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 76-100 of 467 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	61150	10-in.	6/9/1936	I met my Waterloo	Connie Boswell	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61151	10-in.	6/9/1936	You can call it swing	Connie Boswell	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61162	10-in.	6/12/1936	Pagan love song	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61163	10-in.	6/12/1936	Come back, sweet Papa	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61164	10-in.	6/12/1936	Sugar foot strut-1	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61165	10-in.	6/12/1936	Stornpin' at the Savoy	Bob Crosby Orchestra ; Judy Garland	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61166	10-in.	6/12/1936	Swing Mr. Charlie	Bob Crosby Orchestra ; Judy Garland	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61180	10-in.	6/16/1936	Guess who	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61181	10-in.	6/16/1936	Cross patch	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61182	10-in.	6/16/1936	Big Chief De Soto	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61183	10-in.	6/16/1936	Marry has a little lamb	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61184	10-in.	6/16/1936	Savoy blues	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61213	10-in.	8/19/1936	My kingdom for a kiss	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61214	10-in.	8/19/1936	Through the courtesy of love	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61215	10-in.	8/19/1936	Peter piper	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61216	10-in.	8/19/1936	Woman on my weary mind	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61217	10-in.	8/19/1936	Royal garden blues-1	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61589	10-in.	2/8/1937	The old spinning wheel	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61590	10-in.	2/8/1937	Gin mill blues	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61591	10-in.	2/8/1937	If I had you	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	61592	10-in.	2/8/1937	Between the devil and the deep blue sea	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62340	10-in.	7/7/1937	Whispers in the dark	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62341	10-in.	7/7/1937	Stop, you're breaking my heart	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62342	10-in.	7/7/1937	The loveliness of you	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	62343	10-in.	7/7/1937	You can't have everything	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet