Profil Görüntüleri
| Doğum yeri | New York City, New York, USA |
| Doğum günü | 1908-02-13 |
| Ölüm | 1971-04-24 |
| Ayrıca şöyle bilinir | Leonard George Hayton The Lennie Hayton Orchestra |
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Leonard George "Lennie" Hayton (February 14, 1908 – April 24, 1971) was an American musician, composer, conductor and arranger. Hayton's trademark was the wearing of a captain’s hat, which he always wore at a rakish angle. Hayton was born in New York City, New York, to a Jewish family. The son of a Manhattan restaurateur, he developed a penchant for the piano when six years old, showing unusual interest in the early classics from the rolls of the family player piano. Although neither of his parents was a tutored musician, both were keen followers of the concert hall. Hayton attended many concerts with them. His parents disliked "Jazz" and it was not until Hayton was 16 that he really discovered it. He left high school to become pianist with the Broadway Hotel Orchestra of Cass Hagen, a boyhood friend. While playing at the Park Central, Hayton was heard by Paul Whiteman and immediately engaged by him in April 1928 as second pianist, playing piano and celeste as well as acting as a part-time arranger. Whilst with the Paul Whiteman orchestra, he played with musicians such as Frankie Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke, Red Nichols and Joe Venuti. He also became friendly with Bing Crosby, then a member of The Rhythm Boys. Hayton's involvement with Bing Crosby continued and he was made musical director for the singer's film Going Hollywood (1933) which was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production. This was to be the start of a major career for Hayton in Hollywood. He continued to work with Crosby on radio (Bing Crosby Entertains) and record for a while but in 1940 he became a musical director for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and guided it through its prime years as forerunner of the movie musical. Up until his retirement from the post in 1953, he racked up four Academy Award nominations: for the Judy Garland musicals The Harvey Girls (1946) and The Pirate (1948). Hayton won the Academy Award for music for On the Town with Roger Edens in 1950. Lennie Hayton's first marriage was to Helen Maude Gifford, also named Bubs Gelderman, who died in 1943. Lennie Hayton met Lena Horne when both were under contract to MGM and married her in December 1947 in Paris. Throughout the marriage, Hayton also acted as Horne’s music director. Facing the stresses and pressures of an interracial relationship, which was still relatively rare in that time period, Hayton and Horne had a tumultuous marriage. She later admitted in a 1980 Ebony interview she had married Hayton primarily to advance her career, and cross the "color-line" in show business, but had learned to love him very much. Horne and Hayton were separated for most of the 1960s. Always a heavy drinker and smoker, Hayton died of heart disease while separated from Horne, in Palm Springs, California in 1971. He was buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
Diğer Roller
| 1969 | Cici Kız - Original Music Composer |
| 1968 | Star! - Original Music Composer |
| 1967 | Jack and the Beanstalk - Conductor |
| 1967 | Jack and the Beanstalk - Original Music Composer |
| 1953 | Easy to Love - Music Director |
| 1953 | Battle Circus - Music |
| 1952 | Yağmur Altında - Music Director |
| 1952 | Love Is Better Than Ever - Music Director |
| 1951 | Inside Straight - Music |
| 1950 | Side Street - Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Denizciler geliyor - Music Director |
| 1949 | Denizciler geliyor - Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Savaş Alanı - Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play - Original Music Composer |
| 1949 | The Barkleys of Broadway - Original Music Composer |
| 1948 | The Pirate - Music Director |
| 1948 | The Pirate - Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | Good News - Music Director |
| 1947 | The Hucksters - Original Music Composer |
| 1947 | Living in a Big Way - Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | The Secret Heart - Additional Music |
| 1946 | Till the Clouds Roll By - Music Director |
| 1946 | The Harvey Girls - Music Director |
| 1945 | Yolanda and the Thief - Original Music Composer |
| 1945 | Güzeller Revüsü - Music Director |
| 1944 | Sensiz Olamam - Additional Music |
| 1944 | Maisie Goes to Reno - Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Best Foot Forward - Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Swing Shift Maisie - Original Music Composer |
| 1943 | Assignment in Brittany - Music |
| 1942 | Whistling in Dixie - Music |
| 1942 | Eyes in the Night - Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | The Greatest Gift - Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Pierre of the Plains - Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Maisie Gets Her Man - Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Further Prophecies of Nostradamus - Music |
| 1942 | The Woman in the House - Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Grand Central Murder - Music |
| 1942 | Mokey - Music Score Producer |
| 1942 | This Time for Keeps - Music |
| 1942 | Nazi Agent - Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | Dr. Kildare's Victory - Original Music Composer |
| 1942 | The Vanishing Virginian - Music Director |
| 1942 | The Bugle Sounds - Music |
| 1942 | Personalities - Music |
| 1942 | We Must Have Music - Music |
| 1941 | Johnny Eager - Orchestrator |
| 1941 | Strange Testament - Music |
| 1941 | Married Bachelor - Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | The Big Store - Music |
| 1941 | Love Crazy - Original Music Composer |
| 1941 | Ghost Treasure - Music |
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