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Happy Days Are Here Again

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Sep 13, 2025Society & Culture

Lyricist Jack Yellen wrote Happy Days are Here Again with composer Milton Ager in 1929. Yellen was a registered Republican…which bears relevance in that the song would become not only Franklin Roosevelt’s 1932 campaign s...

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