Ted Lewis

Aliases: Ted Lewis & His Band
Ted Lewis and His Band
Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
Ted Lewis and His Orchestra
Ted Lewis and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Ted Lewis
Ted Lewis Jazz Band
Real name: Theodore Leopold Friedman
Born: June 6, 1892
Died: August 25, 1971
Country: United States
IPI: 00018009509 3 works
Comments: Popular singer, bandleader and musician.
Related: Harry Raderman Band member, trombonist
Harry Barth Member Ted Lewis and His Band

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	Ah-Ha!	Ted Lewis and His Band	1925	(6 artists)
	An Ev'ning in Caroline	Ted Lewis and His Band	1931	(10 artists)
i	Bees' Knees	Ted Lewis and His Band	December 1922	(23 artists)
	Dip Your Brush in the Sunshine (And Keep On Painting Away)	Ted Lewis and His Band	1931	(5 artists)
i	Drifting and Dreaming	Ted Lewis and His Band	1926	(62 artists)
	Harmonica Harry (The Harmonica King)	Ted Lewis and His Band	January 1930	(3 artists)
	Headin' for Better Times	Ted Lewis and His Band	February 1931	John Gill's Novelty Orchestra of New Orleans
	Ho Hum!	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 1931	(8 artists)
	If I Had a Million Dollars	Ted Lewis and His Band	1934	(15 artists)
	If You See Sally	Ted Lewis and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Ted Lewis	February 1927	(14 artists)
	I Love You in the Same Sweet Way	Ted Lewis and His Band	1931	Zonophone Concert Quartette (Bert Firman)
	I'm the Medicine Man for the Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1929	(4 artists)
	In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 1932	(106 artists)
	On the Sunny Side of the Street REC	Ted Lewis and His Band	April 1930	(681 artists) Originally by Harry Richman PRF
i	Second Hand Rose REC	Ted Lewis and His Orchestra	1921	(51 artists) Originally by Fanny Brice PRF
	That's Why I Love You REL	Ted Lewis & His Band	July 1926	(14 artists) Originally by Joe Candullo & His Everglades Orchestra REC
i	We're Back Together Again	Ted Lewis and His Band	1925	(5 artists)
	Wet Yo' Thumb	Ted Lewis and His Band	1923	Missing information
	When My Baby Smiles at Me	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	May 1920	(49 artists)
	When the Curtain Comes Down	Ted Lewis and His Band	March 1929	(2 artists)
	Wond'ring	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	1920	Missing information
	Wouldn't It Be Wonderful	Ted Lewis and His Band	1929	(3 artists)

