1. “Happy Birthday to You” was originally composedin 1893as “Good Morning to All” by Patty Smith Hill, a kindergarten teacher and principal in Louisville, Kentucky, and her oldest sister ...

If you've celebrated a birthday at your favorite restaurant, odds are the staff didn't sing you the Happy Birthday song you know and love -- for legal reasons.

Jennifer Hudson did her best to kick up the standard vanilla version of Happy Birthday. She did a nice job, which is to be expected because she could sing the alphabet and win a Grammy. But it’s ...

So we can party too, hey! BROOKE GLADSTONE: On the Media Producer PJ Vogt offers this deep dive into the long and instructive history of “Happy Birthday.” Of course, he notes, it’s not just ...

Words and music to the song 'Happy Birthday' -- also known as 'Happy Birthday to You.' U.S. District Judge George H. King found Tuesday that the song's original copyright, obtained by the Clayton F.

"Because Summy Co. never acquired the rights to the 'Happy Birthday' lyrics, defendants, as Summy Co.'s purported successors-in-interest, do not own a valid copyright in the Happy Birthday lyrics ...

But the problem with such a view is that Warner/Chappell expected to have “Happy Birthday” under copyright until 2030, and if revenue estimates are to be believed, that adds up to about $30 ...

“Happy Birthday” debuted on Wonder’s 1980 album Hotter Than July. Alamy Stock Photo Brooklyn native Nelson George , 63, took the Amtrak train down from New York to DC to join the masses.