Ted Lewis was the ultimate showman of the Jazz Age, leading his iconic band with a top hat, cane, and his trademark phrase "Is everybody happy?" throughout the 1920s-40s. Known as "Mr. Entertainment," this clarinetist-singer blended hot jazz, sentimental ballads, and vaudeville humor into crowd-pleasing performances. His nasally vocals on hits like "K-K-K-Katy" and "When My Baby Smiles at Me" became instant classics, while his theatrical stage presence made him a regular in early talkies and later TV variety shows like Ed Sullivan. Though his sound evolved from ragtime to swing over four decades, Lewis never lost his knack for giving audiences a good time – a legacy preserved in compilation series like *Hit Wonder* that capture his timeless charm.
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