Turner Layton

Turner Layton (July 2, 1894 – February 6, 1978), born John Turner Layton, Jr., was an African American songwriter, singer and pianist. He frequently worked with Henry Creamer.

Birth and Death Data: Born Washington, D.C., Died February 6, 1978 (London)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1917 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, baritone vocal, piano

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

Recordings (Results 126-150 of 186 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
OKeh	W403895	10-in.	4/5/1930	Dear old Southland	Louis Armstrong	Trumpet solo, with piano and talk	composer
OKeh	W490005	10-in.	11/26/1929	After you've gone	Louis Armstrong Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	[OK cat 1095-A]	10-in.	approximately 1918	After you've gone	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	[OK cat 1132-A]	10-in.	approximately 1918	I'm too tired to make love	Ada Jones	Female vocal solo	songwriter
Brunswick	[Br cat 5217-b]	10-in.	approximately Apr. 1918	Everybody's crazy 'bout the doggone blues, but I'm happy	Sterling Trio	Male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	5074	10-in.	approximately Feb. 1921	Strut, Miss Lizzie	Al Bernard ; Carl Fenton’s Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	6957	10-in.	approximately Dec. 1921	Dear old Southland	Ernest Hare	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	8578-8580	10-in.	approximately Aug. 1922	'Way down yonder in New Orleans	Margaret Young	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Brunswick	8597-8599	10-in.	approximately Aug. 1922	Come along	White Way Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	9404-9406	10-in.	approximately Dec. 1922	Whoa, Tillie, take your time	Margaret Young	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Brunswick	9869-9871	10-in.	February 1923	Way down yonder in New Orleans	Cotton Pickers	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	10424-10427	10-in.	4/20/1923	Down by the river	Cotton Pickers ; Ernest Hare	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Brunswick	12409-12412	10-in.	1/29/1924	Mindin' my bus'ness	Ray Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	12413-12415	10-in.	1/29/1924	If you'll come back	Ray Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	13209-13212	10-in.	6/4/1924	Easy goin’ man	Benny Krueger’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	XE27621	12-in.	5/31/1928	Dear old Southland	Five Pennies ; Scrappy Lambert ; Red Nichols	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G)	composer
Brunswick	E27628	10-in.	6/1/1928	After you’ve gone	Libby Holman	Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano	composer
Brunswick	E31924	10-in.	2/3/1930	After you’ve gone	Five Pennies ; Red Nichols	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	E32950	10-in.	6/6/1930	Strut Miss Lizzie	Hotsy Totsy Gang ; Irving Mills	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	E37270	10-in.	10/22/1931	After you’ve gone	All Star Orchestra ; Eddie Lang ; Joe Venuti	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	E4497-E4499	10-in.	2/2/1927	After you've gone	Evelyn Thompson	Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano	composer
Brunswick	E24668-E24670	10-in.	10/10/1927	After you’ve gone	Ewen Hail	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	C1972	10-in.	5/24/1928	Dear old Southland	Original Wolverines ; Richard Dick	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	composer
Brunswick	C4688	10-in.	10/21/1929	After you’ve gone	The Savannah Syncopators	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	C1239-C1241	10-in.	10/7/1927	After you’ve gone	Black Bottom Stompers ; Johnny Dodds	Jazz/dance band	composer

(Results 126-150 of 186 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Layton, Turner," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102990.

Layton, Turner. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102990.

"Layton, Turner." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.