Happy Birthday to You: The story of the world's most popular song
Forever Ago
American Public Media
4.4 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Do you know the birthday song? We bet you do! People all over the world sing a version of “Happy Birthday to You.” It’s even been played in OUTER SPACE! Way less well-known, though, is the story behind the song, and the sisters who wrote it! Listen in to hear Elysse tell Joy the story, so she can get inspiration for her own quest to write a solar-system famous song. Plus, an all new birthday themed First Things First featuring birthday cakes, wrapping paper and piñatas! (edited)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, it's me Mark. I'm just dropping in to tell you about a virtual party brains on is having Saturday, July 29th |
| 0:07.3 | It's free and you're invited |
| 0:10.2 | Not only are we celebrating our 10th birthday, we're also super excited to share our newest book with you |
| 0:17.1 | It's called meet my micro pets. The book is a fact-filled |
| 0:22.4 | hilarious journey through the weird and wonderful world of microbes. I know I know you're thinking |
| 0:28.7 | But Mark, will there be cool games at this virtual party on July 29th? |
| 0:32.7 | I mean, yeah, only the coolest and before you ask |
| 0:37.5 | There will absolutely be epic stories and yes |
| 0:41.7 | Molly Sandin and I will be there answering as many questions as we can during the whole event |
| 0:47.2 | This is a one-time only live virtual party. You do not want to miss again. It's on Saturday, July 29th |
| 0:55.5 | 11 a.m. Pacific one p.m. Central and two p.m. Eastern had to brains on dot org slash events for a link to sign up |
| 1:04.7 | That's brains on dot org slash events. See you on July 29th |
| 1:14.2 | Do you love the birthday song? Yeah, do you love having a reason to sing with your friends? |
| 1:20.9 | Yeah, do you wish you had more reasons every day to break into song with strangers to mark mundane daily tasks? |
| 1:31.1 | Yes, I think so |
| 1:33.1 | So do I then Joyce Joyful Songbook is the book for you. I |
| 1:38.6 | Joy dolo have written 87 cheerful tunes to commemorate the events that make our lives |
| 1:44.4 | Sing among these darling diddies you'll find a |
| 1:48.9 | Song to cheer on people as they parallel park back into the space |
| 1:55.0 | With a smile on your face |
| 1:58.7 | Don't hit the other car now you're a parking star |
| 2:08.9 | A song to greet your mail carrier every day. There's a piece of mail in your hand |
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