Editing Ted Lewis (musician) (section)

==Early life==
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Lewis was born '''Theodore Leopold Friedman''' in [[Circleville, Ohio]], to Pauline and Benjamin Friedman.<ref name="ted-lewis-biography"/> His father ran Friedman’s Bazaar,<ref name="ted-lewis-biography">[https://www.tedlewismuseum.org/ted-lewis-biography Ted Lewis Biography] at ''Ted Lewis Museum''</ref> a ladies' bargain store in Circleville.<ref name="Newsreel"/> Lewis went on a [[Tram|street car]] every night to play in the high school band in [[Chillicothe, Ohio]].<ref name="Newsreel"/> Lewis, who was raised Jewish, joined an Episcopal church to sing in the choir next to a girl he liked.<ref name="Newsreel">[<!-- https://web.archive.org/web/20090306105718/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,738070,00.html   https://web.archive.org/web/20240704033037/https://time.com/archive/6743632/newsreel-theatre/  -->https://time.com/archive/6743632/newsreel-theatre/ ''Newsreel Theatre''] November 18, 1929 [[time.com]]</ref> Lewis was fired from Henry Goldsmith's music store in [[Columbus, Ohio]] because whenever he demonstrated a clarinet for a customer people thought he had gone crazy.<ref name="Newsreel"/> His brother Edgar Harrison (C.E. 1913) went to [[Ohio State University]].<ref name=autobiography-ted-lewis>Ted Lewis [https://www.tedlewismuseum.org/ted-lewis-biography-1955 autobiography] (1955) at ''Ted Lewis Museum''</ref><ref>[[:File:Register of graduates and members of the Ohio State University Association, 1878-1917 (IA registerofgradua00ohiorich).pdf]]</ref>