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.

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Frankie and Johnny (1912)	Bert Leighton	James Pitt-Payne
Harry Tracy (1911)	Bert Leighton	James Pitt-Payne
I Want to See a Minstrel Show (1913)	R. Shields	James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	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


Frankie and Johnny (1912)	F. Leighton (music) Bert Leighton (coauth.) R. Shields (words) Leighton Bros (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Harry Tracy (1911)	F. Leighton (music) Bert Leighton (coauth.) R. Shields (words) Perry & White (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
I Want to See a Minstrel Show (1913)	F. Leighton (w&m) R. Shields (coauth.) Leighton Bros (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Jitney Jim (1915)	F. Leighton (w&m) H. Gillespie (coauth.) Bert Leighton (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
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) Perry & White (perf.)
Frankie and Johnny	1912	Bert Leighton (co-author) Ren Shields (words) Leighton Bros (perf.) Guy Lombardo (perf.)
I Want to See a Minstrel Show (w&m)	1913	Ren Shields (co-author) Leighton Bros (perf.)
Jitney Jim (w&m)	1915	Haven Gillespie (co-author) Bert Leighton (co-author)	Pub.
Honolulu	1917	Bert Leighton (co-author) S.S. Wilson (words)	Pub.