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"Happy Birthday To You is a terrible song," says Uri Bram in Atoms vs Bits. "It's a terrible song in general and a terrible birthday song especially. It sounds like a dirge." And that's not all, says ...
The songs sound the same as they always have, and people love them. Kellie Pickler is a bit of a surprise, as her "Santa Baby" reveals shades of her hero, Dolly Parton. And then there's Michael ...
Yesterday was my daughter's first birthday and since then I've had Paul Simon's "Father and Daughter" stuck in my head today. If my little one has any song in her head it has to be "Happy Birthday ...
“Happy Birthday, Baby,” a song Taylor wrote for his daughter’s fifth birthday. “It’s mostly a love letter to her, part apology, part plea for forgiveness, and part recounting of the day ...
Probably a better one, at least, than the subject of the song she performs above with Willie Nelson. In the heartbroken “Happy, Happy Birthday Baby,” Parton – whose original 1965 vocal was ...
It's one of the most famous songs ever written—a song that has been the backdrop to birthday celebrations for nearly a century. Now, all of a sudden, that song, "Happy Birthday to You," is ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- St. George-based accordion iconcoclast Guy Klucevsek might have chosen a retrospective program for his 70 th birthday concert ... material (new music has defined his ...
Ever wonder why you rarely hear the “Happy Birthday” song in movies and TV shows? There’s a simple reason — it costs a lot of money to use it. That’s right, the song that Guinness World ...
"Happy Birthday," one of the most popular songs in the English language, is now public domain. The candles have been blown out on the "Happy Birthday" copyright lawsuit. Warner/Chappell ...
The “Happy Birthday” song dates to late 19th century work by a schoolteacher named Patty Smith Hill and her sister Mildred Hill. Trending on Billboard The Hill sisters later assigned rights to ...
The company has agreed to pay back $14 million to those who have paid licensing fees to use the song. "This is a huge victory for the public, and for the artists who want to use 'Happy Birthday to ...
"Happy Birthday," the world's best-known English-language song, is now legally yours. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Warner/Chappell Music's claim to the 120-year-old song wasn't legal ...