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Birthday customs and celebrations


English-speaking countries it is traditional to sing the song "Happy Birthday to You" to the honored person celebrating a birthday. Happy Birthday songs are common worldwide; similar songs exist in other languages. This song is a common greeting used on birthdays, along with birthday cards and verbal greetings with messages such as "I wish you a Happy Birthday" or "Happy Birthday." "The bumps", or "the dumps" in Scotland, a birthday torment common in countries such as the UK, Ireland,
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Birthday cake


birthday cakes, though the "Happy Birthday" song is often sung while the cake is served in English-speaking countries, or an equivalent birthday song in the appropriate language of the country. The phrase "happy birthday" did not appear on birthday cakes until the song "Happy Birthday to You" was popularized in the early 1900s. Variations of birthday songs and rituals exist in different parts of the world. In Uruguay, party guests touch the person's shoulder or head following the singing of "Happy Birthday to You
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Happy Birthday to You!


birthday. It focuses on the reader's self-actualization and concludes with the happy and exhausted reader falling blissfully asleep. A popular Seuss paragraph in this book reads: "Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you." Although "Happy Birthday to You!" was not directly adapted, The Birthday Bird appears in an episode of "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss". The book is dedicated to the author's "good friends" and "
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"Happy Birthday to You", also known as "Happy Birthday", is a song traditionally sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's birth. According to the 1998 "Guinness World Records", it is the most recognized song in the English language, followed by "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow". The song's base lyrics have been translated into at least 18 languages. The melody of "Happy Birthday to You" comes from the song "Good Morning to All", which has traditionally
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Happy Birthday to You


, Australia and New Zealand, immediately after "Happy Birthday" has been sung, it is traditional for one of the guests to enthusiastically lead with "Hip hip ..." and then for all of the other guests to join in and say "... hooray!" This is normally repeated three times. In Canada, especially at young children's birthdays, immediately after "Happy Birthday" has been sung, the singers segue into "How old are you now? How old are you now? How old are you now
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Happy Birthday to You


the classroom, changing the lyrics to "Happy Birthday" in the process. The complete text of "Happy Birthday to You" first appeared in print as the final four lines of Edith Goodyear Alger's poem "Roy's Birthday", published in her book "A Primer of Work and Play", copyrighted by D. C. Heath in 1901, with no reference to the words being sung. The first book including "Happy Birthday" lyrics set to the tune of "Good Morning to All" that bears a date
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Happy Birthday to You


is traditional, among English-speakers, that at a birthday party, the song "Happy Birthday to You" be sung to the birthday person by the other guests celebrating the birthday. More specifically, the birthday person is traditionally presented with a birthday cake with lit candles, with the number of candles sometimes corresponding to the age of the person. After the song is sung (usually just once), party guests sometimes add wishes like "and many more!" expressing the hope that the birthday person will enjoy a
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Happy Birthday to You


either substituting the public-domain "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" or avoiding using a song entirely. Before the song was copyrighted it was used freely, as in "Bosko's Party", a Warner Bros. cartoon of 1932, where a chorus of animals sings it twice through. The copyright status of "Happy Birthday to You" is directly referenced in a 2009 episode of the TV series "iCarly", "iMake Sam Girlier", in which the main character as well as others begin to sing
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Happy Birthday to You


the song are illegal unless royalties are paid to Warner. In one specific instance in February 2010, the royalty for a single use was said to be 700. By one estimate, the song is the highest-earning single song in history. In the European Union, the copyright for the song expired on January 1, 2017. The American copyright status of "Happy Birthday to You" began to draw more attention with the passage of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act in 1998. When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld
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Happy Birthday (Birthday Party song)


"Happy Birthday" is a 1980 song by The Boys Next Door. It was released as a single on 16 February 1980 on Missing Link. The song is not related to the popular birthday song "Happy Birthday to You". The first album it appeared on was "The Birthday Party". It was later included as track two on the 1992 compilation "Hits". The release of the single was part of the band's rebranding of themselves as The Birthday Party before their relocation to London. It is notable
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Happy Birthday" in "The American Hymnal" in 1933. In 1935, several specific piano arrangements and an unused second verse of "Happy Birthday to You" were copyrighted as a work for hire crediting Preston Ware Orem for the piano arrangements and Mrs. R. R. Forman for the lyrics by the Summy Company, the publisher of "Good Morning to All". This served as the legal basis for claiming that Summy Company legally registered the copyright for the song, as well as the later renewal of these copyrights. A later
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Happy Birthday to You!