Covers by Ted Lewis

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	12th. Street Rag	Ted Lewis and His Band	1923	W. Arlington
	A Good Man Is Hard to Find	Ted Lewis and His Band	July 1928	Ernest Hare
	A Jazz Holiday	Ted Lewis and His Band	November 1928	Bennie Goodman's Boys
	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Ted Lewis and His Band	1927	Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
	All by Myself	Ted Lewis and His Band	October 1921	Frank Crumit REC, All Star Trio and Their Orchestra REL
i	Angry	Ted Lewis and His Band	1925	New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i	Aunt Hagar's Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Tim Brymn's Black Devil Four
	Away Down South in Heaven	Ted Lewis & His Band	March 1928	Justin Ring's Okeh Orch. (Sam Lanin)
i	Beale Street Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1923	Prince's Band
i	Beale Street Mamma	Ted Lewis and His Band	July 1923	Lucille Hegamin and Her Blue Flame Syncopators
	Blue Skies	Ted Lewis	1950	Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i	Blues (My Naughty Sweetie Gave Me)	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	November 1919	George Beaver (Irving Kaufman)
i	Broadway Rose	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	February 1921	(unknown)
i	Bugle Call Rag	Ted Lewis & His Band	January 1927	Friars Society Orchestra
i	Clarinet Marmalade	Ted Lewis and His Band	1928	Original Dixieland Jazz Band
	Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine	Ted Lewis	1950	Miss Jones and Mr. Murray
	Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake	Ted Lewis and His Band	September 1923	Billy Murray
	Dallas Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	September 1931	(unknown), (unknown)
	Dinah	Ted Lewis and His Band – Vocal Refrain by Ted Lewis & Four Dusty Travelers	1930	The Revelers [US1] REC,REL, Eddie Cantor PRF
i	Eccentric	Ted Lewis and His Band	1924	Friar's Society Orchestra
	Egyptian-Ella	Ted Lewis and His Band	April 1931	Ted Weems and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Country Washburn
i	Everybody Step	Ted Lewis and His Band	December 1921	The Brox Sisters and Cast
i	Farewell Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1929	Friars Society Orchestra
	Frankie and Johnny	Ted Lewis and His Band	1927	The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
	Glad Rag Doll	Ted Lewis and His Band	March 1929	Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra
	Good Night	Ted Lewis and His Band	April 1928	Columbia Dance Orchestra (Charles Adams Prince)
	Have You Ever Been Lonely?	Ted Lewis and His Band	1933	Gene Arnold
	Hello Montreal!	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 1928	Arthur Fields and His Assassinators
	Hi-Diddle-Diddle	Ted Lewis and His Band	August 1926	Charley Straight and His Rendezvous Orchestra
i	Home Again Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	October 1921	Joseph Samuels' Jazz Band
i	Homesick	Ted Lewis and His Band	November 1922	(unknown)
i	Hot Lips	Ted Lewis and His Band	October 1922	Synco Jazz Band (Joseph Samuels)
	I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me)	Ted Lewis and His Band	July 1928	Marion Harris
i	I Can't Get Over a Girl Like You (Loving a Boy Like Me)	Ted Lewis and His Band	November 1926	Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Vocal Refrain by Billy Murray REC,REL, Bobbe Arnst & John Price Jones PRF
	I Got a Woman, Crazy for Me: She's Funny That Way	Ted Lewis and His Band	1929	Gene Austin
	I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (And My Baby Is Crazy 'Bout Me)	Ted Lewis and His Band	April 1931	King Oliver and His Orchestra
i	I Miss My Swiss	Ted Lewis and His Band	1925	"Piggy" Jones & His Orch.
	I Wish't I Was in Peoria	Ted Lewis and His Band	February 1926	Olympic Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Hall
i	I Wonder What's Become of Sally?	Ted Lewis and His Band	July 1924	Joe Schenck
	Iyone, My Own Iyone	Ted Lewis and His Band	August 1926	The Night Club Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Tom Stacks
i	Jazz Me Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1942	Lucille Hegamin accompanied by Harris' Blues and Jazz Seven
	Jealous	Ted Lewis	1950	International Novelty Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Elliott Shaw
i	June Night	Ted Lewis and His Band	July 1924	(unknown)
i	Jungle Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	November 1928	Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
	Just a Gigolo	Ted Lewis and His Band	February 1931	Tango-Orchester Dajos Béla mit Gesang: Kurt Mühlhardt, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
	Just Around the Corner	Ted Lewis and His Band	December 1925	Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt)
	Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs Off the Moon	Ted Lewis & His Band with Ruth Etting	March 1928	(unknown)
	Laugh! Clown! Laugh!	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 1928	Arthur Ball
	Laughing at Life	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Hotel Pennsylvania Music - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty
	Lazybones	Ted Lewis and His Band	1933	Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Walter Hunt
i	Limehouse Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 1929	Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
	Lonely Troubadour	Ted Lewis and His Band	1929	Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees - Vocal Refrain by Rudy Vallée
i	Louisville Lou (The Vampin' Lady)	Ted Lewis and His Band	July 1923	Original Indiana Syncopators (Original Indiana Five)
