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 51-75 of 467 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	60140	10-in.	11/8/1935	Thanks a million	Mound City Blue Blowers	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60169	10-in.	11/27/1935	A little bit independent	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60170	10-in.	11/27/1935	No other one	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60180	10-in.	11/27/1935	One night in Monte Carlo	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60181	10-in.	11/27/1935	Eeeny meeny miney mo	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60219	10-in.	12/12/1935	Eeney meeney miney mo	Mound City Blue Blowers	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60220	10-in.	12/12/1935	A little bit independent	Mound City Blue Blowers	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60221	10-in.	12/12/1935	I'm shootin' high	Mound City Blue Blowers	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60222	10-in.	12/12/1935	I've got my fingers crossed	Mound City Blue Blowers	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60223	10-in.	12/12/1935	High society	Mound City Blue Blowers	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60224	10-in.	12/12/1935	Muskrat ramble	Mound City Blue Blowers	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60584	10-in.	2/27/1936	Goody goody	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60585	10-in.	2/27/1936	So this is heaven	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60586	10-in.	2/27/1936	I don't want to make history	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60587	10-in.	2/27/1936	What's the name of that song?	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60911	10-in.	3/19/1936	Christopher Columbus	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60912	10-in.	3/19/1936	Ooh! Look-a there, ain't she pretty?	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60913	10-in.	3/19/1936	You're "Toots" to me	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	60914	10-in.	3/19/1936	It's great to be in love again	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61034	10-in.	4/13/1936	You started me dreaming	Connie Boswell	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61035	10-in.	4/13/1936	Mommy	Connie Boswell	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61036	10-in.	4/13/1936	Muskrat ramble	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61037	10-in.	4/13/1936	Dixieland shuffle	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61148	10-in.	6/9/1936	On the beach at Bali-Bali	Connie Boswell	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61149	10-in.	6/9/1936	Swing me a lullaby	Connie Boswell	instrumentalist, trumpet