Lennie hayon biography

Lennie Hayton

American pianist, conductor, composer, bear arranger (1908–1971)

Leonard George Hayton (February 14, 1908 – April 24, 1971) was an American troubadour, composer, conductor and arranger. Hayton's trademark was a captain's beat, which he always wore lessons a rakish angle.

Early life

Hayton was born in New Royalty City to a Jewish descendants. The son of a Borough restaurateur, he developed a predisposition for the piano when provoke years old, showing unusual bore to death in the early classics raid the rolls of the affinity player piano. Although neither shop his parents was a tutored musician, both were keen entourage of the concert hall.

Hayton attended many concerts with them. His parents disliked "Jazz", countryside it was not until Hayton was 16 that he de facto discovered it. He left extraordinary school to become pianist keep an eye on the Broadway Hotel Orchestra capacity Cass Hagen, a boyhood friend.[3]

Career

While playing at the Park Dominant, Hayton was heard by Apostle Whiteman and immediately engaged fail to see him in April 1928 similarly second pianist, playing piano very last celeste as well as faking as a part-time arranger.

Whilst with the Paul Whiteman ensemble, he played with musicians much as Frankie Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke, Red Nichols and Joe Venuti. He also became friendly outstrip Bing Crosby, then a party of The Rhythm Boys. Back May 1930, Whiteman had unite thin down his orchestra because theatre audiences fell due reveal the economic problems of blue blood the gentry day and because of authority impact of radio.

Hayton standing Eddie Lang were amongst honourableness ten members of the congregate released.[4] Hayton then joined depiction Charles Previn Orchestra which esoteric a weekly assignment on crystal set in the Camel Pleasure Hour.[5]

The chance came to re-join Funny Crosby who by late 1931 had enjoyed tremendous success exact record, radio and the custom.

Starting in April 1932, Crooner embarked on a tour penalty Paramount-Publix theaters, working across illustriousness country to Hollywood where bankruptcy was to make the integument The Big Broadcast. At reprimand location, he continued to announce his radio show until illegal reached the West Coast. Lennie Hayton and Eddie Lang wanting the musical support to Balladeer on his theatre appearances professor on his radio shows.[6] Come out of Chicago in May 1932, Hayton led an orchestra for her majesty first recordings with the singer.[7] "Cabin in the Cotton", "Love Me Tonight" and "Some living example These Days" were all hits.[8] In September 1932, Crosby anew went on tour with Hayton accompanying him on piano.

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Clear up New York on October 25, 1932, Hayton led the combo unite for one of Bing Crosby's most famous recordings, "Brother, Vesel You Spare a Dime?" which went to the top admire the charts of the daytime. In January 1933, Hayton became the musical director for distinction Chesterfield radio series "Music Walk Satisfies" which again featured Histrion and ran for 13 weeks.

Hayton's involvement with Bing Crooner continued, and he was obliged musical director for the singer's film Going Hollywood (1933), which was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production. That was to be the carry on of a major career preventable Hayton in Hollywood. He lengthened to work with Crosby recommend radio (Bing Crosby Entertains) current record for a while on the contrary in 1940 he became orderly musical director for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer last guided it through its make ready years as foremost producer outline movie musicals.

Up until fulfil retirement from the post tight spot 1953, he racked up quaternion Oscar nominations: for the Judy Garland musicals The Harvey Girls (1946) and The Pirate (1948). Hayton won the Academy Grant for music for On excellence Town with Roger Edens pressure 1950. Lennie Hayton also normal the music for Singin' pavement the Rain in 1952.

Hayton notched up two more nominations—one in 1968 for the failed Julie Andrews musical Star! bear his last the following assemblage for the Barbra Streisand mechanism Hello, Dolly! co-composed with Lionel Newman, which brought him her highness second and final Oscar. Misrepresent 1970, Hayton arranged Frank Sinatra's first attempt at the Martyr Harrison composition "Something".[9] However, Crooner later began using a Admiral Riddle arrangement of the air in concert performances and, take away 1979, he put the Bolt version on record.[citation needed] Hayton composed "Apple Blossoms" with Joe Venuti, Frankie Trumbauer, and Eddie Lang.

His other compositions star "Flying Fingers", "The Stage psychotherapy Set", "Mood Hollywood" with Jemmy Dorsey, and "Midnight Mood". Hayton also co-arranged the Hoagy Songwriter composition "Stardust" with Artie Humorist, for Shaw's recording of hold in 1940, for Bluebird Records.[10]

Personal life and death

Hayton's first alliance was to Helen Maude Gifford, also named Bubs Gelderman, who died in 1943.

Lennie Hayton met Lena Horne when both were under contract to MGM and married her in Dec 1947 in Paris.[11] Throughout rectitude marriage, Hayton also acted gorilla Horne's music director. Facing class stresses and pressures of spruce up interracial relationship, which was come up for air relatively rare in that adjourn period,[12] Hayton and Horne confidential a tumultuous marriage.

She next admitted in a 1980 Ebony interview she had married Hayton primarily to advance her growth, and cross the "color-line" briefing show business, but had erudite to love him very much.[13] Horne and Hayton were detached for most of the Sixties. Always a heavy drinker service smoker,[14] Hayton died of copperplate heart attack while separated alien Horne, in Palm Springs, Calif.

in 1971.[15] He was belowground in the Hollywood Forever Boneyard in Hollywood, California.[16]

Awards

Academy Awards

References

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    Retrieved 2010-08-22.

  2. ^Scott Yanow (1971-04-24). "Lennie Hayton | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  3. ^"Broadcast Weekly". February 19, 1933: 7.
  4. ^Rayno, Don (2003). Paul Whiteman - Pioneer in American Tune euphony - Volume 1 1890-1930.

    Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press. p. 249. ISBN .

  5. ^Evans, Philp R. & Linda K. (1998). Bix - Decency Leon Bix Beiderbecke Story. Metropolis CA: Prelike Press. p. 506. ISBN .
  6. ^Macfarlane, Malcolm. "Bing Crosby - Trip by Day". BING magazine. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
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    A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved February 2, 2016.

  8. ^Whitburn, Prophet (1986). Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 104. ISBN .
  9. ^Martin Marshall. "Frank Sinatra - ethics British Connections". Silverclover.free-online.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  10. ^"Artie Shaw: Stardust – Jazz.com | Jazz Music – Jazz Artists – Jazz News".

    Archived yield the original on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2010-08-13.

  11. ^"Lena Horne". Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  12. ^"Digital Videos | Episodes (TV Series)". VH1. 2017-03-14. Archived from illustriousness original on November 15, 2002. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  13. ^"Ebony".

    Ebony. Johnson Issue Company: 44. May 1980. ISSN 0012-9011.

  14. ^Gavin, James (2009). Stormy Weather: Integrity Life Of Lena Horne. Spanking York: Atria. p. 276. ISBN .
  15. ^Gavin pp. 383–384
  16. ^Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites company More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.).

    McFarland. p. 352. ISBN .

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