Victor Arden

Victor Arden
Victor Arden and Phil Ohman
Born	Lewis John Fuiks March 8, 1893 Wenona, Illinois
Died	July 31, 1962 New York City
Nationality	American
Occupation	Pianist

Victor Arden was the stage name for an American pianist named Lewis John Fuiks (8 March 1893 — 31 July 1962) who was best known as the piano duo partner of and co-orchestra leader with Phil Ohman from 1922 to 1932. He was the pianist in the All-Star Trio, who made several hits for Victor Records between 1919 and 1921.

Arden was born March 8, 1893, in Wenona, Illinois.

In 1935, Arden was described in a newspaper article as "well-known to music lovers and radio listeners." At the time, Arden's orchestra was featured on Musical Moments, which was carried on over 300 stations weekly.

Before 1920, Arden was making recordings to be reproduced on player pianos manufactured by the American Piano Company.

Arden died July 31, 1962, in New York City.

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Arden was a graduate of the University of Chicago and studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago.

Arden was married twice. He first married Ilse Alma Spindler (born April 1894) – a 1916 graduate of the University of Chicago – in Chicago, on May 2, 1917. Lewis and Alma had two sons: Robert Spindler Fuiks (1921–2009) and Lewis John Fuiks, Jr. (1919–2004). Victor remarried in the 1950s to Frances Newsom, a classical soprano.