Alex .
Airman 1st Class
Happy Birthday Glenn! 
It's Glenn's (T Bolt) Birthday.
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T Bolt
Colonel
Thanks again guys.
Not too late Karl, still morning here.
Heard that years and years ago Mike when I was a kid watching the Ray Rainer show. You're from the Chicago area, you must remember him. One day on his show he was intending to sing it but said he couldn't because it was copyrighted. That must have been back in the early 70's I can understand owners of the copyright wanting to make some money if it's used in a movie or something like that, but to crackdown on small groups of people singing it in public is a bit ridiculous.
Not too late Karl, still morning here.
Heard that years and years ago Mike when I was a kid watching the Ray Rainer show. You're from the Chicago area, you must remember him. One day on his show he was intending to sing it but said he couldn't because it was copyrighted. That must have been back in the early 70's I can understand owners of the copyright wanting to make some money if it's used in a movie or something like that, but to crackdown on small groups of people singing it in public is a bit ridiculous.
mikewint
Captain
I always wondered why during resturant birthdays the waiters/waitresses didn't just come out singing "Happy Birthday to You". I asked and was told about the copyright. Not believing it I spent some time and looked it up and sure and behold there it was...copyright until about 2030 now.
The melody for Happy Birthday was first penned by two sisters from Kentucky, Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill. The song was called Good Morning to All, but bore the recognizable melody. The tune was first published in 1893 in the book Song Stories for the Kindergarten. The melody has since passed into the public domain, and is safe to hum in public without permission.
While it is not entirely clear who first wrote down the words for Happy Birthday, it showed up in a few places before Jessica Hill (another Hill sister) was able to demonstrate undeniable similarities between Good Morning to All and Happy Birthday and to secure the copyright to the song.
Working with the Clayton F. Summy Publishing Company, Jessica Hill published and copyrighted Happy Birthday in 1935. While the copyright should have expired in 1991, copyright has been extended repeatedly over the last quarter of the twentieth century and the copyright for Happy Birthday is now not due to expire until at least 2030.
The Clayton F. Summy Company is no longer independent, but, through a chain of purchases, the copyright for Happy Birthday To You lies securely in the hands of the Time Warner company. Happy Birthday's copyright is licensed and enforced by ASCAP, and the simple little ditty brings in more than USD $2 million in annual royalties.
Ray Rainer, you bet and Garfield Goose and Uncle Johnny Coons at lunchtime (bet you don't remember him
The melody for Happy Birthday was first penned by two sisters from Kentucky, Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill. The song was called Good Morning to All, but bore the recognizable melody. The tune was first published in 1893 in the book Song Stories for the Kindergarten. The melody has since passed into the public domain, and is safe to hum in public without permission.
While it is not entirely clear who first wrote down the words for Happy Birthday, it showed up in a few places before Jessica Hill (another Hill sister) was able to demonstrate undeniable similarities between Good Morning to All and Happy Birthday and to secure the copyright to the song.
Working with the Clayton F. Summy Publishing Company, Jessica Hill published and copyrighted Happy Birthday in 1935. While the copyright should have expired in 1991, copyright has been extended repeatedly over the last quarter of the twentieth century and the copyright for Happy Birthday is now not due to expire until at least 2030.
The Clayton F. Summy Company is no longer independent, but, through a chain of purchases, the copyright for Happy Birthday To You lies securely in the hands of the Time Warner company. Happy Birthday's copyright is licensed and enforced by ASCAP, and the simple little ditty brings in more than USD $2 million in annual royalties.
Ray Rainer, you bet and Garfield Goose and Uncle Johnny Coons at lunchtime (bet you don't remember him
GrauGeist
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Happy Birthday!!
Sorry it's a little late, but I hope you had a great day!
Sorry it's a little late, but I hope you had a great day!