Happy Birthday to You! is a 1959 children's book by Dr. Seuss, the first all-color picture book. It deals with a fantastic land called Katroo, where the Birthday Bird throws the reader an amazing party on their special day. It consists of a running description of a fantastical celebration, narrated in the second person, of the reader's birthday, from dawn to late night. The celebration includes fantastical and colorful gifts, foods and a whirl of activities all arranged by the Birthday Bird for the reader's
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/ It's (birthday person)'s birthday / What a day for a birthday / Let's all have some cake." In "The Goldbergs" episode "Han Ukkah Solo", Erica Goldberg is challenged to write a Hanukkah song. She does, but her words are sung to the tune of "Happy Birthday To You". Her music teacher tells her she cannot use it because "I'd have to pay those old ladies hundreds of thousands of dollars, and I've already spent our budget on
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Happy Birthday to You


valid copyright notice as was required at the time, "Happy Birthday" was in the public domain. Warner/Chappell disputed the evidence, arguing that unless there was "necessary authorization from the copyright owner", the "Happy Birthday" lyrics and sheet music would still be subject to common law copyright as an unpublished work, and that it was unknown whether the "special permission" from the Summy Company covered "Good Morning to All", "Happy Birthday", or both, thus alleging that the publication in
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Happy Birthday to You


existed even earlier. None of the early appearances of the "Happy Birthday to You" lyrics included credits or copyright notices. The Summy Company registered a copyright in 1935, crediting authors Preston Ware Orem and Mrs. R. R. Forman. In 1988, Warner/Chappell Music purchased the company owning the copyright for 25 million, with the value of "Happy Birthday" estimated at 5 million. Based on the 1935 copyright registration, Warner claimed that the United States copyright will not expire until 2030, and that unauthorized public performances of
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Happy Birthday to You


"Happy Birthday to You" was Marilyn Monroe's rendition to U.S. President John F. Kennedy in May 1962. Another notable use was by comedy pianist Victor Borge, who played the song in styles of various composers, or would begin playing "Moonlight Sonata", smoothly transitioning into the song. The documentary film "The Corporation" states that Warner/Chappell charged up to 10,000 for the song to appear in a film. Because of the copyright issue, filmmakers rarely showed complete singalongs of "Happy Birthday" in films,
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Another One Rides the Bus (EP)


. The final song, recorded on January 19, 1981, was "Happy Birthday". A morbidly depressing birthday song detailing ails of the world, including poverty, nuclear holocaust, and eventual solar cataclysm, the song is based on the music of artist Tonio K. Only seeing two popular birthday songs at the time—"Happy Birthday to You" by Patty and Mildred J. Hill, and "Birthday" by The Beatles—Yankovic decided to write his own "severely twisted version of one". "Happy Birthday' was recorded in
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other popular and similar nineteenth-century songs that predated theirs, including Horace Waters' "Happy Greetings to All", "Good Night to You All" also from 1858, "A Happy New Year to All" from 1875, and "A Happy Greeting to All", published 1885. However, American law professor Robert Brauneis disputes this, noting that these earlier songs had quite different melodies. It is likely that teachers and students spontaneously adapted the published version of "Good Morning to All" to celebrate birthdays in
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Happy Birthday to You


2015, a federal judge declared that the Warner/Chappell copyright claim was invalid, ruling that the copyright registration applied only to a specific piano arrangement of the song, and not to its lyrics and melody. In 2016, Warner/Chappell settled for US $14 million, and the court declared that "Happy Birthday to You" was in the public domain. The person whose birthday is being celebrated is filled in for "[NAME]". The earliest known publication used "John" as the example. \relative
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Happy Birthday to You


of publication is from 1911 in "The Elementary Worker and His Work", but earlier references exist to a song called "Happy Birthday to You" including an article from 1901 in the "Inland Educator and Indiana School Journal". "Children's Praise and Worship", edited by Andrew Byers, Bessie L. Byrum and Anna E. Koglin, published the song in 1918. In 1924, Robert Coleman included "Good Morning to All" in a songbook with the birthday lyrics as a second verse. Coleman also published "
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Happy Birthday, Mr. President


