hollywood: Ted Lewis

Thursday, 28 June 2012

Ted Lewis

Clarinetist Ted Lewis was born in Circleville, Ohio in 1890 and was playing leading bands in Ohio as early as 1910. Ted formed a musical vaudeville act with his older brother Edward Friedman that was billed as "Ted and Ed" which toured the Gus Sun Vaudeville curcuit. When his brother tired of show business Ted moved to New York