Stephen Colbert Recruits Darlene Love for 1,200 YouTube Uploads of “Happy Birthday” Song "The following video can be used by anybody, as long as they were born on a day," said the host ...

The Summy Co., which published Song Stories for Children, won a copyright in the 1930s for the Happy Birthday lyrics put to Mildred's melody, but Brauneis said it was only for arrangements written ...

'Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. . .." I bet you can hear that song in your head when you read those words. Practically everyone knows the song “Happy Birthday to You.” Experts ...

Lawyers argue "Happy Birthday" should be public domain 01:12. Warner/Chappell has said it didn't try to collect royalties from just anyone singing the song but those who use it in a commercial ...

Billboard's best birthday songs of all time. Okay, “22” only fully works as a birthday song when the listener is actually turning 22 — but its impact on the demographic is so vast, it’s ...

None of the companies that have collected royalties on the "Happy Birthday" song for the past 80 years held a valid copyright claim to one of the most popular songs in history, a federal judge in ...

Having heard orchestral members sing and play Happy Birthday, in 1955 he used the melody in a symphonic composition, assuming it was a folk song. He was firmly told it was not.

This punk-rock rendition of the classic birthday song lists all that’s wrong with the world… but wishes you a happy birthday anyway. Listen here . Kygo feat.