During the next eight years, the orchestra appeared nearly a hundred times at the Queen's Hall.
The orchestra tours regularly and has appeared at many of the major European music festivals.
Not so long ago there was some doubt that the orchestra would appear at all.
The orchestra played its 10,000th wedding reception eight years ago, and has appeared at several thousand debutante balls.
The orchestra appeared in the 1941 movie Blues in the Night.
Around the 7-minute mark a full orchestra appears to accompany the band to the gradually fading conclusion.
The orchestra has also appeared on French television in a series entitled "Presto".
Lewis and his orchestra also appeared in a short subject called Is Everybody Happy?
The orchestra has appeared in Europe and throughout the United States.
In Europe the same orchestra often appears in the opera pit one night and on the symphony stage the next.