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Leighton, a native New Yorker, taught himself to play the harmonica at the age of twelve. At age sixteen (1937), he toured the U.S., playing lead harmonica in
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987:(booklet). Charles Leighton. Bridgeport, Connecticut: Mega Mouth Records.
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