	arranger
Brunswick	E26759-E26761	10-in.	3/1/1928	Coquette	Herbert Gordon ; Hotel Adelphia Whispering Orchestra ; Dick Robertson ; Ed Smalle	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E26761)	arranger
Brunswick	E26762-E26764	10-in.	3/1/1928	My rainbow	Herbert Gordon ; Hotel Adelphia Whispering Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E26764).	arranger
Decca	62144	10-in.	4/22/1937	Carelessly	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62145	10-in.	4/22/1937	It looks like rain in Cherry Blossom Lane	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62146	10-in.	4/22/1937	It looks like rain in Cherry Blossom Lane	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62147	10-in.	4/22/1937	Night over Shanghai	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62148	10-in.	4/22/1937	I know now	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62149	10-in.	4/22/1937	You can't run away from love tonight	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62320	10-in.	7/1/1937	Gone with the wind	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62321	10-in.	7/1/1937	What a beautiful morning	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62324	10-in.	7/1/1937	Can I forget you ?	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62325	10-in.	7/1/1937	The folks who live on the hill	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62326	10-in.	7/1/1937	That old feeling	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62327	10-in.	7/1/1937	Lovely one	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62582	10-in.	9/8/1937	Once in a while	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62583	10-in.	9/8/1937	The morning after	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62584	10-in.	9/8/1937	So many memories	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62585	10-in.	9/8/1937	Make a wish	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	62586	10-in.	9/8/1937	Nonchalance	Lennie Hayton Orchestra		leader, instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 3857	10-in.	5/14/1945	On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe, part 2	Judy Garland		leader
Decca	L 3858	10-in.	5/14/1945	March of the doagies	Judy Garland		leader
Decca	L 3859	10-in.	5/14/1945	Swing your partner round and round	Judy Garland		leader
Decca	L 3860	10-in.	5/15/1945	Wait and see	Kenny Baker		leader
Decca	L 3861	10-in.	5/15/1945	On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe, part 1	Lennie Hayton		leader
Decca	L 3956	10-in.	9/7/1945	It's a great big world	Judy Garland		leader
Decca	L 3957	10-in.	9/7/1945	In the valley	Judy Garland		leader
Decca	L 3958	10-in.	9/10/1945	On the Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe	Judy Garland		leader
Decca	L 3959	10-in.	9/10/1945	The wild, wild West	Virginia O'Brien		leader

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hayton, Lennie," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105204.

Hayton, Lennie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105204.

"Hayton, Lennie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.