![]() Others include “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)” (1998), one of the most beloved holiday songs “You’re a Grand Old Flag” (2002), one of the oldest and most famous patriotic anthems “When the Saints Go Marching In” (2006), an iconic anthem of Mardi Gras celebrations “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” (2008), an anthem for what was once called America’s favorite pastime and “A Change Is Gonna Come” (2013), an anthem of the civil rights struggle. It’s one of several recipients of that award that has become so much a part of our lives that they have taken on the force of an anthem. “Happy Birthday to You” received the Towering Song Award at the annual Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards dinner in 1996. By 1933, the widely accepted title was “Happy Birthday to You.” Mildred died in 1916 at age 57, years before the tune became famous as “Happy Birthday to You.” Patty died in 1946 at age 78, having lived to see that she and her sister had started a worldwide birthday tradition.Īccording to the Guinness Book of World Records, “Happy Birthday to You” is one of the most recognized pieces of music in the English language, along with the New Year’s Eve perennial “Auld Lang Syne” and another celebration anthem, “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.” In the songbook, Coleman used the original title and first stanza lyrics but altered the second stanza’s opening line to read “Happy Birthday to You.” Thus, through Coleman, the sisters’ line “Good morning dear children” became “Happy birthday dear (name).”ĭuring the next decade, the song was published several times, each time with minor alterations to the lyrics. There are various accounts of how “Good Morning to All” morphed into “Happy Birthday to You.” According to the one published on the Songwriters Hall of Fame website, in March 1924, the sisters’ song appeared without authorization in a songbook edited by Robert H. The sisters copyrighted their song in October 1893. ![]() Patty wrote the lyrics to “Good Morning to All” while serving as the principal of a kindergarten in Louisville, Ky., where Mildred was a teacher. The song was written by two sisters, Mildred and Patty Smith Hill. The song was then titled “Good Morning to All,” with the same melody we all know today. “Happy Birthday to You” was first published in 1893 in a book titled Song Stories for the Kindergarten. ![]() 'Happy Birthday to You' Is One Step Closer to Being in the Public Domain ![]()
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