Occupation(s) Lyricist Movies Stormy Weather Role Lyricist | Name Ted Koehler Instruments Piano Plays After Midnight | |
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Born July 14, 1894
Washington, D.C. ( 1894-07-14 ) Associated acts Harold Arlen, Rube Bloom, Sammy Fain Died January 17, 1973, Santa Monica, California, United States Books Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away): As Performed by Bing Crosby, Erskine Hawkins, Charles Mingus Etc; Single Songbook Nominations Academy Award for Best Original Song, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical Similar People Harold Arlen, Rube Bloom, Duke Ellington, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields | ||
Harold arlen music ted koehler lyrics stormy weather ralna english 39 vocals 1981
Ted L. Koehler (July 14, 1894 – January 17, 1973) was an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.
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- Harold arlen music ted koehler lyrics stormy weather ralna english 39 vocals 1981
- Jazz trio stormy weather by harold arlen and ted koehler 1933
- Life and career
- Songs
- Work on Broadway
- References
Jazz trio stormy weather by harold arlen and ted koehler 1933
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.
He moved on to write for vaudeville and Broadway theatre, and he also produced nightclub shows.
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" 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.
Koehler also worked with other composers, including Rube Bloom, Harry Warren and Sammy Fain.
Koehler died in 1973 in Santa Monica at the age of 78.