"Happy Days are here again!" - Harry Hudson's Melody Men (1930)

Please activate the HD function(1080/720p) before watching the video or watch it with a larger type player (in 480p).

"Happy days are here again" is probably the quintessential depression era song. It was originally featured in the MGM musical "Chasing Rainbows" starring Bessie Love, Marie Dressler and Charles King. This backstage musical featured not only hit songs but also technicolor sequences. Sadly these and most of the entire musical numbers including the "Happy Days" finale are missing from the survivng prints. In 1932 FDR used the song for his presidential campaign and has been used by the US democratic party ever since. Later on it was recorded by many artists including Barbra Streisand in the 1960's. In Europe "Happy days" became very popular in its version by the Comedian Harmonists called "Wochenend un Sonnenschein" (Weekend and sunshine).

The version in this video was recorded by Harry Hudson's Melody Men and released on the cheap Edison Bell Radio label... This is a repost of a video uploaded a few years ago...

The video features summertime images... (let's hope spring returns soon...)

About the record :

Edison-Bell Radio
F611 / 89687 R

Record in bad condition

This record was recorded with an Ortofon Om78cartridge and stylus. The equalization and restoration was done as truthfully as possible