
Unknown, taken before 1927 · Public domain
Jack Yellen
American lyricist and screenwriter
1892 – 1991aged 98
Wrote the lyrics to "Happy Days Are Here Again," which Franklin Roosevelt adopted as his campaign theme song for the 1932 presidential race that pulled the country out of the Depression's darkest years. He also wrote "Ain't She Sweet," a Tin Pan Alley standard that outlived its era, giving him a hand in both American popular song and its political soundtrack.