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 101-125 of 467 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	63240	10-in.	2/3/1938	It's wonderful	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63241	10-in.	2/3/1938	In the shade of the old apple tree	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63242	10-in.	2/3/1938	Always and always	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63243	10-in.	2/3/1938	More than ever	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63244	10-in.	2/3/1938	It's easier said than done	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63268	10-in.	2/10/1938	Please be kind	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63269	10-in.	2/10/1938	I simply adore you	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63270	10-in.	2/10/1938	You're an education	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63271	10-in.	2/10/1938	Grand Terrace rhythm	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63272	10-in.	2/10/1938	Wolverine blues-1	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63380	10-in.	3/9/1938	Jezebel	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63383	10-in.	3/9/1938	Do ye ken John Peel?	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63384	10-in.	3/9/1938	How can you forget?	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63385	10-in.	3/9/1938	There's a boy in Harlem	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63386	10-in.	3/10/1938	Yancey special	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63387	10-in.	3/10/1938	Louise, Louise	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63388	10-in.	3/10/1938	At the jazz band ball-1	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63389	10-in.	3/10/1938	Milk cow blues	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63390	10-in.	3/10/1938	Tea for two	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63395	10-in.	3/10/1938	Down on the levee	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63396	10-in.	3/10/1938	Old man Ben	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63423	10-in.	3/14/1938	March of the Bob Cats	Bob Crosby's Bob Cats	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63424	10-in.	3/14/1938	Palesteena	Bob Crosby's Bob Cats	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63425	10-in.	3/14/1938	Slow mood	Bob Crosby's Bob Cats	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63426	10-in.	3/14/1938	Big foot jump	Bob Crosby's Bob Cats	instrumentalist, trumpet