Ted L. Koehler (July 14, 1894 – January 17, 1973) was an American lyricist.
[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.
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.