Ted Koehler

American pop lyricist Ted Koehler is best-known for his work with composer Harold Arlen. The songwriting duo was most active in the 1930s, coming up with hits like "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (1931), "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (1932), "Stormy Weather" (1933) (the song that Lena Horne sang for her Hollywood debut), and "Let's Fall in Love" (1934). Koehler was born in Washington, D.C., in 1894 and studied in New York and Newark. He quit a photo-engraving job to work as a theater pianist and ultimately pioneered song hit exploitation in key movie theaters of the silent ...