The song took off, but as it made its way to popular culture like films and Broadway musicals, the Hills took legal action and registered a copyright for "Happy Birthday to You" in 1935.

"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 ...

“Happy Birthday to You” has been used in hundreds of movies, countless advertisements, an estimated 1,500,000+ singing telegrams, and been the basis for pieces by classical composers like Igor ...

and her family began gently singing "happy birthday to you." But rather than run to her gifts, Rubi instead went to the dresser by the mirror and began doing her hair, with her mom jokingly ...

Check out the tracks that will make you party like it's your birthday. Gathering friends and family around a candlelit cake to sing “Happy Birthday to You” has been a birthday tradition in ...