found: African American National Biography, accessed March 04, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Peyton, Dave; bandleader, pianist, composer/ arranger, columnist, orchestral conductor, dry cleaning business executive; born in 1885 in Louisiana, United States; opened the Plantation Cafe as the leader of the Symphonic Syncopators (1924); one of the most prominent bandleaders in Chicago (1924-1931); led an orchestra for the Plantation revue at the Grand Theater; was an influential weekly musical columnist for the Chicago Defender, considered by some as a leading publicist for the African American jazz establishment (1925-1929); established orchestra in the Regal Theater (1928); switched to a career as a soloist, making only one recording, Baby o' Mine, as pianist in Richard M. Jones's orchestra (1935); held an engagement at the Spot O' Fun (1940's); died in May 1955 Chicago, Illinois, United States)