Yellen, Jack

Jack Yellen Lyricist Razcki, Poland, July 6, 1892; Springfield, New York, April 17, 1991. Yellen’s family came to the United States when he was five years old and settled in Buffalo, New York. Yellen worked as a reporter for a local newspaper and began dabbling in song lyrics. He moved to New York in the early 1910s, and then served in the Army during World War I. His first major hits were written with composer George L. Cobb, a fellow Buffalonian. They first scored with 1913’s “All Aboard for…