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 126-150 of 467 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	63427	10-in.	3/14/1938	The big crash from China	Bob Crosby's Bob Cats	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	63428	10-in.	3/14/1938	Five point blues	Bob Crosby's Bob Cats	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	68757	10-in.	2/28/1941	Blackberry jam	Erskine Butterfield and his Blue Boys	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	68758	10-in.	2/28/1941	Monday's wash	Erskine Butterfield and his Blue Boys	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	68759	10-in.	2/28/1941	Paradiddle Joe	Erskine Butterfield and his Blue Boys	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	68760	10-in.	2/28/1941	All the time	Erskine Butterfield and his Blue Boys	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	72756	10-in.	3/5/1945	Little Jazz boogie	Roy Eldridge Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	72757	10-in.	3/5/1945	Embraceable you	Roy Eldridge Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	72865	10-in.	5/17/1945	(I'll build a) Stairway to paradise-1	Eddie Condon Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	72866	10-in.	5/17/1945	Lady be good, part 1	Eddie Condon Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	72867	10-in.	5/17/1945	Lady be good, part 2	Eddie Condon Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	72868	10-in.	5/17/1945	My one and only	Eddie Condon Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73218	10-in.	12/6/1945	It's the same old shillelagh	Bing Crosby ; The Jesters	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73219	10-in.	12/6/1945	McNamara's band	Bing Crosby ; The Jesters	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73220	10-in.	12/6/1945	Dear old Donnegal	Bing Crosby ; The Jesters	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73221	10-in.	12/6/1945	Who threw the overalls in Mrs. Murphy chowders?	Bing Crosby ; The Jesters	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73909		5/8/1947	A-feudin' and a-fightin'	Bing Crosby	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	73910		5/8/1947	Goodbye my love, goodbye	Bing Crosby	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	75227		9/6/1949	That lucky old sun	Louis Armstrong ; Gordon Jenkins and his Chorus and Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	75228		9/6/1949	Blueberry hill-1	Louis Armstrong ; Gordon Jenkins and his Chorus and Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	75868		2/17/1950	That's a plenty	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	75869		2/17/1950	If you can't get a drum with a boom-1	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	75870		2/17/1950	Rose room	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	75871		2/17/1950	When my sugar walks down the street-2	Bob Crosby's Bob Cats	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76117		4/10/1950	Washington Post march	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet