Editing Ted Shapiro (section)

==Early life ==
Shapiro was born on October 31, 1899, in [[New York City]].<ref name="Vaché">{{cite book|chapter=Ted Shapiro|title=The Unsung Songwriters: America's Masters of Melody|author=Warren W. Vaché|year=2000|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|page=448|isbn=9780810835702}}</ref> He became a [[Tin Pan Alley]] [[songwriter]] and accompanied notable star [[vaudeville]] singers of the day, including [[Nora Bayes]] and [[Eva Tanguay]].<ref name="Vaché"/> Shapiro was hired as accompanist and music director for [[Sophie Tucker]]; replacing the "Five Kings of Syncopation" on her 1922 tour to London.<ref name="Tucker">{{cite book|title=Sophie Tucker: First Lady of Show Business|author=Armond Fields|year=2003|page=100|isbn=9780786415779|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]}}</ref> Shapiro worked with Tucker until her death in 1966,<ref name=jasen>{{cite book|author=Jasen, David A.|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WNuwiKJPtnwC&pg=PT79|title=Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography| page= 59|publisher= Routledge}}</ref> appearing at the piano on stage with her, exchanging banter and wisecracks between songs. Shapiro also wrote a number of songs for Tucker.<ref name="Tucker"/>