# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/turner-layton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:53:34.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/turner-layton"
name: "Turner Layton"
slug: "turner-layton"
description: "Turner Layton was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. He frequently worked with Henry Creamer. Together with Clarence Johnstone, Layton was part of a double act, Layton & Johnstone, who were popular in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s."
tagline: "American musician (1894–1978)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Layton_and_Johnstone_in_London_The_Crisis_Magazine_January_1933.png/330px-Layton_and_Johnstone_in_London_The_Crisis_Magazine_January_1933.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1894-07-02"
deathDate: "1978-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.25
  momentum:             6.666666666666666
  historical:           7.483910666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/707044"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تورنر لايتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تورنر لايتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Layton"
    title: "Turner Layton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Layton"
    title: "Turner Layton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Layton"
    title: "Turner Layton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Layton"
    title: "Turner Layton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Layton"
    title: "Turner Layton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5750d86a-bea0-4361-8147-f32b04fe73df"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1566965"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump