Artist Info: Peter Cleighton

Peter Joe Cleighton >Doctor Clayton
b. April 9, 1898 in Georgia
d. January 7, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois
Nearly 50 years after his untimely death the exceptional singer and masterful songwriter known as Doctor Clayton is little spoken of today. Clayton worked strictly as a vocalist (by some accounts he could play piano and ukulele), employing an impressive falsetto technique, later refined into a powerful, swooping style that was instantly recognizable. [read more...]