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BIRTHDAY
SONGS
“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.
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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 |
