Who composed happy birthday to you?

Answer 1

'Happy Birthday' is based upon a song and tune called 'Good Morning To All', which was written and composed by two American sisters Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill in 1893, who were teachers.

Now, as to who put the words 'Happy Birthday' to the tune, nobody is sure. The song 'Happy Birthday' first appeared in print around 1912, but it was not credited or copyrighted to anyone.

Now, we come to the interesting part, the Summy Company registered the song for copyright in 1935, crediting the authors as P.W. Orem and Mrs. R.R. Forman, in 1990, Warner Records bought the Summy Company, and the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. Warner claims that US. copyright will not expire until 2030, while the European copyright expires in 2016, and that all unauthorized public performances of the song are technically illegal unless royalties are paid to it. Which has lead to some heavyweight legal opinions being expressed.

So, don't worry about singing the song, as the copyright is technically unenforceable, and Warner would not want the bad publicity that would go with it.

According to The Guinness Book of Records, 'Happy Birthday' is the worlds most recognized song in the English language.

Answer 2

The "Happy Birthday" song, or more accurately, "Happy Birthday to You", was a revised version based on the melody of a song "Good Morning to All", written in 1893. "Happy Birthday to You" appeared in print in 1912 for the first time, but experts and historians estimate the song was created much earlier than that.

So the best estimate of the birth date or "birthday" of the song "Happy Birthday to You" is that it was created between 1893 and 1912. It has to date been translated into 18 languages, and is noted to be probably one of the best known songs (melodies) worldwide.

Answer 3

The origins of "Happy Birthday To You" date back to the mid-nineteenth century, when two sisters, Patty and Mildred J. Hill, introduced the song "Good Morning to All" to Patty's kindergarten class in Kentucky. In 1893, they published the tune in their songbook Song Stories for the Kindergarten. However, many believe that the Hill sisters most likely copied the tune and lyrical idea from other popular and substantially similar nineteenth-century songs that predated theirs, including Horace Waters' "Happy Greetings to All", "Good Night to You All" also from 1858, "A Happy New Year to All" from 1875, and "A Happy Greeting to All", published 1885.

Answer 4

Happy Birthday to you was written by Mildred and Patty Hill.

Answer 5

My great grampa did from Germany my family gets money for it Jim Hammerstine

Answer 6

1924