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Happy
Birthday to You, the four-line ditty was written as a
classroom greeting in 1893 by two Louisville teachers, Mildred J.
Hill, an authority on Negro spirituals, and Dr. Patty Smith Hill,
professor emeritus of education at Columbia
University. The melody of the song Happy
Birthday to You was composed by Mildred J. Hill, a
schoolteacher born in Louisville, KY, on June 27, 1859. The song
was first published in 1893, with the lyrics written by her sister,
Patty Smith Hill, as "Good Morning To All."
Happy Birthday
to You was copyrighted in 1935 and renewed in 1963. The
song was apparently written in 1893, but first copyrighted in 1935 after
a lawsuit (reported in the New York Times of August 15, 1934, p.19 col.
6)
In 1988, Birch Tree Group,
Ltd. sold the rights of the song to Warner Communications (along with
all other assets) for an estimated $25 million (considerably more than
a song). (reported in Time, Jan 2, 1989 v133 n1
p88(1)
In the 80s, the song
Happy
Birthday to You was believed to generate about $1 million in
royalties annually. With Auld Lang Syne and For He's a
Jolly Good Fellow, it is among the three most popular songs in the
English language. (reported in Time, Jan 2, 1989 v133 n1
p88(1)
Happy Birthday to You
continues to bring in approximately 2 million dollars in licensing
revenue each year, at least as of 1996 accounting, according to Warner
Chappell and a Forbes magazine article.
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