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 151-175 of 467 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	76118	4/10/1950	My Scandinavian baby	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76119	4/10/1950	Stars and stripes forever	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76120	4/10/1950	Your heart of stone	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76121	4/10/1950	Black bottom	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76122	4/10/1950	Charleston	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76401	5/22/1950	Semper fidelis	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76402	5/22/1950	El Capitan	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76403	5/22/1950	The thunderer	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76434	5/31/1950	I love the guy	Artie Shaw Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76435	5/31/1950	Just say I love her	Artie Shaw Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76669	7/19/1950	Don't worry 'bout me	Artie Shaw Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76670	7/9/1950	Blue again	Artie Shaw Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76671	7/19/1950	It's a long way to Tipperary	Artie Shaw Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76672	7/19/1950	Show me the way to go home	Artie Shaw Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76895	10/2/1950	Raggin' the scale	Eddie Condon Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76896	10/2/1950	Grace and beauty-1	Eddie Condon Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	76897	10/2/1950	Everybody loves my baby	Eddie Condon Orchestra	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	81138	6/6/1951	Wolverine blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	81139	6/6/1951	Dead man blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	81157	6/13/1951	Milenberg joys	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	81158	6/13/1951	Cannonball blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	81193	6/20/1951	Kansas City stomp	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	81194	6/20/1951	King Porter stomp	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	81225	6/27/1951	Jelly Roll blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet
Decca	81226	6/27/1951	Sidewalk blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, trumpet