Jack Yellen

Jack Selig Yellen ( Jacek * Jeleń, July 6, 1892 in Raczki, Poland, † April 17, 1991 in Springville (New York)) was an American songwriter of the Tin Pan Alley, who also wrote the lyrics for the Broadway and film.

Life and work

Yellen came in 1897 with his family to the United States and studied at the University of Michigan. After that, he was a newspaper reporter at the Buffalo Courier, but soon moved to New York City to write lyrics, including Sophie Tucker ( among other things My Yiddish Momme, Music: Lew Pollack ). By George L. Cobb, he wrote a series of songs about Dixie Topics ( Alabama Jubilee, Are You From Dixie? , All Aboard for Dixieland ).

Among his most famous songs include Is not She Sweet (1927) and Happy Days Are Here Again ( 1929), co-productions with the composer Milton Ager. With Ager, with whom he had a music publishing ( Ager - Yellen - Bernstein Music Company) had, he collaborated frequently, but also with Harold Arlen, Ray Henderson, Abe Olman, Sammy Fain, Joe Meyer, Lew Pollack and Samuel Pokrass.

His Broadway shows for which he wrote the libretto or posts include What's in a name, Rain or Shine, John Murray Anderson 's Almanac, You Said It, George White's Scandals of 1935 and 1939, Boys and Girls Together, Sons O'Fun Ziegfeld Follies and the of 1943.

From New York he moved to Hollywood to work as a script writer and songwriter for 20th Century Fox. There he wrote among other things for the films King of Burlesque, The King of Jazz (by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra ), several Shirley Temple movies and Night and Day ( Cole Porter, the film starring Cary Grant). For Glad Rag Doll (1928, with Dolores Costello), he wrote the same song with Milton Ager (music) and Dan Dougherty (co - lyricist ).

1951-1969 was the Council of ASCAP. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.

In his second marriage he was married to the dancer Lucille Day.

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