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- Category: Recording
- Star rank: 2241
- Address:
1624 Vine St - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing south
- GPS location:
34.101417, -118.326540
Ted Weems
Next star: Duncan Renaldo
Previous star: Garry Moore
Biography
Wilfred Theodore (Ted) Weems (originally Wemyes) (26 September 1901 – 6 May 1963) was an American bandleader and musician. Weems’ work in music was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Fact file
- Birth name: Wilfred Theodore Wemyes
- Also known as: Ted Weems
- Born: September 26, 1901 Pitcairn, Pennsylvania
- Origin: Philadelphia
- Died: May 6, 1963 (aged 61) Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Genres: Jazz, big band
- Occupations: Bandleader
- Instruments: violin, trombone
- Years active: 1923–1953
- Labels: Victor Records, Bluebird Records, Mercury Records
- Associated acts: Perry Como, Elmo Tanner, Red Ingle, Marilyn Maxwell, Joe Haymes
Read more about Ted Weems at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Vine St, east side, between Selma and Hollywood
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Nearby you will also find Teresa Wright, Garry Moore, Duncan Renaldo, Joe E. Brown, Richard Dix, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Julia Sanderson, and many others.