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Theodore Earl "Ted" Raph
Ted Raph changed
his name legally from Jehial
Isadore to
Theodore Earl
on March 24, 1930.
Ted was a prefessional musician and played
Dixieland trombone with touring groups in the East during the 1920s. He
later composed and arranged for a number of big bands in the 1930s. He
served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1945 in the Special Services Division
and Signal Corps Photographic Center conducting, composing, and
arranging music for movie shorts, transcriptions, and radio shows. He
went on to an active role in prominent radio and TV shows, including
"Name That Tune" on radio from 1952-1953 and on TV from 1953 - 1959. He
followed that on "Yours For A Song" from 1961 - 1963.
Obituary:
Theodore Earl Raph, 86, of Scottsdale, a
professional musician, died Dec. 20, 1991. He was born in Boston.
Survivors include his wife, Jane; son, Alan; step-daughter, Ranney; two
sisters Ruth and Gertrude of New York City; and three grandchildren.
Private services will be held at a later date. Altman Memorial Chapel,
Scottsdale, Arizona.
--Arizona Republic December 26, 1991
Credit where credit is due:
Brian Phelps wrote,
"You have a profile of my uncle, Theodore Earl Raph, on your web site
which is a direct quote from my family history page.
http://www.phelpsfamilyhistory.com/genealogy/d0003/f0000070.asp#I79 I
would sincerely appreciate appropriate attribution and a link to my web
site."
Information posted here comes from many
sources, submitted by visitors like you, all pieces of the jigsaw puzzle
that make up this picture of Army Pictorial Center. We do not intend to
slight anyone or any source, or to violate any protections of source
material. In this case, the family history page linked above is quite
interesting and has additional material about Ted. We're happy to set
the record straight.
(Updated January
20, 2010, and September 8, 2020.)
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