Dan Burley
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Dan Burley (November 7, 1907, Lexington, Kentucky - October 29, 1962, Chicago, Illinois) was an American pianist.
Burley played boogie-woogie piano at local Chicago socials and clubs in the 1920s. In the following decade, after a move to New York City, he became theatrical editor of the Amsterdam News. Burley recorded with Leonard Feather and Tiny Grimes in 1945 and with Lionel Hampton in 1946. That same year, he put together Dan Burley & His Skiffle Boys, an early skiffle ensemble which included Brownie McGhee and Pops Foster among its members. Burley also recorded with Hot Lips Page, Tyree Glenn, and Baby Dodds during the course of his career.
In the 1950s Burley worked for Ebony. He died in 1962.
