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The first book including "Happy Birthday" lyrics set to the tune of "Good Morning to All" that bears a date of publication is The Elementary Worker and His Work, from 1911, but earlier references exist to a song called "Happy Birthday to You", including an article from 1901 in the Inland Educator and Indiana School Journal. [27]
"Happy Birthday" was released as a single in several countries. In the UK, the song became one of Wonder's biggest hits, reaching number two in the charts in 1981. [3] When Wonder performed the song at Nelson Mandela Day at Radio City Music Hall on July 19, 2009, he slightly changed the lyrics, "Thanks to Mandela and Martin Luther King!" in the ...
Song Stories for the Kindergarten had over 20 editions, and the words were translated into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Swedish. [8] "Happy Birthday to You" first appeared in print in 1912 using the melody of "Good Morning to All" with different lyrics. [9]
The tune became even more popular as "Happy Birthday to You" [1] during the 20th century. Hill and her sister Mildred wrote the song (Mildred wrote the tune; Patty wrote the original lyrics) while Mildred was a composer of songs and Patty was principal at the Louisville Experimental Kindergarten School.
This list of birthday songs contains songs which are sung on birthday occasions. See also: Category:Songs about birthdays Happy Birthday to You , an American song translated into a number of languages worldwide
Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to (insert first name here), Happy birthday to you. And the versions the kids sing when the adults leave the room, such as: Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, You look like a monkey, And you smell like one, too. StuRat 08:22, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
"Happy Birthday" is a song by Scottish band Altered Images, released as a single from their 1981 album of the same name. The song entered the UK charts in September 1981 and peaked at number two the following month, holding that position for three weeks.
"Happy Birthday" was not only an instant country hit, but up until Christmas of that year was receiving considerable airplay on pop-rock stations on the east and west coasts of the United States and was a "Pick Hit of the Week" on WWDC, Washington, DC. The song continued its rise up the country charts well into the spring of 1965, reaching #3 ...