Ted Kennedy | Ted Turner | Edward Heath | Ted Nugent | Ted Williams | Ted Hughes | Small Heath | Ted Koppel | Ted Kotcheff | Haywards Heath | heath | TED (conference) | Jimmy Heath | Ted Rall | Martlesham Heath | Ted Danson | Ted Berrigan | Small Heath, Birmingham | Ted Ray | Ted Leo | Heath Ledger | Heath | Ted Strickland | Ted Kulongoski | Ted Drake | TED | Ted | Father Ted | Ted Nelson | Ted McCarty |
When World War II broke out he served as a gunner signaller in the Royal Artillery, after being demobbed he became a professional musician playing with the bands of Joe Daniels, Lou Preager, Maurice Winnick, the Squadronaires, Jack Parnell and lastly, the Ted Heath Big Band.
"Happy Days and Lonely Nights" has also been recorded by Ken Dodd, Anneke Grönloh, Dick James, Ginger Rogers, Kathy Kirby, Duke Special and Kay Starr with instrumental versions by UK pianist Billy Thorburn (recorded 2 November 1954), Max Bygraves, Russ Conway, Ted Heath and Phil Tate.
From the 1930s he was a featured banjoist and then guitarist of many of Britain's leading dance bands including those of Bert Firman, Ambrose, Roy Fox, Lew Stone, Geraldo and Ted Heath.
Ted Heath - Big Band Percussion - (1968) an instrumental version, the first eight bars of which were used for many years as the opening theme to BBC One's children's news programme John Craven's Newsround.
Others that have recorded Birmingham Bounce include Hardrock Gunter, Tommy Dorsey, Amos Milburn, Lionel Hampton, Sid Phillips, Ted Heath, and Tex Williams.