"Get Happy" is a song composed by #HaroldArlen, with lyrics written by #TedKoehler. It was the first song they wrote together, and was introduced by #RuthEtting in The Nine-Fifteen Revue in 1930. The song expresses the #gospelMusic theme of #gettingHappy, an expression of #religiousEcstasy for salvation. It is most associated with #JudyGarland, who performed it in her last MGM film #SummerStock (1950) and in live concert performances throughout the rest of her life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7d0NRewzW4

"I've Got the World on a String" is a 1932 #popular #jazz #song composed by #HaroldArlen, with lyrics written by #TedKoehler. It was written for the twenty-first edition of the #CottonClub series which opened on October 23, 1932, the first of the Cotton Club Parades.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jTIRkXCaF0

"Let's Fall in Love" is a song written by #HaroldArlen (music) and #TedKoehler (lyrics) for the film #LetsFallInLove and published in 1933. In the film, it is heard during the opening credits and later sung by #ArtJarrett and chorus, and by #AnnSothern. The major hit at the time of introduction was by #EddyDuchin (vocal by Lew Sherwood). It was originally written in #CMajor with a "Moderately Bright" tempo marking. As a jazz standard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJHXQAs9vlk

"I've Got The World on a String" is a 1932 #popular #jazz #song composed by #HaroldArlen, with lyrics written by #TedKoehler. It was written for the twenty-first edition of the #CottonClub series which opened on October 23, 1932, the first of the Cotton Club Parades.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jTIRkXCaF0

"Get Happy" is a song composed by #HaroldArlen, with lyrics written by #TedKoehler. It was the first song they wrote together, and was introduced by #RuthEtting in The Nine-Fifteen Revue in 1930. The song expresses the #gospelMusic theme of #gettingHappy, an expression of #religiousEcstasy for salvation. It is most associated with #JudyGarland, who performed it in her last MGM film #SummerStock (1950) and in live concert performances throughout the rest of her life.
https://youtu.be/HDp9b9eYoLM

"#StormyWeather" is a 1933 #torchSong written by #HaroldArlen and #TedKoehler. #EthelWaters first sang it at #TheCottonClub night club in #Harlem in 1933 and recorded it that year, and in the same year it was sung in London by #ElisabethWelch and recorded by #FrancesLangford. Also in 1933, for the first time the entire floor revue from Harlem's Cotton Club went on tour, playing theatres in principal cities.
https://youtu.be/TPgnj5upihQ

Confession: I wasn't sure if I wanted to go with "Let's Fall in Love" by Harold Arlen (music) and Ted Koehler (lyrics) from 1933, or "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" by Cole Porter from 1928.

If you're not familiar with the former, here's Ella Fitzgerald's luscious version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YjKQYsVj2o

#ColePorter #HaroldArlen #TedKoehler #ColePorter #EllaFitzgerald #Jazz #ClassicJazz #JazzStandards #VocalJazz