The Leighton Brothers

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, The Leighton Brothers (or Leighton and Leighton) was the name of a vaudeville act comprising brothers Frank Leighton (-1927) and Bert Leighton (1877-1964) that also composed songs, notably Steamboat Bill (1910) published by F. A. Mills, New York, USA and Frankie and Johnny (1919) published by Tell Taylor, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Websites:
	Leighton Brothers	Biography by wikipedia.org.

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Historic Records
	Steamboat Bill (1939)	F. Leighton	Babs Johnson Charlie Ryan Little Ryan	Victor: BS-037123

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Jazz Music CDs:
Acker Bilk	The Very Best of Acker Bilk
Lonnie Donegan	Lonnie Donegan Meets Leinemann	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ragtime Music CDs:
Claude Bolling	Original Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Jo Ann Castle	Honky Tonk: Dixieland Favorites
Bill Edwards	Perfessor Bill Sings Volume 3

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Jitney Jim (1915)	F. Leighton (w&m) H. Gillespie (coauth.) Bert Leighton (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Steamboat Bill (1910)	F. Leighton (music) Bert Leighton (coauth.) R. Shields (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
There's a Dark Man Coming With a Bundle (1904)	F. Leighton (w&m) Bert Leighton (coauth.) Lew Dockstader (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 7 works by Frank Leighton (-1927). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


There's a Dark Man Coming With a Bundle (w&m)	1904	Bert Leighton (co-author) Lew Dockstader (perf.)
Steamboat Bill	1910	Bert Leighton (co-author) Ren Shields (words) Babs Johnson (perf.) Charlie Ryan (perf.) Little Ryan (perf.)
Harry Tracy	1911	Bert Leighton (co-author) Ren Shields (words)
Jitney Jim (w&m)	1915	Haven Gillespie (co-author) Bert Leighton (co-author)
Honolulu	1917	Bert Leighton (co-author) S.S. Wilson (words)
Frankie and Johnny	1919	Bert Leighton (co-author) Ren Shields (words)	Pub.
Frankie and Johnny	1936	Boyd Bunch (words) composed by Bert Leighton