Teddy Powell
Teddy Powell
Person from United States
Genres: acoustic, swing, instrumental, USA, oldies
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About Teddy Powell
Teddy Powell (Teodoro Paolella, March 1, 1905, Oakland, California - November 17, 1993, New York) was an American jazz guitarist, composer and big band leader. Some of his compositions were under the pseudonym Freddy James. Teddy spent several years with the Abe Lyman band where he also served as a vocalist, arranger and helped out on the business side of things. Powell began playing violin when he was 8, picked up the banjo when he was 14 and led his first band the following year. They stayed together until 1944. His own band hired several highly regarded musicians formerly with the Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Casa Loma orchestras. The band debuted at New York's Famous Door nightclub. Teddy's big band was very popular for a short time in 1939 while they were in New York. Irving Fazola, Pete Mondello, John Austin, Nick Caizza, Carmen Mastren, Ely Davis, Hugh Brown, S.J. Kramer, John Popa, Jerry Shane, Irwin Berken featured on his bands. Unfortunately, in 1941, the band lost all of its instruments in a disastrous fire at a nightclub in New Jersey. Teddy Powell retired from bandleading in 1954 and formed a music publishing company in New York City sometime prior to 1960 and prospered. The principal company, among many, was Tee Pee Music Co.
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Teddy Powell — Top 15 songs
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teddy Powell | Gobs Of Love | ||
| Teddy Powell | All Or Nothing At All | ||
| Teddy Powell | In The Blue Of Evening (V: Peggy Mann) | ||
| Teddy Powell | Back Beat Scuffle | ||
| Teddy Powell | Jamaica Jam | ||
| Teddy Powell | Dark Eyes | ||
| Teddy Powell | People Will Say We Are In Love (Peggy Mann and Gene Howard) | ||
| Teddy Powell | I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You | ||
| Teddy Powell | Flea On A Spree | ||
| Teddy Powell | Idaho | ||
| Teddy Powell | In The Blue of The Evening | ||
| Teddy Powell | Teddy's Boogie Woogie [1936] | ||
| Teddy Powell | In A Persian Market | ||
| Teddy Powell | A Robin Sings | ||
| Teddy Powell | If You Are But A Dream |