Jack Yellen
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Jack Selig Yellen (Jacek Jeleń) (July 6, 1892 - April 17, 1991) was an American lyricist.
Yellen's family emigrated to the United States when he was five. He attended the University of Michigan and on graduating became a reporter on the Buffalo Courier in Buffalo, New York. 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-Bernstein Music Company. Two of his songs, still popular in the 21st century, are Happy Days Are Here Again, and the Beatles favorite Ain't She Sweet.
Jack Yellen was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972 and the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame in 1996.
He died in Concord, New York, aged 98.
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[edit] Broadway musicals
- What's in a Name? (1920) with music by Milton Ager
- Rain or Shine (1928) with music by Milton Ager
- John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1929)
- Follow A Star (1930) with music by Vivian Ellis
- You Said It (1931)
- George White's Scandals of 1935
- George White's Scandals of 1939
- Boys and Girls Together (1940)
- Sons o' Fun (1941)
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 (1943)
[edit] Film Scores
- THE ADDING MACHINE 1969
- THE AFFAIR OF SUSAN 1935
- ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN 1937
- ANOTHER THIN MAN - 1939
- ARTISTIC TEMPER 1932
- BELLS OF CAPISTRANO 1942
- BLONDE CRAZY 1931
- BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938 1937
- BULLDOG DRUMMOND 1939
- CALL OF THE WEST 1930
- CAPTAIN JANUARY 1936
- CHASING RAINBOWS 1930
- THE CHRISTMAS PARTY 1931
- CRASHING THE GATE 1934
- GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS 1934
- GLAD RAG DOLL 1929
- GOING HOLLYWOOD 1933
- HAPPY LANDING 1938
- THE HEART OF NEW YORK 1932
- HELL IN THE HEAVENS 1934
- HOLD THAT CO-ED 1938
- HONKY TONK 1929
- ICE FOLLIES OF 1939
- KING OF BURLESQUE 1935
- THE KING OF JAZZ 1930
- LITTLE MISS BROADWAY 1938
- LOVE IS NEWS 1937
- MY LUCKY STAR 1938
- NIGHT AND DAY 1946
- OUR LITTLE GIRL 1935
- PIGSKIN PARADE 1936
- RAIN OR SHINE 1930
- REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM 1938
- SALLY, IRENE AND MARY 1938
- SENSATIONS OF 1945 - 1944
- SING, BABY, SING 1936
- SUBMARINE PATROL 1938
- THEY LEARNED ABOUT WOMEN 1930
- THIS IS HEAVEN 1929
- TWENTIETH CENTURY 1934
- UNEXPECTED UNCLE 1941
- WAKE UP AND LIVE 1937
- YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING 1937
[edit] Songs
- Alabama Jubilee 1915
- Down By The O-Hi-O 1921
- There's a Garden in Hawaii with music by George B. McConnell 1917
- Glad Rag Doll 1929
- Louisville Lou 1923
- Happy Feet 1930
- Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah) 1924
- I Wonder What's Become of Sally 1924
- Cheatin' on Me 1925
- In Your Green Hat 1925
- My Yiddishe Momme 1925 with music by Lew Pollack and a huge success for Sophie Tucker.
- Crazy Words, Crazy Tune 1926
- Ain't She Sweet 1927
- Happy Days Are Here Again 1930
