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((Short description|American pianist and songwriter (1920–1991)))
((More citations needed|date=March 2013))
((Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name               = Paul Gayten
| image              =  Paul_Gayten.jpg
| background       = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name       =Paul Leon Gayten
| birth_date         = ((Birth date|1920|1|29))
| birth_place        =[[Kentwood, Louisiana]], U.S.
| death_date        =  ((death date and age|1991|3|26|1920|1|29)) 
| death_place       =Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| genre               = R&B
| occupation        = Musician
| instrument        =Piano
| years_active     =1940s–1970s
))

'''Paul Leon Gayten''' (January 29, 1920 – March 26, 1991)<ref name="Hoffmann">((Cite book| last=Hoffmann| first=Frank| title=Rhythm and Blues, Rap, and Hip-hop| publisher=Facts on File Inc.| year=2006| page=[https://archive.org/details/rhythmbluesraphi00fran/page/104 104]| url=https://archive.org/details/rhythmbluesraphi00fran/page/104| isbn=0-8160-5315-4| url-access=registration))</ref> was an American [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] pianist, songwriter, producer, and record company executive.<ref name="AMG">((cite web|last=O'Neal |first=Jim |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-gayten-mn0000751175 |title=Paul Gayten |website=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=2013-03-11))</ref>

==Career==
Gayten was born in [[Kentwood, Louisiana]], the nephew of blues pianist [[Little Brother Montgomery]].<ref name="AMG"/> In his teens, he played piano in local bands while also setting up his group, Paul Gayten's Sizzling Six, which featured future [[bebop]] saxophonist [[Teddy Edwards]].

During the war, he led a band at the Army base in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]].<ref name="Hoffmann"/> He then moved to [[New Orleans]] and, with a new trio, established a residency at the Club Robin Hood. In 1947 the trio recorded two of the first New Orleans hits of the R&B era, "True (You Don't Love Me)", and "[[Since I Fell for You]]", the latter featuring singer [[Annie Laurie (musician)|Annie Laurie]].<ref name="Hoffmann"/> Both made the top ten in the [[United States|US]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] [[record chart|chart]]. Gayten also backed singer [[Chubby Newsom]] on her [[hit single]] "Hip Shakin' Mama".<ref name="Hoffmann"/>

In 1949, Gayten expanded his combo into a nine-piece orchestra and moved to [[Regal Records (1949)|Regal Records]].<ref name="LarkinGE">((cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=953))</ref> There, Gayten wrote the number 1 R&B hit "[[For You My Love]]" for [[Larry Darnell]],<ref name="AMG"/> and recorded "[[I'll Never Be Free]]" again with Annie Laurie.<ref name="Hoffmann"/> His orchestra toured widely, for a period adding saxophonist [[Hank Mobley]] and singer [[Jimmy Scott|Little Jimmy Scott]], and appearing on double bills with both [[Dizzy Gillespie]] and [[Charlie Parker]]. In 1951, he moved to [[Okeh Records]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

In 1956, he decided to quit as a touring bandleader and joined [[Chess Records]] as a talent scout, producer, promotion man, songwriter and part-time musician and recording artist.<ref name="AMG"/> He discovered [[Clarence "Frogman" Henry]] and produced his first hit, "[[Ain't Got No Home (Clarence "Frogman" Henry song)|Ain't Got No Home]]", in 1956, later going on to co-write and produce his biggest hit, "[[(I Don't Know Why) But I Do|But I Do]]", in 1961.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> At Chess, Gayten produced [[Bobby Charles]]' "[[See You Later Alligator|Later Alligator]]" and played the piano on [[Chuck Berry]]'s "[[Carol (Chuck Berry song)|Carol]]", "Beautiful Delilah", and "Vacation Time". In 1956, he also had one of the biggest hits of his own career with "The Music Goes Round and Round", followed up by "Nervous Boogie" in 1957, "Windy" in 1958, and "The Hunch" in 1959.<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

In 1960, he moved to [[Los Angeles]] with his wife, Odile, to run the Chess operations there. In 1968, he set up his own label, Pzazz, which recorded [[Louis Jordan]], among others. He continued to live in Los Angeles with Odile after retiring in 1978,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> and died there aged 71 in March 1991.<ref name="Hoffmann"/>

==Selected discography (compilations)==
* ''Creole Gal'' with [[Annie Laurie]] ([[Route 66 Records|Route 66]], 1979)
* ''Chess King of New Orleans'' ([[Chess Records|Chess]], 1989)
* ''Regal Records in New Orleans'' with Annie Laurie ([[Specialty Records|Specialty]], 1991)
* ''Ain't Nothin' Happenin' (Cool Jump Blues 1947–1957)'' (El Toro, 2010)
* ''True (You Don't Love Me) – Early Recordings 1947–1949'' ([[Jasmine Records|Jasmine]], 2021)

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070713045501/http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymar41/PGayten.html More information]
*((Find a Grave|15156345))
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[[Category:1920 births]]
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[[Category:American rhythm and blues musicians]]
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