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About Jack Yellen
"Jack Selig Yellen (Jacek Jeleń; July 6, 1892 – April 17, 1991) was an American lyricist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for writing the lyrics to the songs "Happy Days Are Here Again"[1], which was used by Franklin Roosevelt as the theme song for his successful 1932 presidential campaign, and "Ain't She Sweet", a Tin Pan Alley standard."
"Born to a Jewish family[2] in Poland, Yellen emigrated with his family to the United States when he was five years old. The oldest of seven children, he was raised in Buffalo, New York and began writing songs in high school. He graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1913 where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity. After graduating he became a reporter for the Buffalo Courier, continuing to write songs on the side."
Yellen's first collaborator on a song was George L. Cobb, with whom he wrote a number of Dixie songs including "Alabama Jubilee", "Are You From Dixie?", and "All Aboard for Dixieland". He is best remembered for his collaboration with composer Milton Ager. He and Ager entered the music publishing business as part owners of the Ager-Yellen-Bornstein Music Company. Yellen also worked with many other composers such as Sammy Fain and Harold Arlen.
"Yellen's collaboration with vaudeville star, Sophie Tucker, for whom he was retained to write special material, produced one of Tucker's most well known songs, "My Yiddishe Momme", a song in English with some Yiddish text. Yellen wrote the lyrics which were set to music by Lew Pollack.[3] Yellen wrote the lyrics to more than 200 popular songs of the early 20th century. Two of his most recognized songs, still popular in the 21st century, are "Happy Days Are Here Again" and "Ain't She Sweet"."
"Yellen's screenwriting credits included George White's Scandals, Pigskin Parade, Little Miss Broadway, and Submarine Patrol."
"In 1944 he married his second wife, Lucille Hodgeman. Lucille was born in Minnesota in 1915 and raised in Los Angeles. As a dancer and choreographer, she worked with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and 20th Century Fox under the stage name Lucille Day on over 20 films including The Wizard of Oz.[7] The Yellens lived for many years on a farm on Mortons Corners Road in the town of Concord, New York. Jack Yellen died April 17, 1991 in Concord at the age of 98.[1] Lucille Yellen died August 15, 2010."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Yellen
The ASCAP Foundation Lucille and Jack Yellen Award
The Lucille and Jack Yellen Award was established by The Lucille and Jack Yellen Foundation. It is presented annually to an aspiring musical theater lyricist based on talent and career potential. The recipient must be an ASCAP or unaffiliated member. The recipient is selected by a panel of music industry professionals.
Among the hit songs in the Yellen catalog are "Down By the O-Hi-O," "Are You from Dixie?," "Ain't She Sweet?," and "Happy Days Are Here Again." His works were covered by singers such as Al Jolson, Sophie Tucker, Barbra Streisand, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. The Beatles famously recorded his song, "Ain't She Sweet." Yellen married dancer and choreographer Lucille Hodgeman in 1944. Lucille was born in Minnesota and raised in Los Angeles, where she worked with Twentieth Centry Fox and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. Lucille partook in over 20 films, including The Wizard of Oz and The Prizefighter and the Lady. By nomination Only.
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Jack Yellen's Timeline
| 1892 |
July 6, 1892
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Raczki, Suwalki, Biyalstok, Poland
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| 1924 |
September 23, 1924
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Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
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| 1928 |
May 13, 1928
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Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
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| 1991 |
April 17, 1991
Age 98
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Concord, Erie County, New York, United States
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April 17, 1991
Age 98
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Springville, Erie County, New York, USA, Springville, Erie County, New York, United States
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