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The album never materialized, but nevertheless, Weitz has
spent the last 40-odd years entertaining all over the Philadelphia
area, singing the songs of his youth at b’nai mitzvah, weddings
and other special occasions (and also marrying his second
wife, Marci, of now nearly 30 years). At 72, he doesn’t perform
quite as much as he used to, or at the same clubs — he was at
Warmdaddy’s before it was Warmdaddy’s — but you can still
find him singing Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and old Gershwin
tunes at elder-living facilities and at the occasional milestone
event. Not that he’d have it any other way.

“I’ve been entertaining since I was 3 years old,” he said.

Weitz was born in Mount Airy, but grew up primarily in the
Wyncote/Cheltenham area. There, he learned to play piano and
sing from his father, Ted Weitz. Known professionally as Ted
White, his father had written songs for Louis Armstrong, among
others, and met Ella Fitzgerald when she was just beginning her
legendary career. He was also a songwriter, with a radio show on
WCAU in addition to a side-gig as a joke-writer, writing Henny
Youngman-style one-liners for the Jewish Exponent’s “Borscht
Belt” section (since discontinued). This was all in addition to
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