"Happy Birthday, Mr. President" is a song sung by actress and singer Marilyn Monroe on May 19, 1962, for President John F. Kennedy at a celebration of his 45th birthday, 10 days before the actual date (May 29). Monroe sang the traditional "Happy Birthday to You" lyrics in a sultry, intimate voice, with "Mr. President" inserted as Kennedy's name. She continued the song with a snippet from the classic song, "Thanks for the Memory", for which she had written
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construction paper." In the "30 Rock" episode "Goodbye, My Friend", "TGS" cast members begin to sing the song following an announcement about the royalty fee for singing "Happy Birthday to You" on a television show. The cast is interrupted after the first line by a character entering the scene. In the "Community" episode "Mixology Certification", a scene starts with the last two words of the song ("... to you"), implying it had been sung in its
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Happy Birthday to You


June 28, 2016, the final settlement was officially granted and the court declared that the song was in the public domain. The following week, Nelson's short-form documentary, "Happy Birthday: my campaign to liberate the people's song", was published online by "The Guardian". In the wake of their success, the lawyers involved in the "Happy Birthday" lawsuit filed similar lawsuits regarding "We Shall Overcome" and "This Land Is Your Land". One of the most famous performances of
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Rupa & the April Fishes


, Rupa Marya began court proceedings to challenge the copyright on "Happy Birthday To You", arguing that the song has long since become a public domain work. Two years later in September 2015, a Supreme Court judge ruled in favor of Marya and "Happy Birthday" was liberated from the unlawful royalties of Warner Chappel, who was collecting over $2 million a year since 1988. The case is now filing for class action status, in which up to $50 million would be returned to artist and producers who have
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entirety, before Pierce confusedly asks, "How come we only sang the last two words?" In the 1987 documentary "Eyes on the Prize" about the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, there was a birthday party scene in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s discouragement began to lift. After its initial release, the film was unavailable for sale or broadcast for many years because of the cost of clearing many copyrights, of which "Happy Birthday to You" was one. Grants in 2005 for copyright clearances allowed PBS to
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Happy Birthday to You


"The Everyday Song Book", published in 1927. The book contained "Good Morning and Happy Birthday", but the copy was blurry, obscuring a line of text below the title. Manifold and Rifkin located a clearer copy of an older edition, published in 1922, that also contained the "Happy Birthday" lyrics. The previously obscured line was revealed to be the credit "Special permission through courtesy of The Clayton F Summy Co.". Manifold and Rifkin argued that because the music and lyrics were published without a
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Happy Birthday to You


the Act in "Eldred v. Ashcroft" in 2003, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer specifically mentioned "Happy Birthday to You" in his dissenting opinion. American law professor Robert Brauneis, who extensively researched the song, concluded in 2010 that "It is almost certainly no longer under copyright." In 2013, based in large part on Brauneis's research, Good Morning to You Productions, a company producing a documentary about "Good Morning to All", sued Warner/Chappell for falsely claiming copyright to the song. In September
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Little Loomhouse


the cabins have been the visits of past First Ladies of the United States, and the creation of the song "Happy Birthday to You". However, it is in constant state of defending against deterioration. The Esta Cabin encapsulates the history of the Loomhouse, and is the cabin where the song "Happy Birthday to You" was first sung. The cabin was first built by a Beoni Figg in 1870 as a business office for his charcoal, lumber, and quarries interests. It has been enlarged since then from a
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Alfred Bestall


receive the award in person because he had bone cancer. On his 93rd birthday, Prince Charles sent him a telemessage, which read: "I have heard that you were sadly unable to receive your MBE from the Queen recently. I wanted to send you my congratulations on your award and to wish you a very happy birthday with many happy returns. As a child I well remember your marvellous illustrations of Rupert Bear." In May 2006, Bestall was commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque at 58 Cranes Park, Surbiton
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Sing-a-ma-jigs


