Lady Luck was good to hear at the end (not Ted Lewis's talk/singing of it). And get a load of Noah Beery hopping around! The better versions of that song were done by Smith Ballew and Scrappy Lambert.
Harry Levi looks just as young now as he did then... I didn't know the Thameside Mummers had such a big part and I never knew Dave Brown played clarinet! Well actually he doesn't, just dances around with it. 3min.43. They still charge the same now and are no better.
"Is Everybody Happy Now," which reached #10 in March 1928, was the 49th of the 102 hits Ted Lewis racked up between 1920 and 1938. From 1920 to 1927 (his "hot band" period), only five of Ted's 43 hits had vocals. After that, though, he increasinly leaned on his tongue-in-cheek vocals to work their magic on his records -- and it sure worked! "Lady Luck," from the film "Show of Shows," reached #3 in November 1929.
"Is Everybody Happy Now," which reached #10 in March 1928, was the 49th of the 102 hits Ted Lewis racked up between 1920 and 1938. From 1920 to 1927 (his "hot band" period), only five of Ted's 43 hits had vocals. After that, though, he increasinly leaned on his tongue-in-cheek vocals to work their magic on his records -- and it sure worked!
Even in the twenties, he was kind of a throwback to an earlier era. With a little jazz added. I remember Ted Lewis' version of 'Me and My Shadow'. The more battered and blue he became as he aged, the deeper the dark the ironies in his music shown. Was fascinated by the way his hand would seem to fade away after asking, "Is everybody happy?".
Oh How I loved the great showman Theodore Leopold Friedman from the first time I saw him as a child in a triple feature at the Ideal Theater across from the famous Biograph Theater on Lincoln Ave in Chicago. What a thrilling and funny guy!! I never knew how famous he was in the 20's and 30's until You Tube.Thank You Desdemona202.The pride of Circleville Ohio and one of the unique and great stars of the 20th century!!
is he rapping?
jaroncreed 2 weeks ago
Lady Luck was good to hear at the end (not Ted Lewis's talk/singing of it). And get a load of Noah Beery hopping around! The better versions of that song were done by Smith Ballew and Scrappy Lambert.
1928jazz 3 weeks ago
Harry Levi looks just as young now as he did then... I didn't know the Thameside Mummers had such a big part and I never knew Dave Brown played clarinet! Well actually he doesn't, just dances around with it. 3min.43. They still charge the same now and are no better.
SimonRitchieMelodeon 3 months ago
Thank you!
louisa1832 7 months ago
"Is Everybody Happy Now," which reached #10 in March 1928, was the 49th of the 102 hits Ted Lewis racked up between 1920 and 1938. From 1920 to 1927 (his "hot band" period), only five of Ted's 43 hits had vocals. After that, though, he increasinly leaned on his tongue-in-cheek vocals to work their magic on his records -- and it sure worked! "Lady Luck," from the film "Show of Shows," reached #3 in November 1929.
horarwgt 9 months ago
"Is Everybody Happy Now," which reached #10 in March 1928, was the 49th of the 102 hits Ted Lewis racked up between 1920 and 1938. From 1920 to 1927 (his "hot band" period), only five of Ted's 43 hits had vocals. After that, though, he increasinly leaned on his tongue-in-cheek vocals to work their magic on his records -- and it sure worked!
horarwgt 9 months ago
Even in the twenties, he was kind of a throwback to an earlier era. With a little jazz added. I remember Ted Lewis' version of 'Me and My Shadow'. The more battered and blue he became as he aged, the deeper the dark the ironies in his music shown. Was fascinated by the way his hand would seem to fade away after asking, "Is everybody happy?".
AryeDirect 10 months ago
If Lewis would have just SHUT UP & PLAY we would have liked him better!
He had more bullsh*t than a Christmas turkey. He was friends with my
friend's mother from Cleveland, and did the song "Marguerite" for her.
4freespeech 1 year ago
@dholm5058 you saw him as a child? eh hmm, how old are ye?
up2space 1 year ago
Oh How I loved the great showman Theodore Leopold Friedman from the first time I saw him as a child in a triple feature at the Ideal Theater across from the famous Biograph Theater on Lincoln Ave in Chicago. What a thrilling and funny guy!! I never knew how famous he was in the 20's and 30's until You Tube.Thank You Desdemona202.The pride of Circleville Ohio and one of the unique and great stars of the 20th century!!
dholm5058 1 year ago