i	Lovin' Sam (The Sheik of Alabam)	Ted Lewis and His Band	December 1922	(unknown)
i	Margie	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	February 1921	Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager)
	Maybe — Who Knows?	Ted Lewis and His Band	1929	Ruth Etting
i	Milenberg Joys	Ted Lewis and His Band	1925	New Orleans Rhythm Kings
	My Blue Heaven	Ted Lewis	1950	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
	My Mamma's in Town	Ted Lewis and His Band	September 1926	Fess Williams & His Royal Flush Savoy Orchestra
	My Melancholy Baby	Ted Lewis	1950	Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
	My Woman	Ted Lewis and His Band	1932	Bing Crosby
	Oh, Baby!	Ted Lewis and His Band	1928	All Star Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) REC, Ethel Norris, Edgar Gardner and Ensemble PRF
	One More Time	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 1931	Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
	One Sweet Letter from You	Ted Lewis and His Band	June 1927	Annette Hanshaw
	Play Fiddle Play	Ted Lewis and His Band	1933	George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Dave Marshall
i	Poor Papa	Ted Lewis and His Band	1926	Sally Freeman
	Roses of Picardy	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 1929	Hubert Eisdell
	Royal Garden Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	September 1931	Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
i	Runnin' Wild!	Ted Lewis and His Band	February 1923	Joe Samuels' Jazz Band
i	San	Ted Lewis and His Band	1924	The Benson Orchestra of Chicago under the direction of Roy Bargy
i	Say Arabella	Ted Lewis and His Band	1925	Original Indiana Five
i	Send Back My Honeyman	Ted Lewis and His Band	1922	Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen)
i	Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble	Ted Lewis and His Band	1928	Emerson Dance Orchestra
	Singing a Vagabond Song	Ted Lewis and His Band	April 1930	Harry Richman BRD, Ed Lloyd and His Orchestra (Ed Kirkeby) REC
	Sing You Sinners	Ted Lewis	1950	The Charleston Chasers [US] REC, Lillian Roth BRD
i	Sobbin' Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Albert E. Short and His Tivoli Syncopaters
	Somebody Loves You	Ted Lewis and His Band	1932	(unknown)
	Somebody Stole My Gal	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Ted Weems and His Orchestra
	Someday Sweetheart	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
	Some of These Days	Ted Lewis and His Band with Sophie Tucker	January 1927	Sophie Tucker
i	St. Louis Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	February 1923	Prince's Band
	Stormy Weather	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 27, 1933	Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
	Sweet Little You	Ted Lewis and His Band	1924	Abe Lyman's California Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Charles Kaley
	Sweet Sue - Just You	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 1932	Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
i	Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (Down in Tennessee)	Ted Lewis and His Band	December 1921	Billy Murray–Ed. Smalle
	That Certain Party	Ted Lewis and His Band	1926	Mr. X [Arthur Fields]
	The Best Things in Life Are Free	Ted Lewis	1950	George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger REC, Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones PRF
	The Darktown Strutters' Ball	Ted Lewis and His Band	1927	Six Brown Brothers
	The Gold Digger's Song (We're In The Money)	Ted Lewis and His Band	1933	Unverified
	The Lonesome Road	Ted Lewis and His Band – Vocal Refrain by Ted Lewis & Dixie Four	1930	Gene Austin
i	The Memphis Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1923	Victor Military Band
i	The New St. Louis Blues	Ted Lewis	1926	Unverified
i	There'll Be Some Changes Made	Ted Lewis and His Band	1924	Ethel Waters and The Jazz Masters
	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi	Ted Lewis and His Band	April 1928	(unknown)
i	The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Edward Allen
i	The Yellow Dog Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Prince's Band
	Three O'Clock in the Morning	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Richard Bold and Rosalind Fuller
i	Tiger Rag	Ted Lewis and His Band	1923	Original Dixieland Jass Band
i	Tin Roof Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1925	New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i	Tired of Me	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	January 1921	Lewis James
i	To-Morrow (I'll Be in My Dixie Home Again )	Ted Lewis and His Band	November 1922	Arthur Lange's Orchestra
	Too Tired	Ted Lewis and His Band	1925	Margaret Young
	Try a Little Tenderness	Ted Lewis and His Band	February 1933	Jack Payne & His Band
	Two Cigarettes in the Dark	Ted Lewis and His Band	1934	Johnny Green and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by George Beuler REC, Gloria Grafton PRF
i	Wabash Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1929	Isham Jones Orchestra
i	Wang Wang Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	October 1921	Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra
	Where'd You Get Those Eyes	Ted Lewis & His Band	July 1926	Sam Lanin's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Walter Johnston
	While We Danced Till Dawn	Ted Lewis and His Band	December 1925	Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra
i	You've Got That Thing	Ted Lewis and His Band	January 1930	Jack Thompson & Betty Compton

