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mildred j hill and patty hill wrote the song. 71.11.167.67 (talk) 16:53, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
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bimaika 43.250.240.44 (talk) 15:07, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
The American Hymnal (1933) does not have any songs titled "Happy Birthday to You." It does, however, have a song titled "Good Morning to You," which was present in 19 Hymnals from about 1920 to 1950, which featured the verse
"Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear children, Happy birthday to you!"
Here is a link about the prescence of "Good Morning to You," and here is one about The American Hymnal (1933).
FusciaCarrots (talk) 18:11, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
The Intro says "the copyright claim was declared invalid" in 2015, but elsewhere it says that "the court declared that the song was in the public domain" on June 28, 2016. This is confusing for readers. Can some clarity be gained, here, and put into the Intro, with both dates included? Misty MH (talk) 01:25, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
This seems very long. Do we really need all of these? valereee (talk) 12:10, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
The audio file example on this page contains strange instrumentation and has a far more complicated harmonic structure than is necessary for this simple melody. It also contains a repetition of the entire song and is performed much faster than is commonly sung/performed. I've attached a midi file here that fixes these problems to simplify the track and make it easier to listen to and understand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clund03 (talk • contribs) 18:36, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Why is a Microsoft "mathematician and YouTuber" being cited as an authority on how a piece of music should be performed? I'd suggest removing that sentence entirely, but if the performance direction is determined to be critical to the article, maybe get some guidance from...oh I don't know...maybe a respected music theorist instead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.112.160.40 (talk) 23:48, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
As I understand it, the version of the lyrics used in the poem ran like this:
"Happy Birthday to you,/Happy Birthday to you,/Happy Birthday to you, Roy,/Happy Birthday to you."
It just so happens that the vice principal of the Ottawa Child Study Center, Mr. Daley, was named after the boy in this version of the famous lyrics. He was a portly man with thick black-rimmed glasses and a fringe of dark hair. He suffered a heart attack in the spring of 1983 and I never learned whether or not the attack had been fatal. I did later uncover the death records of two separate men whose surname was spelled the same way, then realized I did not know how to spell Roy's surname. Roy Daley died in August 1983 and Roy Daily died in September 1984. Both named are pronounced in exactly the same way.Glammazon (talk) 15:20, 1 May 2024 (UTC)