The complete lyrics to “Happy Birthday” and instructions to sing it to “Good Morning” are found in The Elementary Worker and His Work (1911)—along with specific attribution of the melody ...

LOS ANGELES – A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over whether "Happy Birthday to You" — one of the best-known and beloved songs in the world — is owned by a music publisher who ...

A 1922 copy of “The Everyday Song Book” contains “Happy Birthday,” which Warner Music says it owns. (Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times) By Christine Mai-Duc. July 29, 2015 7:51 PM PT .

"Happy Birthday to You" is sung everywhere, but because it's copyrighted, it's rarely heard on TV or in movies. A filmmaker has filed a lawsuit seeking to make the song part of the public domain.

Good Morning to You. Good Morning Dear Teacher. Good Morning to All. There is little dispute that in the 1890s the Hill sisters wrote the precursor to Happy Birthday, a song for Patty's ...

Lawyers argue "Happy Birthday" should be public domain 01:12. Warner/Chappell has said it didn't try to collect royalties from just anyone singing the song but those who use it in a commercial ...

Having heard orchestral members sing and play Happy Birthday, in 1955 he used the melody in a symphonic composition, assuming it was a folk song. He was firmly told it was not.