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Lennie Hayton

real name Leonard George Hayton

Lennie Hayton is credited on 758 releases across 169 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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758

Credits

169

Albums

8

Decades active

27

In collections

Biography

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Jewish American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and occasional drummer, b. February 13, 1908 New York, NY, USA, d. April 24, 1971 Palm Springs, CA, USA.
Starting out as a jazz pianist, he played with Spencer Clark in the Little Ramblers ('26), Cass Hagen ('27), and Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra ('28-30). He also appeared on a number of recordings during this time with musicians such as Frankie Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke, Red Nichols, and Joe Venuti.
During the '30s he was musical director of Bing Crosby's radio show and led his own orchestra. He went on to be musical director at MGM Studios, Hollywood ('40-53) and for Lena Horne ('50s & '60s), whom he married in 1947.

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Credited work

758 releases · 169 albums · active 1950–2024

  • Performance · 1,009
  • Other credits · 134

Studios: Waldorf Astoria Hotel · The Nederlander Theatre · RCA Studio A · The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas

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