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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Jack Yellen| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = non_performing_personnel| birth_name = Jacob Selig Yellen| alias =| birth_date = Birth date|1892|07|6|birth_place = Raczki , Poland | death_date = death date and age|1991|04|17|1892|07|6|death_place = Springville, New York|Springville , Concord, Staten Island|Concord , NY| origin =| instrument =| genre =| occupation = Lyricist , Screenwriter | years_active = 1915–1969| label =| associated_acts =| website =| notable_instruments = Jack Selig Yellen (Jacek Jelen; July 6, 1892 - April 17, 1991) was an United States|American lyricist and screenwriter .
Life and career
Born 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 (song)|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-Bernstein 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 .Laurie, Joe, Jr. Vaudeville: From the Honky-tonks to the Palace. New York: Henry Holt, 1953. p. 59. 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 (film)|Pigskin Parade , Little Miss Broadway , and Submarine Patrol .
Yellen was on the board of ASCAP from 1951 to 1969. He 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. He second wife was Lucille Hodgeman, a dancer who performed under the stage name Lucille Day. She died in 2010.
Broadway musicals
'' What's in a Name? (musical)|What's in a Name? (1920) with music by Milton Ager
Rain or Shine (musical)|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|George White's Scandals of 1935
'' George White's Scandals|George White's Scandals of 1939
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
Glad Rag Doll - 1929
Happy Feet (song)|Happy Feet - 1930
Happy Days Are Here Again - 1930
Are You Havin' Any Fun? - 1939 with music by Sammy Fain
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External references
Laurie, Joe, Jr. Vaudeville: From the Honky-tonks to the Palace. New York: Henry Holt, 1953. p.& nbsp;59.
Yellen, Jack: "The Songwriter and the Red Head". Buffalo Courier Express March 15–22, 1970.
External links
http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_home_page.asp? exhibitId=317 Jack Yellen's entry at the Songwriters' Hall of Fame
http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp? ID=6562 Jack Yellen's entry at the Internet Broadway Database
IMDb name|947386
http://www.springvillegi.wnyric.org/MSVIDS/YELLEN.MOV Interview with Mrs. Jack (Lucille) Yellen
'' http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/19/obituaries/jack-yellen-97-wrote-the-lyrics-to-happy-days-are-here-again.html? scp=1& sq=& st=nyt Jack Yellen, 97, Wrote the Lyrics To 'Happy Days Are Here Again' , obituary in The New York Times , April 19, 1991 (retrieved February 1, 2010)
http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/u0004_0000003_0000045/id/4251 "Alabama jubilee", New York: Remick Music Corp., 1915. From http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/c/u0004_0000003/ Alabama Sheet Music Collection.
Persondata | NAME = Yellen, Jack | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American songwriter | DATE OF BIRTH = July 6, 1892 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Raczki , Poland | DATE OF DEATH = April 17, 1991 | PLACE OF DEATH = Springville, New York|Springville , Concord, Staten Island|Concord , NY DEFAULTSORT:Yellen, Jack Category:1892 births Category:1991 deaths Category:American screenwriters Category:American songwriters Category:Polish expatriates in the United States Category:Jewish composers and songwriters Category:American people of Polish-Jewish descent Category:Polish Jews Category:People from Buffalo, New York Category:Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees Category:University of Michigan alumni
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