“Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear _____
Happy Birthday to you!”
This is one of the classic Birthday songs that we all sing at a birthday party. We all know that this is one song that has to be sung on any individual’s birthday celebrations. But do we know how this song eventually evolved to become a universal song all across the globe?
Let us unveil the mystery and know the origin of birthday song. In fact, this birthday song has also been translated into many languages too for ease and convenience of usage.Composed by two sisters, Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill, this birthday song came to be recognized as a traditional song everywhere. Hill and Patty Smith Hill, this Birthday Song came to be recognized as a traditional song everywhere. This song was originally composed for a classroom greeting song called ‘Good Morning to All'. This song was also written by these two sisters and was published by them in a book titled “Song Stories for the Kindergarten”.
Later, this song was changed to a birthday song, but till date, no one has any idea about the person who changed the lyrics.However, this birthday song became very popular and trendy; and it was even published in a book edited by Robert H. Coleman in the year 1924. Eventually, another Hill sister, Jessica Hill, copyrighted this song and published it. It is believed that this birthday song earns millions of dollars as royalties every year thanks to its fame and popularity across the globe. Apart from this conventional and archetypal birthday song, there are many other birthday songs written on birthday cakes. They are equally memorized and used during the birthday celebration or more specifically, during the blowing of candles and cutting of Birthday cake. For example, Happy Birthday song (2004) written by Sufjan Stevens, Birthday song by B'z in 2006, A Song by DJ Bobo in 1998 etc. are a few very popular Birthday Songs.
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