Turner Layton
About the artist
Turner Layton (July 2, 1894 – February 6, 1978), born John Turner Layton, Jr., was an American songwriter, singer and pianist. Born in Washington, D.C., in 1894, he was the son of John Turner Layton, "a bass singer, music educator and hmyn composer."[1] After receiving a musical education from his father, he attended the Howard University Dental School, later coming to New York City in the early 1900s, where he met future songwriting partner, lyricist Henry Creamer.
Top songs
- Say It Isn't So
- In a Little Second Hand Store
- Willow Weep For Me
- After You've Gone
- Deep Purple
- Lullaby of the Leaves
- As Time Goes By
- Pennies from Heaven
- Prisoner of Love
- Just an Echo In the Valley
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- My Blue Heaven
- How Lucky You Are
- Who and Tea For Two Medley
- Happy-Go-Lucky You
- Guilty
- If I Didn't Care
- My Silent Love
- I Get Along Without You Very Well
- What'll I Do Medley
- Laughing on the Outside
- Strut Miss Lizzle: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- More Than You Know
- Transatlantic Lullaby
- Layton: After You've Gone
- Love Letters In the Sand
- I'll Be Thinking Of You (At Christmas Time)
- Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
- This Is the Missus
- Sweet and Lovely
- Strut Miss Lizzle: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Foxtrott)
- All of Me
- Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear
- I Don't Know Why
- We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
- I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
- I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
- Born To Dance Medley, Easy To Love, I've Got You Under My Skin
- Never Swat a Fly
- I've Got My Eyes On You (film Broadway Melody of 1940)
- Louisiana Hayride
- I Found a Million Dollar Baby
- Home In Reata
- Comes Love
- Play to Me Gipsy
- I Bring a Love Song
- I Lost My Heart In Heidelberg
- Old Man of the Mountain
- Doggone, I've Done It
- I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
- Was That the Human Thing to Do?
- Dear Old Southland
- Lying In the Hay
- Sooner or Later
- Night and Day
- Strut Miss Lizzie
- Have a Little Faith In Me
- Auf Wiederseh'n, My Dear
- Says My Heart
- The Grass Is Getting' Greener All the Time
- Home on the Range
- The Last Time I Saw Paris
- Heaven Can Wait
- Moon Song That Wasn't Meant For Me
- When Your Love Has Gone
- Old Plantation
- I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen
- When Your Lover Has Gone
- How lucky are you
- These Foolish Things
- Dog-Gone I've Done It
- I’ve Got My Eyes On You
- Thanks For Everything
- Way Down Yonder
- A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square
- What'll I Do / All Alone / Bye, Bye Blackbird / Always / My Blue Heaven / It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
- I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
- Music Maestro Please
- Lovely to Look At
- Was That the Human Thing to Do
- Heart Of Gold
- After You've Gone (Arr. S. Nestico)
- He Wants to Be a Pilot
- Way Down Yonder in New Orleans: Waydown Yonder in New Orleans
- Cool River
- Someday I'll Meet You Again
- Something To Remember You By
- Over the Rainbow
- Water Boy
- Deep Purple (Slow Foxtrot)
- East Of The Sun
- Some Sunday Morning
- I've Got My Eyes On You
- As Time Goes By - Turner Layton
- Where or When
- With Plenty Of Money And You
- I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
- Casablanca
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