"Happy Birthday '' is a 1981 single written, produced, and performed by Stevie Wonder for the Motown label. Wonder, a social activist, was one of the main figures in the campaign to have the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. become a national holiday, and created this single to make the cause known. Besides being released as a single, the song also appears on Wonder 's album Hotter Than July.
who did stevie wonder sing happy birthday to
Martin Luther King, Jr.