Songs written by Ted Lewis

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Bees Knees	Ted Lewis, Leo Wood, Ray Lopez	Ted Lewis and His Band	September 27, 1922	Covered by (23 artists)
When My Baby Smiles at Me	Ted Lewis, Andrew B. Sterling, Billy Munro	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	January 12, 1920	Covered by (49 artists)
While We Danced Till Dawn	Ted Lewis, Ira Schuster, Lou Davis, Henry Santly	Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra	March 16, 1925	Covered by (2 artists)

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Ted Lewis – Volume II	Ted Lewis	1950	Decca

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
A Good Man Is Hard to Find	Ted Lewis and His Band	July 1928	Columbia [US]
A Jazz Holiday	Ted Lewis and His Band	November 1928	Columbia [US]
Alexander's Ragtime Band	Ted Lewis and His Band	1927	Columbia [US]
All by Myself - One Kiss - Introducing: "Idol Mine"	Ted Lewis Jazz Band - Happy Six	October 1921	Columbia [US]
An Ev'ning in Caroline	Ted Lewis and His Band	1931	Columbia [US]
Annabelle – Love (My Heart Is Calling You)	Ted Lewis and His Band – Eddie Elkins' Orchestra	1923	Columbia [US]
Barnyard Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1924	Columbia [US]
Beale Street Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1923	Columbia [US]
Beale Street Mamma	Ted Lewis and His Band	July 1923	Columbia [US]
Bees' Knees	Ted Lewis and His Band	December 1922	Columbia [US]
Bo-La-Bo - Venetian Moon	Ted Lewis Jazz Band - Kentucky Serenaders	April 1920	Columbia [US]
Dallas Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	September 1931	Columbia [US]
Dinah	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Columbia [US]
Everybody Step	Ted Lewis and His Band	December 1921	Columbia [US]
Farewell Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1929	Columbia [US]
For My Sweetheart - I Can't Get Over a Girl Like You (Loving a Boy Like Me)	Leo Reisman - Ted Lewis	November 1926	Columbia [US]
Frankie and Johnny	Ted Lewis and His Band	1927	Columbia [US]
Georgette	Ted Lewis and His Band	1922	Columbia [US]
Glad Rag Doll	Ted Lewis and His Band	March 1929	Columbia [US]
Homesick	Ted Lewis and His Band	November 1922	Columbia [US]
Hot Lips	Ted Lewis and His Band	October 1922	Columbia [US]
If I Had a Million Dollars	Ted Lewis and His Band	1934	Decca
I'm All Dressed Up with a Broken Heart	Ted Lewis and His Band	1931	Columbia [US]
I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (And My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Me)	Ted Lewis and His Band	April 1931	Columbia [US]
I Miss My Swiss	Ted Lewis and His Band	1925	Columbia [US]
I'm Sure of Everything but You	Ted Lewis and His Band	1933	Columbia [US]
I'm the Medicine Man for the Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1929	Columbia [US]
I'm Walkin' Around in a Dream	Ted Lewis and His Band	1929	Columbia [US]
In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 1932	Columbia [US]
India - Blues (My Naughty Sweetie Gave Me)	Yerkes Novelty Five - Ted Lewis Jazz Band	November 1919	Columbia [US]
Iyone - My Own Iyone	Ted Lewis and His Band	August 1926	Columbia [US]
Jenny - Liza	Ted Lewis and His Band – Frank Westphal and His Orchestra	March 1923	Columbia [US]
June Night	Ted Lewis and His Band	July 1924	Columbia [US]
Just a Gigolo	Ted Lewis and His Band	February 1931	Columbia [US]
Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs Off the Moon	Ted Lewis & His Band	March 1928	Columbia [US]
Laugh! Clown! Laugh!	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 1928	Columbia [US]
