“Happy
Birthday to You”
‘Happy Birthday to You’ is a rejoicing song sung on a person’s
birthday. Though translated in many languages, the song is
originally sung in English lyrics even in countries which do not
converse in English.
A four-line ditty ‘Happy Birthday to You’ was written by American
sisters Patty and Mildred Hill in 1893 when they were teaching at
a school in Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville is Kentucky’s largest
city. It is ranked as either the 16th or 26th largest city in
United States as per the population runs. This simple ditty,
derived from the classroom greeting “Good Morning to All”, is a
legendary song sung conventionally in all the English-speaking
countries and perhaps in the whole world too.
Happy Birthday to you is not only incorporated in birthday
greeting cards but also available in music cds along with other
birthday songs . It is traditionally sung on every birthday
irrespective of age, caste and status. Usually harmonic with the
birthday cake, this birthday greeting liven up the air of the
party.
This bouncy song of cheer was born on 27th June, 1859 and this
year, will complete 142 years of excellence.
Greetings cards which have obtained immense popularity contain
some startling titles such as Mediterranean Birthday Dance, Happy
Happy, Quacked Up, Out of this World, Birthday Lounge, Happy
Birthday Symphony, Birthday Bubbles, Boing Boing Boing Birthday
song, Trippy Birthday, Happy Happy Birthday to You, Born on this
Day, Shiney and New and A Special Birthday song. Apart from
touching the reader’s heart, these cards have gained a
breathtaking status in the musical birthday cards gallery.
Happy Birthday song
is found in miscellaneous music cd as well. Some of the eminent
ones are Sunny Side Up- Birthday Song/Happy Birthday, Various
Artists- Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday Party Songs and Games and
Forty and Foxy.
Restaurants too
have some real talents who sing the “Happy Birthday to You” melody
to jazz up the party. They are the waitrons come singers who more
often than not take a turn at the microphone to piano
accompaniment.
Electrify your child by personalizing your Happy Birthday song,
putting it into a voicemail box fitted inside a teddy bear .
Nothing can be more thrilling than this. Your child is sure to be
in awe while listening to it. A Happy Birthday song is not
performed only because of rituality but because it harmonizes the
party as well as the birthday person and also adds a deep sense of
spirit to the fête. Fête is a French word which means an elaborate
party especially celebrated at an outdoor environment. |
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