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Jack Yellen

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Jack Selig Yellen (Jacek Jeleń; July 6, 1892 – April 17, 1991)<ref name="LarkinGE">Template:Cite book</ref> was an American lyricist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for writing the lyrics to the songs "Happy Days Are Here Again",<ref name=obit>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.

Early life and educationEdit

Born to a Jewish family<ref>Tampa Jewish Federation: "Jews in the News: Carrie Fisher, Norman Lear and Stephen Tobolowsky" Template:Webarchive retrieved March 18, 2017</ref> in Raczki, Congress Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, Yellen emigrated with his family to the United States when he was five years old. His parents were Abram and Bessie Yellen.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CareerEdit

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.<ref>Laurie, Joe, Jr. Vaudeville: From the Honky-tonks to the Palace. New York: Henry Holt, 1953. p. 59.</ref> 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:

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Pigskin Parade<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 1936 Co-writer
Little Miss Broadway<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 1938 Co-writer
Submarine Patrol<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 1938 Co-writer

Awards and legacyEdit

Yellen was one of the earliest members of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and served on its board of directors from 1951 to 1969.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1972 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame,<ref name="Songwriters HOF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame in 1996.<ref name="Buffalo Music HOF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The foundation created by Yellen and his second wife, The Lucille and Jack Yellen Foundation, established the ASCAP Foundation Lucille and Jack Yellen Award, an annual award for "aspiring musical theater lyricist or film scorer who exemplifies talent and career potential".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

In August 1922, Yellen married 21 year old Sylvia Stiller of Buffalo. They had two children, David and Beth.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name=obit/> 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.<ref name="ASCAP Yellen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name=obit/> Lucille Yellen died on August 15, 2010, at age 95.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Broadway musicalsEdit

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Film scoresEdit

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Selected songsEdit

NotesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

  • Laurie, Joe, Jr. Vaudeville: From the Honky-tonks to the Palace. New York: Henry Holt, 1953. p. 59.
  • Yellen, Jack: "The Songwriter and the Red Head". Buffalo Courier Express March 15–22, 1970.

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