HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! BIG 45

For the song by The Beatles, see Birthday (song). For other uses, see Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday to You is often sung when a birthday cake is brought to a party table before the person with the birthday blows out the candles.
Happy Birthday to You is often sung when a birthday cake is brought to a party table before the person with the birthday blows out the candles.

"Happy Birthday to You" is a song that is sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's birth. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "Happy Birthday to You" is the most popular song in the English language, followed by "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" and "Auld Lang Syne."[citation needed] The song has been translated into many languages, though it is often sung with the English lyrics even in countries where English is not a primary language.

The melody of "Happy Birthday to You" was written by American sisters Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill in 1893 when they were school teachers in Louisville, Kentucky, at what is now the Little Loomhouse.[1] The verse was originally intended as a classroom greeting entitled "Good Morning to All". The version as we know it was copyrighted in 1935 by the Summy Company as an arrangement by Preston Ware Orem, and is scheduled to expire in 2030 in the USA. In Canada and other countries where copyright spans the life of the author plus 50[citation needed] years, the copyright expired in 1985. This was the first known written version to include the lyrics. The company holding the copyright was purchased by Warner Chappell in 1990 for US$15 million, with the value of "Happy Birthday" estimated at US$5 million.[1] While the current copyright status of the song is unclear, Warner claims that unauthorized public performances of the song are technically illegal unless royalties are paid to it. It is unknown but speculated upon who wrote the lyrics to the song.