"Birthday Tenor". Each sings "Happy Birthday to You" in different pitches in addition to chattering and harmonizing with other Sing-a-ma-jig characters, and rather than saying "Goodbye" or "See you later", The birthday tenor signs off by saying, "Can I have cake too?" and the birthday soprano signs off by saying, "Bye Bye, Birthday!". There are also Disney Mickey and Disney Minnie Sing-a-ma-jigs. Mickey and Minnie each
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Happy Birthday to You


that Warner/Chappell's copyright claim was invalid and there was no other claim to copyright. The origins of "Happy Birthday to You" date back to at least the late 19th century, when two sisters, Patty and Mildred J. Hill, introduced the song "Good Morning to All" to Patty's kindergarten class in Kentucky. Years later, in 1893, they published the tune in their songbook "Song Stories for the Kindergarten". Kembrew McLeod stated that the Hill sisters likely copied the tune and lyrical idea from
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Happy Birthday to You


sing the "Happy Birthday to You" lyrics for profit without paying royalties: in 2008, Warner collected about 5,000 per day (2 million per year) in royalties for the song. Warner/Chappell claimed copyright for every use in film, television, radio, anywhere open to the public, and for any group where a substantial number of those in attendance are not family or friends of whoever is performing the song. Brauneis cited problems with the song's authorship and the notice and renewal of the copyright, and concluded
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Happy Birthday to You


of April 2014, Warner's motion to dismiss had been denied without prejudice, and discovery began under an agreed plan with respect to Claim One, declaratory judgment as to whether "Happy Birthday to You" is in the public domain. The Motion Cut-Off as to Merits Issues on the Claim One deadline was November 7, 2014. After that, the court was expected to rule on the motion for summary judgment as to the merits issues on Claim One. A jury trial was requested. On July 28, 2015
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Captain Beefheart


the compilation album "Where We Live: Stand for What You Stand On: A Benefit CD for EarthJustice" singing a version of "Happy Birthday to You" retitled "Happy Earthday". The track lasts 34 seconds and was recorded over the telephone. Van Vliet died at a hospital in Arcata, California, on Friday, December 17, 2010, about a month before his 70th birthday. The cause was named as complications from multiple sclerosis. Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan commented on his death, praising him: "
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The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You


The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You is a Canadian children's animated short film directed by Gerald Potterton as part of "The Real Story of..." / "Favorite Songs" animated anthology series. The short was produced by Cinar and France Animation in association with Crayon Animation and Western Publishing and was released in January 1992 in the United States. It also features the voices of Ed Asner and Roger Daltrey. The story involves neglected child Olivia, whose only friends are Charlie the Horse and Barnaby the Stablehand. Olivia wants
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been attributed to American sisters Patty and Mildred J. Hill in 1893, although the claim that the sisters composed the tune is disputed. Patty Hill was a kindergarten principal in Louisville, Kentucky, developing various teaching methods at what is now the Little Loomhouse; her sister Mildred was a pianist and composer. The sisters used "Good Morning to All" as a song that young children would find easy to sing. The combination of melody and lyrics in "Happy Birthday to You" first appeared in print in 1912, and probably
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Keith Green


16 live recordings and 4 hours of DVD footage including video of live performances as well as details regarding Green's life and his passing. A "Greatest Hits" album was also released at the same time, including 17 of Green's most popular songs and one more previously unreleased Christian song, "Your Love Came Over Me". On November 23, 2009, the EP "Happy Birthday to You Jesus" was released, containing a talk by Green about Christmas and another previously unreleased song, "Happy Birthday to You
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2015 lawsuit would find this claim baseless. That specific new lyrics that also included the full text of "Happy Birthday to You", was a copyright on the derivative work. A 1957 acquisition of C.C. Birchard & Company saw Summy Company becoming the Summy-Birchard Company. A later corporate restructuring in the 1970s saw Summy-Birchard becoming a division of a new company: Birch Tree Group Limited. Warner/Chappell Music acquired Birch Tree Group Limited in 1988 for 25 million. The company continued to insist that one cannot
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Thank You, Happy Birthday


