Biography

Conductor, author, clarinetist and singer Ted Lewis (Theodore Leopold Friedman) was a bandleader in vaudeville, films and in nightclubs since 1910, and made many records. Joining ASCAP in 1957, his chief musical collaborators included Billy Munro, Andrew Sterling and Harry Von Tilzer, and his popular-song compositions include "Is Everybody Happy Now?", "While We Danced till Dawn", "Sing a Little Love Song for Your Baby", and his theme "When My Baby Smiles at Me".
- IMDb mini biography by: Lou Rugani

Crumpled silk highhat, and clarinet

His other signature song: "When My Baby Smiles at Me."

During every performance he would ask, and ask again, "Is...EV'rybody...HAPPY?"

His theme song was "Me And My Shadow"

Slow, drawling voice

His career lasted 62 years, concluding in the lounge of the Desert Inn in Las Vegas.

Veteran dance band leader, former vaudevillian. Lewis set up his first orchestra in 1910. After working at the College Arms Cabaret in New York, he formed another group ("Ted Lewis & His Nut Band") on Coney island in 1916, initially intending it to be a vaudeville novelty act. By the early 1930s this four-piece unit had developed into a bigger show band, which headlined at the Orpheum Circuit and toured theaters and vaudeville houses both in the US and in Europe. Lewis was able to attract many top-flight musicians, including Jimmy Dorsey, George Brunis and Mugsy Spanier.

Uncle of Ted Jordan..