Ted Lewis  (1890-1971)
Last updated: 29.01.24
p_lewisted.jpgAccording to the Internet source given below, Ted Lewis was an American Clarinetist, composer and band leader s born in Circleville, Ohio.
After early ventures he gained success in 1916 on joining Earl Fuller's band which had engagements at the Aux Caprice Domino Room and Rector's supper club in Manhattan making his first recordings in 1917. The success of the Original Dixieland Jass Band had opened the doors for other hot and novelty syncopated orchestras and Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band was the most successful.
Ted Lewis and his Band became one of the most popular bands of the early 1920s and continued to be very successful throughout the rest of the decade and the 1930s. Lewis' bands and records over the years featured many up-and-coming Jazz musicians like Muggsy Spanier, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, George Brunies, Jack Teagarden and Thomas Waller.
Three films were made about his career which continued up into the 1960s appearing on TV and playing in Las Vegas.
Websites:
url15.gif Ted Lewis and His Band Brief biography by redhotjazz.com  
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
  Historic Records      
recordMP3.gif Show Me the Way (1925) T. Lewis George Wilton Ballard Edison: 9939
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Ragtime Music CDs:
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     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
  As performer        
pdf15.gif I'll See You in C-U-B-A (1920) I. Berlin (music)
T. Lewis (perf.)
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pdf15.gif Fate (1922) B. Gay (w&m)
T. Lewis (perf.)
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pdf15.gif Georgette (1922) R. Henderson (music)
L. Brown (words)
T. Lewis (perf.)
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pdf15.gif Just Around the Corner (1925) H. von Tilzer (music)
Dolph Singer (words)
T. Lewis (perf.)
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This list is arranged by composer and contains 18 works performed by Ted Lewis who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
     Title Composer Attribution Remarks
         
perf15.jpg I'm the Medicine Man For the Blues (1929) Harry Akst Grant Clarke (words)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
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perf15.jpg I'll See You in C-U-B-A (1920) Irving Berlin Fred Hillebrand (perf.)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
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perf15.jpg While We Danced Till Dawn (1925) Lou Davis Henry W. Santly (co-author)
Joe Schuster (co-author)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Fate (1922) Byron Gay(w&m) Ted Lewis (perf.) wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg New Saint Louis Blues (1926), The William C. Handy Ted Lewis (perf.)
perf15.jpg Georgette (1922) Ray Henderson Lew Brown (words)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Annabelle (1923) Ray Henderson Lew Brown (words)
Jimmy Carr (perf.)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
Pub.
perf15.jpg  Lily (1927) Ballard MacDonald Bobbe Arnst (perf.)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
perf15.jpg Ah-Ha! (1925) James V. Monaco Sidney Clare (words)
Henri Gendron (perf.)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
Pub.
perf15.jpg Broadway Blues (1920), The Carey Morgan Arthur Swanstrom (words)
Nora Bayes (perf.)
Al. Bernard (perf.)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
Jack Norworth (perf.)
Henry Santrey (perf.)
Pub.
perf15.jpg When My Baby Smiles at Me (1920) Bill Munro Andrew B. Sterling (words)
Ted Lewis (words)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Down the Old Church Aisle (1921) Ray Perkins Ted Lewis (perf.) wvicon.gif
perf15.jpg While We Danced Till Dawn (1925) Ira Schuster Henry Santly (co-author)
Lou Davis (words)
Ted Lewis (words)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Just Around the Corner (1925) Harry von Tilzer Dolph Singer (words)
Nora Bayes (perf.)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
Pub.
perf15.jpg Bimini Bay (1921) Richard A. Whiting Gus Kahn (words)
Raymond B. Egan (words)
Eddie Cantor (perf.)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 10 works by Ted Lewis (1890-1971). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Unlucky Blues (w&m) 1920 J. Russel Robinson (co-author)  wvicon.gif
I'm Coming Back to You (w&m) 1921 Ernest Golden (words)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
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Queen of Sheba 1921 Frank Ross (words)  Pub.
Bees Knees 1922 Ray Lopez (co-author)
Leo Wood (words)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
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Show Me the Way 1924 Frank Ross (co-author)
Benny Davis (words)
George Wilton Ballard (perf.)
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Night (w&m) 1926 Erving Erving (co-author)
Fred Dexter (words)
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I'm Walkin' Around in a Dream (w&m) 1929 Larry Yoell (words)
Robert E. Spencer (words)
Ted Lewis (perf.)
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Is Everybody Happy? 1929  youtube15.jpg
Fresh Eggs 1931 J. V. DeCimber (co-author)
Bill Lauderback (words)
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Wailing Blues ? Lew Colwell (co-author)
Jay Livingston (words)
Ray Evans (words)
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg W.C. Handy Ted Lewis "The New Saint Louis Blues" (1926) (2:57) T. Lewis
youtube15.jpg T. Lewis Is Everybody Happy?:Ted Lewis 1929 (5:22) Ted Lewis