Thank You Happy Birthday is the second studio album by American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was released on January 11, 2011 to positive critical reception. The album was produced by Jay Joyce, who worked in the same capacity on the band's eponymous debut album. The album was originally announced in July 2009 when the band had stated that they would release it in early 2010 with the title "Computer Says Move". The group had recorded over eighty songs but shelved all of them when they realized that "nobody
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Happy Birthday to Me (film)


would you react if you went to a birthday party … and you were the only person at the dinner table who was still alive?"" Those with the best set of lungs would win free passes to the film. The manual also encouraged the DJ's to attend dressed as funeral attendants and give each girl a white lily and each boy a blood-red carnation. The film was also advertised with trailers both at the cinema and on TV. Most trailers culminate with a birthday cake being split with an axe,
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Happy Birthday to You


rebroadcast the film as recently as February 2008. In 2010, the Western classical music conductor Zubin Mehta conducted the orchestra to play variations of "Happy Birthday" in the styles of various Western classical music composers including Wagner, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, and in the Viennese, New Orleans and Hungarian composition styles. On August 5, 2013, the first anniversary of its landing on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover celebrated its "birthday" when engineers at Goddard Space Flight Center used the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM)
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Birthday cake


". In Ecuador, the person whose birthday it is will take a large bite of the birthday cake before it is served. In Peru, guests used to sing "Happy Birthday to You" first in English with the name of the individual whose birthday it is, then in Spanish, later they sing any other song in Spanish regarding cake or date, finally blowing candles and serving the name cake. The birthday cake is often decorated with small candles, secured with special holders or simply pressed down into the cake.
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Birthday customs and celebrations


first piece of the cake. In Western cultures, particularly in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia, birthday parties are often accompanied by colorful decorations, such as balloons and streamers. A birthday cake is often served with candles that are to be blown out after a "birthday wish" has been made. While the birthday cake is being brought to the table, the song "Happy Birthday to You" is sung by the guests. A practice most common among wealthy people and celebrities, but engaged in by many
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Barenaked for the Holidays


Bells" begins as a slow, faithful rendition before breaking into an up-tempo version, including the "Batman smells..." lyric variation, and Page breaking down laughing. Several existing songs are included in the form of keyboard interludes; "Happy Birthday to You" is included as a hidden track in the form "Happy Birthday Jesus". The song "Deck the Stills" is an adaptation or parody of the song "Deck the Halls" with the lyrics Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young repeated in place
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Party


after a "birthday wish" has been made. The person being honored will be given the first piece of cake. While the birthday cake is being brought to the table, the song "Happy Birthday to You" or some other birthday song is sung by the guests. At parties for children, time is often taken for the "gift opening" wherein the individual whose birthday is celebrated opens each of the gifts brought. It is also common at children's parties for the host to give parting gifts to the attendees
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the song to Sam but are prevented from doing so by Freddie, who says the song is not public domain; "For She's a Jolly Good Fellow" is then sung instead. The Beatles recorded "Happy Birthday Dear Saturday Club" for the BBC's radio programme's fifth anniversary. This recording is included on the compilation album "On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2", released in 2013. In a 1998 episode of the television show "Sports Night", "Intellectual Property", character Dan
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The Birthday Massacre


one of their earlier songs in order to avoid confusion with another group. The song "The Birthday Massacre" was then renamed to "Happy Birthday". According to their vocalist Chibi: "it kind of works well for the music that we're making. Sort of contrasty, you know? Birthday, and massacre. Light, and dark. Cute, and evil". TBM have released seven studio albums: "Nothing and Nowhere" (2002), "Violet" (2005), "Walking With Strangers
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Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song)


, features Wonder lamenting the fact that anyone would oppose the idea of a Dr. King holiday, where "peace is celebrated throughout the world" and singing to King in the chorus, "Happy birthday to you". The holiday, he proposes, would facilitate the realization of Dr. King's dreams of integration and "love and unity for all of God's children". Wonder used the song to popularize the campaign, and continued his fight for the holiday, holding the Rally for Peace Press Conference in 1981. United
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Capitol City Baptist Church (West Avenue, Quezon City)


to which congregation members place monetary offerings into. Members walk to the stage to drop their offerings as the month of their birthdates are called out, while the band repeatedly plays the song, “Happy Birthday to You", which is later modified to "Happy Birthday, Jesus." Donations received through this tradition are then used to fund the various activities of the church. Once in a while, the church engages in a practice called "Misyon: Samba," which in English translates to "Mission: Worship.
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Happy Birthday to Me (film)


, ""What attracted me to this script was that the young people stood out as vivid, individual characters. The difference between a good chiller and exploitative junk, at least in my opinion, is whether or not you care about the victims"." Jack Blum, who played Alfred in the film, said that Thompson took the film seriously. Thompson would later direct the Charles Bronson thriller "10 to Midnight" (1983), which featured more exploitative material than "Happy Birthday to Me". Hollywood actor
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¡Happy Birthday Guadalupe!


