Yank Lawson
John Rhea "Yank" Lawson (May 3, 1911 – February 18, 1995) was an American jazz trumpeter known for Dixieland and swing music. Born John Lausen in 1911, from 1933 to 1935 he worked in Ben Pollack's orchestra and after that became a founding member of the Bob Crosby Orchestra. He later worked with Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, but also worked with Crosby again in 1941–42. Later in the 1940s he became a studio musician leading his own Dixieland sessions. In the 1950s he and Bob Haggart created the Lawson-Haggart band and they worked together in 1968 to form the World's Greatest Jazz Band, a Dixieland group which performed for the next ten years. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 3, 1911 (Trenton), Died February 18, 1995 (Indianapolis)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1962
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, trombone
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 467 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-027209 | 10-in. | 9/22/1938 | Sailing at midnight | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-027210 | 10-in. | 9/22/1938 | Stompin' at the stadium | Skeets Herfurt ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-027211 | 10-in. | 9/22/1938 | Have you forgotten so soon? | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-037134 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Rendezvous in Paree | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-037135 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | How am I to know | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-037136 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Is it possible | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-037137 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Well all right! (Tonight's the night) | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-037138 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | La rosita | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-037139 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | All I remember is you | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-037140 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Judgment is coming | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | CS-037141 | 10-in. | 5/22/1939 | Swing low sweet chariot | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-038105 | 10-in. | 7/20/1939 | Running through my mind | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-038106 | 10-in. | 7/20/1939 | Let's disappear! | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-038107 | 10-in. | 7/20/1939 | Stop! It's wonderful | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-038108 | 10-in. | 7/20/1939 | Hong Kong blues | Skeets Herfurt ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-038109 | 10-in. | 7/20/1939 | Stomp it off | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-038110 | 10-in. | 7/20/1939 | The song is you | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-042611 | 10-in. | 8/28/1939 | Stop kicking my heart around | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-042612 | 10-in. | 8/28/1939 | It's a hundred to one (I'm in love) | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-042613 | 10-in. | 8/28/1939 | Vol vistu gaily star | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-042614 | 10-in. | 8/28/1939 | Shoot the sherbert to me Herbert | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-042615 | 10-in. | 8/28/1939 | Alla en el rancho grande | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Hughie Prince | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-046042 | 10-in. | 12/28/1939 | I'm falling in love with someone | Californians ; Abe Lyman | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-046043 | 10-in. | 12/28/1939 | Princess Poo-Poo-Ly has plenty of pa-pa-ya (And she loves to give it away) | Rose Blane ; Californians ; Abe Lyman | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | BS-046044 | 10-in. | 12/28/1939 | Love song of Renaldo | The Ambassadors ; Californians ; Irving Kahal ; Abe Lyman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lawson, Yank," accessed September 4, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105431.
Lawson, Yank. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 4, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105431.
"Lawson, Yank." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 September 2024.
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