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The Music Man and his Dancing Queen

By Matthew Biddle - January 15, 2012

Songwriter Jack Yellen and his rhymes helped bring “Happy Days” to a nation mired in the Great Depression. This is the story of the Buffalo boy and his wife Lucille, a Hollywood dancer and choreographer.

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