If there's one song, almost everyone knows, it's Happy Birthday to You.

And 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's also been mentioned in Supreme Court decisions

and was the subject of one of the most important copyright cases in history.

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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,

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

Patty and Mildred worked at the Louisville Experimental School.

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

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