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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 467 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
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

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lawson, Yank," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105431.

Lawson, Yank. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105431.

"Lawson, Yank." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.