Ernst Heinrich "Teddy" Stauffer (2 May 1909 – 27 August 1991) was a Swiss bandleader, musician, actor, nightclub owner, and restaurateur. 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.[1]
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| Birth name | Ernst Heinrich Stauffer |
| Also known as | Ernest Henry Stauffer Teddy-Stauffer-Septett |
| Born | (1909-05-02)2 May 1909 Murten, Fribourg, Switzerland |
| Died | 27 August 1991(1991-08-27) (aged 82) Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Genres | Jazz |
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Annual trips to St. Moritz and Arosa, and also a guest appearance in London, were responsible for the international fame of the Teddies band. Until 1939, he appeared with his Original Teddies-Band especially in Berlin and Hamburg. With his jazzy swing music, however, Stauffer increasingly got in trouble with the Reichsmusikkammer.[2]
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