Happy Days Are Here Again( 1932 )Hello Dolly (December 16, 1969)Democratic Party song

"Happy Days Are Here Again" is a song copyrighted in 1929 by Milton Ager (music) and Jack Yellen (lyrics) and published by EMI Robbins Catalog, Inc./Advanced Music Corp.The song was recorded by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra, with Lou Levin, vocal (November 1929), and was used in the 1930 film Chasing Rainbows. The film was about Drunks, Bootlegging and Prohibition [2] and the song was the finale, celebrating the imminent repeal of Prohibition.
Today, the song is probably best remembered as the campaign song for Franklin Delano Roosevelt's (FDR) successful 1932 Presidential campaign. Since FDR's use of the song, it has come to be recognized as the unofficial theme of the Democratic Party. The lyrics suggest optimism and buoyancy.
Matthew Greenwald characterized it, "A true saloon standard, 'Happy Days Are Here Again' is a Tin Pan Alley standard, and had been sung by virtually every interpreter since the 1940s. In a way, it's the pop version of Auld Lang Syne."
The song is #47 on the Recording Industry Association of America's list of "Songs of the Century".
By 2006, 76 commercially released albums included versions of the song.
One of the most influential recordings of the song was Barbra Streisand's made 33 years after its first recording. While the song is traditionally sung at a brisk pace, her recording is notable for how slowly and expressively she sings it.
Streisand first recorded the song mid October 1962 at Columbia's NYC studio, some months before her first album sessions. This version, arranged and conducted by George Williams became Streisand's first commercial single in November 1962, with "When the Sun Comes Out" on the b-side [1]. Only 500 copies of this single were pressed for the New York market, and no copies were sent to radio stations. This 1962 version was re-released as a single in March 1965 as part of the "Hall of Fame" series with the 1962 recording of "My Coloring Book" [2].
Streisand re-recorded the song in January 1963 for her solo album debut "The Barbra Streisand Album".
Streisand sang this song on The Judy Garland Show, in a medley with Garland's "Get Happy". This live performance was included on the 2002 Streisand compilation album "Duets".
In June 1968, Streisand performed the song to 135,000 people at Central Park. A recording of this performance was included on the live album "A Happening in Central Park", and later appeared on the Streisand compilations "Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits" and "The Essential Barbra Streisand".

[Music and Lyrics by J. Yellen and M. Ager]

So long sad times
Go long bad times
We are rid of you at last

Howdy gay times
Cloudy gray times
You are now a thing of the past

Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So let's sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again

Altogether shout it now
There's no one
Who can doubt it now
So let's tell the world about it now
Happy days are here again

Your cares and troubles are gone
There'll be no more from now on
From now on ...

Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So, Let's sing a song of cheer again

Happy times
Happy nights
Happy days
Are here again!

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[Santoslovesglee]

Barbra and Liza should totally sing this

[typesoontv]

Im just had a gay orgasm!

[MauiLevi]

OMG! What a freakish compilation. What were you thinking? Barbra and Judy, simply FABULOUS, otherwise these two songs SO do not belong together. What were you thinkin;?

[rsheeran100]

Best duet ever

[littlebutterfly19]

So wonderful to see and hear these two icons singing together! What a treasure...

Thanks for posting.

[NaturalMystic101]

omg whose ever idea was it to sing on this Glee is a genius

[Kari166]

What's with the pictures at the beginning? XD