Timeline
| 1892 | September 19 - Fred E. Ahlert is born in New York City |
| 1920 | Graduates from the city College of New York |
| 1924 | Graduates from Fordham Law School |
| 1925 | Joins the publishing company Waterson, Berlin and Snyder creating arrangements for Irving Aaronson and His Commanders Orchestra |
| 1928 | Ahlert meets lyricist Roy Turk. Their first collaboration, I'LL GET BY (AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU) becomes a #1 hit on the Billboard charts |
| 1929 | Aileen Stanley's recording of I'LL GET BY (AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU) reaches the top twenty on the Billboard charts |
| 1929 | MEAN TO ME reaches #3 with a recording by Ruth Etting. |
| 1931 | I DON'T KNOW WHY (I JUST DO) reaches #2 on the Billboard charts with a recording by Wayne King. Benny Krueger would release a version of the same song during the same year and the recording would reach #8. Kate Smith also hit the top twenty with a recording during 1931. |
| 1931 | WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME reaches #8 with a recording by Nick Lucas. Recordings of the song by the Charleston Chasers, Lee Morse and Ted Weems would all reach the top ten. |
| 1931 | WHERE THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT MEETS THE GOLD OF THE DAY reaches #13 on the Billboard charts with a recording by Russ Columbo |
| 1932 | Paul Whiteman's recording of I'LL FOLLOW YOU reaches #19 on the Billboard charts |
| 1932 | LOVE YOU FUNNY THING reaches #4 on the Billboard charts with a recording by Louis Armstrong |
| 1932 | Bing Crosby's recording of WHERE THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT reaches #4 on the Billboard charts |
| 1933 | Joins the Board of Directors for the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) |
| 1934 | AND STILL I DO reaches #20 on the Billboard charts with a recording by Anson Weeks |
| 1934 | THE MOON WAS YELLOW reaches the top fifteen with a recording by Bing Crosby |
| 1935 | Fats Waller records I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER. The song would reach #5 on the Billboard charts. |
| 1935 | Ruth Etting has a #1 hit with her recording of LIFE IS A SONG. The same year, Freddy Martin also reaches the top ten with his version of LIFE IS A SONG. |
| 1936 | I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER reaches #3 on the Billboard charts with a recording by the Boswell Sisters. |
| 1936 | SING AN OLD FASHIONED SONG reaches #13 on the Billboard charts with a recording by Fats Waller |
| 1936 | Eddie Duchin's recording of TAKE MY HEART reaches #1 on the Billboard charts |
| 1936 | Artie Shaw's recording of THERE'S FROST ON THE MOON reaches #10 on the Billboard charts |
| 1937 | IMAGE OF YOU reaches #19 on the Billboard charts with a recording by the Mills Blue Rhythm Band |
| 1937 | Teddy Wilson's cover recording of MEAN TO ME reaches #7 on the Billboard charts |
| 1940 | Jimmy Dorsey's recording of WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOUR HEART reaches the top twnety five on the Billboard charts. |
| 1940 | October 10 - It Happens on Ice opens at the Center Theatre on Broadway for a 276 show performance run |
| 1942 | GOODNIGHT CAPTAIN CURLY HEAD reaches #23 on the Billboard charts with a recording by Dinah Shore |
| 1944 | Harry James' recording of I'LL GET BY AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU reaches #1 on the Billboard charts. The same year, the Ink Spots cover the song and reach #7. |
| 1945 | Freddy Martin's recording of IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY reaches #13 on the Billboard charts |
| 1946 | Two new recordings of I DON'T WHY (I JUST DO) reach the top twenty on the Billboard charts with recordings by Tommy Dorsey and the Andrews Sisters. |
| 1946 | Pied Pipers' recording of IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY reaches the top fifteen on the Billboard charts. |
| 1948 | Appointed President of ASCAP, a position he would hold for the next two years |
| 1949 | Artie Shaw records MANY DREAMS AGO. The recording reaches #11 on the Billboard charts |
| 1952 | Johnnie Ray's recording of WALKIN MY BABY BACK HOME reaches #4 on the Billboard charts. |
| 1953 | October 20 - Fred E. Ahlert dies in New York City |