1930 HITS ARCHIVE: Happy Days Are Here Again - Ben Selvin (The Crooners, vocal)

Popular-selling version of the uplifting Depression-era anthem featured in MGM’s 1930 romantic musical “Chasing Rainbows,” which starred Bessie Love and Charles King, and is also remembered for being Jack Benny’s first film appearance.

CD audio, originally issued on 78rpm: Columbia 2116-D - Happy Days Are Here Again (Ager-Yellen) by Ben Selvin & his Orchestra, vocal by The Crooners, recorded in NYC February 3, 1930

THE 1930 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1930 (some were recorded in 1929) via sales, sheet music, and radio exposure.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed.

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