Ted Lewis

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Ted Lewis was an American jazz bandleader, clarinetist, and entertainer known for his flamboyant stage presence and catchphrase "Is everybody happy?"

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Ted Lewis canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
clarinetist ⓘ
entertainer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1960s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1910 ⓘ
associatedAct Ted Lewis and His Band ⓘ
birthName Theodore Leopold Friedman ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Hebron Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States of America ⓘ
catchphrase Is everybody happy? ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1890-06-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1971-08-25 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Friedman ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
givenName Theodore ⓘ
hasSignatureLook top hat and cane ⓘ
use of megaphone while singing ⓘ
influenced popularization of jazz in mainstream entertainment in the 1920s ⓘ
instrument clarinet ⓘ
movement early jazz ⓘ
name Ted Lewis ⓘ
notableFor flamboyant stage presence ⓘ
jazz bandleading in the 1920s and 1930s ⓘ
use of megaphone in performances ⓘ
notableWork Is Everybody Happy? (song and routine) ⓘ
Wear a Hat with a Silver Lining ⓘ
When My Baby Smiles at Me ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
clarinetist ⓘ
entertainer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
performedIn Broadway revues ⓘ
radio programs ⓘ
sound films ⓘ
vaudeville ⓘ
placeOfBirth Circleville, Ohio, United States of America ⓘ
linked to: Circleville, Ohio
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
OKeh Records ⓘ
linked to: Okeh Records
residence New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Adah Becker ⓘ
stageName Ted Lewis ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sophie Tucker → performedWith → Ted Lewis ⓘ
Goody Goody → hasNotableRecording → Ted Lewis ⓘ
Ted Lewis → stageName → Ted Lewis ⓘ
Dinah → hasBeenRecordedBy → Ted Lewis ⓘ
subject linked to: “Dinah”