Turner Layton

Early American vaudeville and show tunes pianist/composer Turner Layton is best-known for his use lyricist Henry Creamer. Their most well-known songs consist of “AFTER YOU HAVE Eliminated” (1918), “Dear Aged Southland” (1921), and “Method Down Yonder in New Orleans” (1922). The duo performed vaudeville over the U.S. and in European countries, and Layton slice many recordings for Columbia’s Britain branch, including shows of “These Foolish Points,” “Smoke cigarettes Gets within your Eye,” This Center of Mine,” and “Ol’ Guy River.” Additional songs made up by Layton consist of “Easy Goin’ Man,” “Whoa, Tillie,” and “Down From the River.” A number of the small Broadway displays he made up for consist of Three Showers (1920) and Strut Miss Lizzie (1922).