Laughing at life	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Columbia [US]
Lazybones	Ted Lewis and His Band	1933	Columbia [US]
Limehouse Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 1929	Columbia [US]
Margie	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	February 1921	Columbia [US]
My Mamma's in Town	Ted Lewis and His Band	September 1926	Columbia [US]
My Woman	Ted Lewis and His Band	1932	Columbia [US]
One More Time	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 1931	Columbia [US]
One Sweet Letter from You	Ted Lewis and His Band	June 1927	Columbia [US]
On the Sunny Side of the Street	Ted Lewis and His Band	April 1930	Columbia [US]
Poor Papa	Ted Lewis and His Band	1926	Columbia [US]
Pretty Little Baby	Ted Lewis and His Band	February 1926	Columbia [US]
Runnin' Wild!	Ted Lewis and His Band	February 1923	Columbia [US]
San	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Columbia [US]
Say Arabella	Ted Lewis and His Band	1925	Columbia [US]
Second Hand Rose	Ted Lewis and His Orchestra	1921	Columbia [US]
She's Everybody's Sweetheart	Ted Lewis and His Band	1924	Columbia [US]
Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble	Ted Lewis and His Band	1928	Columbia [US]
Somebody Stole My Gal	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Columbia [US]
Some of These Days	Ted Lewis and His Band	January 1927	Columbia [US]
Start the Band	Ted Lewis and His Band	1928	Columbia [US]
Stormy Weather	Ted Lewis and His Band	May 27, 1933	Columbia [US]
Sweet Little You	Ted Lewis and His Band	1924	Columbia [US]
That Certain Party	Ted Lewis and His Band	1926	Columbia [US]
The Duck's Quack – Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake	Frank Westphal and His Orchestra – Ted Lewis and His Band	September 1923	Columbia [US]
The Little Old Church in the Valley	Ted Lewis and His Band	1931	Columbia [US]
The Memphis Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1923	Columbia [US]
The Monkey Doodle-Doo	Ted Lewis and His Band	1926	Columbia [US]
There's a New Day Comin'	Ted Lewis and His Band	1933	Columbia [US]
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi	Ted Lewis and His Band	April 1928	Columbia [US]
The Yellow Dog Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Columbia [US]
Three O'Clock in the Morning	Ted Lewis and His Band	1930	Columbia [US]
Through! (How Can You Say We're Through?)	Ted Lewis and His Band	1929	Columbia [US]
Tiger Rag	Ted Lewis and His Band	1942	Decca
Tin Roof Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	1925	Columbia [US]
Tired of Me	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	January 1921	Columbia [US]
Too Tired	Ted Lewis and His Band	1925	Columbia [US]
Try a Little Tenderness	Ted Lewis and His Band	February 1933	Columbia [US]
Two Cigarettes in the Dark	Ted Lewis and His Band	1934	Decca
Wang Wang Blues	Ted Lewis and His Band	October 1921	Columbia [US]
Wear a Hat with a Silver Lining	Ted Lewis and His Band	1929	Columbia [US]
We're Back Together Again	Ted Lewis and His Band	1925	Columbia [US]
When My Baby Smiles at Me – Rose of Washington Square	Ted Lewis Jazz Band - Kentucky Serenaders	May 1920	Columbia [US]
Where'd You Get Those Eyes	Ted Lewis & His Band	July 1926	Columbia [US]
While We Danced Till Dawn	Ted Lewis and His Band	December 1925	Columbia [US]
Wistful and Blue	Ted Lewis and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Ted Lewis	February 1927	Columbia [US]
You've Got That Thing	Ted Lewis and His Band	January 1930	Columbia [US]

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