Ernst Heinrich "Teddy" Stauffer (2 May 1909 – 27 August 1991) was a

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owner, and

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. He was dubbed Germany's " swing-king" of the 1930s. He formed the band known as the Teddies (also known as the Original Teddies or the International Teddies), which continued after he left in 1941.

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Annual trips to

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and

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, and also a guest appearance in

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, were responsible for the international fame of the Teddies band. Until 1939, he appeared with his ''Original Teddies-Band'' especially in Berlin and

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. With his jazzy swing music, however, Stauffer increasingly got in trouble with the

Reichsmusikkammer The Reich Chamber of Music (German: ''Reichsmusikkammer'') was a Nazi institution. It promoted "good German music" which was composed by Aryans and seen as consistent with Nazi ideals, while suppressing other, "degenerate" music, which included ato ...

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Teddy Stauffer in Acapulco
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Teddy Stauufer: The King of Swing's Paradise
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stauffer, Teddy 1909 births 1991 deaths People from Murten Big band bandleaders Jazz saxophonists Jazz violinists Nightclub owners People from Bern Swiss expatriates in the United States Swiss male film actors Swiss jazz musicians Swiss male television actors 20th-century Swiss male actors 20th-century violinists 20th-century saxophonists

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