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Everything Everywhere Daily

Happy Birthday to You (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

If there is one song almost everyone knows it is Happy Birthday to You (yes, that is the actual title of the song, even though everyone just calls it Happy Birthday). Not only has the song been sung at countless children’s birthday parties, but it has also been mentioned in Supreme Court decisions and was the subject of one of the most important copyright cases in history. Learn more about the most famous song in the world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. Noom Noom is not just another diet or fitness app. It’s a comprehensive lifestyle program designed to empower you to make lasting changes and achieve your health goals. With Noom, you’ll embark on a personalized journey that considers your unique needs, preferences, and challenges. Their innovative approach combines cutting-edge technology with the support of a dedicated team of experts, including registered dietitians, nutritionists, and behavior change specialists. Noom’s changing how the world thinks about weight loss. Go to noom.com to sign up for your trial today! Rocket Money Rocket Money is a personal finance app that finds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps you lower your bills—all in one place. It will quickly and easily find your subscriptions for you –and for any you don’t want to pay for anymore, just hit “cancel,” and Rocket Money will cancel it for you. It’s that easy. Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.

0:04.0

If there's one song almost everyone knows,

0:10.0

it's Happy Birthday to You.

0:12.0

And yes, that is the actual title of the song,

0:15.0

even though everyone just calls it happy birthday.

0:17.0

Not only has the song been sung at countless children's birthday parties,

0:21.0

but it's also been mentioned in Supreme Court decisions and was the subject of one of the most

0:25.1

important copyright cases in history. Learn more about the most famous song in the world

0:30.1

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. According to legend, and I use the word legend because the actual origins of the song are in some doubt, which I'll get to shortly,

0:56.0

the song Happy Birthday to You was written by two sisters, Patty and Mildred Hill of Louisville, Kentucky in 1893.

1:04.0

Patty and Mildred worked at the Louisville Experimental School.

1:08.0

The melody to the song was written by Mildred, and Patty wrote the lyrics.

1:12.0

Their intent was to create a simple song for the

1:14.4

kindergartners to learn and I have to say it was a shocking success. The song was

1:19.6

originally not titled Happy Birthday to you. The song was originally Good Morning to All,

1:24.8

with the lyrics being exactly as you would guess given the title.

1:28.2

The original intent of the song was for the teacher to sing the song to the students in the morning.

1:34.0

Likewise, there were alternate lyrics for the children

1:36.2

to sing back to their teacher, which went,

1:38.0

Good Morning to You.

1:40.0

Patty and Mildred published Good Morning to All,

1:42.4

but they didn't explicitly publish the version,

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