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Koehler was born in 1894 in Washington, D.C.
Koehler was born in 1894 in Washington, D.C.


He started out as a [[Photogravure|photo-engraver]], but was attracted to the music business, where he started out as a theater pianist for [[silent film]]s.<ref name= NYT>{{cite news | last =[[UPI]] | first = | title =Ted Koehler, Wrote Lyrics of Hit Songs | newspaper =[[New York Times]] | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =January 22, 1973 | url =https://nyti.ms/1PttBM9| accessdate = July 27, 2022}}</ref>
He started out as a [[Photogravure|photo-engraver]], but was attracted to the music business, where he started out as a theater pianist for [[silent film]]s.<ref name= NYT>{{cite news | last =[[UPI]] | title =Ted Koehler, Wrote Lyrics of Hit Songs | newspaper =[[New York Times]] | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =January 22, 1973 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/22/archives/ted-koehler-wrote-lyrics-of-hit-songs.html| access-date = July 27, 2022}}</ref>


He moved on to write for [[vaudeville]] and [[Broadway theatre]], and he also produced [[nightclub]] shows.<ref name= NYT/>
He moved on to write for [[vaudeville]] and [[Broadway theatre]], and he also produced [[nightclub]] shows.<ref name= NYT/>
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*"[[Stormy Weather (1933 song)|Stormy Weather]]"&nbsp;– music by Harold Arlen
*"[[Stormy Weather (1933 song)|Stormy Weather]]"&nbsp;– music by Harold Arlen
*"[[When the Sun Comes Out]]"&nbsp;– music by Harold Arlen
*"[[When the Sun Comes Out]]"&nbsp;– music by Harold Arlen
*"[[Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (song)|Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams]]"&nbsp;– with [[Harry Barris]] and [[Billy Moll]]
*"[[Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (song)|Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams]]"&nbsp;– music by [[Harry Barris]], lyrics with [[Billy Moll]]


==Work on Broadway==
==Work on Broadway==

Latest revision as of 21:43, 23 November 2025

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Ted L. Koehler (July 14, 1894 – January 17, 1973) was an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.[1]

Life and career

Koehler was born in 1894 in Washington, D.C.

He started out as a photo-engraver, but was attracted to the music business, where he started out as a theater pianist for silent films.[2]

He moved on to write for vaudeville and Broadway theatre, and he also produced nightclub shows.[2]

His most successful collaboration was with the composer Harold Arlen, with whom he wrote many famous songs from the 1920s through the 1940s. In 1929 the duo composed their first well-known song, "Get Happy", and went on to create "Let's Fall in Love", "Stormy Weather", "Sing My Heart" and other hit songs. Throughout the early and mid-1930s they wrote for the Cotton Club, a popular Harlem night club, for big band jazz legend Duke Ellington and other top performers, as well as for Broadway musicals and Hollywood films.[2]

Koehler also worked with other composers, including Jimmy McHugh, Rube Bloom, Harry Warren and Sammy Fain.[1]

Koehler died in 1973 in Santa Monica at the age of 78.[2]

Songs

Work on Broadway

References

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External links

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