"¡Happy Birthday Guadalupe!" is a Christmas song by Las Vegas rock band The Killers featuring Wild Light and Mariachi El Bronx, released as a digital download on December 1, 2009. The song continues on with The Killers' tradition of releasing a Christmas song every year, and is the fourth consecutive annual Christmas song since 2006, the others being "A Great Big Sled", "Don't Shoot Me Santa" and "Joseph, Better You Than Me". All proceeds from the Christmas singles benefit the
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Pumping Iron


winner. Schwarzenegger and Columbu engage in a posedown for the title of Mr. Olympia. Schwarzenegger uses his stage presence and intimidating looks to unnerve Columbu, and is declared Mr. Olympia. In a post-victory speech, he announces his official retirement from professional bodybuilding. Later, at an after-party for the competitors, Schwarzenegger celebrates his victory by smoking marijuana and eating fried chicken. With the competition over, he wishes Ferrigno happy birthday and leads the other competitors in singing "Happy Birthday to You" as a cake is
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Clean Cut


Songs such as "Only a Lonely Heart Knows", "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache", and "I Can Depend on You" had a significant pop-sounding arrangement. Like most of Barbara's MCA output, "Clean Cut" was only ever issued on a long-playing record, with five songs per side. Unlike her previous releases, "Clean Cut" spawned three singles in 1984. "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache" was the first single from the album released in January 1984. The song peaked at
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Side Show


act and convinces Terry to meet them. The two men interrupt a birthday party for the girls ("Happy Birthday To You And To You"). Terry asks their names and they respond, "I'm Daisy" and "I'm Violet". He then asks them their dreams ("Like Everyone Else"); Violet, the gentler of the two, wants a normal life of a husband and home; Daisy, on the other hand, seeks fame and fortune. Terry tells them he wants to
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Birthday


song, "Good Morning to You" (unofficially titled "Happy Birthday to You") is typically sung by the guests at some point in the proceedings. In some countries a piñata takes the place of a cake. In some historically Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox countries such as Italy, Spain, France, parts of Germany, Poland, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia, and throughout Latin America, it is common to have a 'name
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Happy Birthday to Me (film)


mother and how it destroyed her family. Ann reveals that she and Ginny are half-sisters. Ginny manages to wrestle the knife from Ann and stabs her to death. As she stands over Ann's corpse holding the bloodied knife, a police officer enters the cottage and pleads: "What have you done?" "Happy Birthday to Me" was produced by John Dunning and André Link, as a Cinépix production. Dunning and Link would team up again on another Canadian slasher, "My Bloody Valentine" (1981
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Birthday customs and celebrations


"to grow an inch." In Brazil, Hungary, Argentina, Italy, and other countries, the person has his/her earlobes pulled. The Hungarian tradition also involves at the same time as pulling the earlobes wishing the person a happy birthday or reciting a rhyme whose English translation is "God bless you, live so long so your ears reach your ankles.". Similar to birthday punches are birthday spankings. While they are usually administered to children, the practice is somewhat common, even in areas and communities
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SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout


find everyone fast asleep. Just then, a giant box falls from out of the sky. SpongeBob opens it and finds Patchy's disembodied head. As the episode ends, Patchy leads the cast in a birthday-themed version of the show's theme song, followed by a montage of celebrities wishing SpongeBob a happy birthday, and a thank you message to Stephen Hillenburg. "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" premiered on July 12, 2019 across Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, and TeenNick. The three-network premiere was collectively viewed
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It's a Good Life


outside world. Dan receives a newly discovered Perry Como record for his birthday and wants to play it right away, but as Anthony does not like singing, the others advise him to wait until he gets home. Dan gets drunk and begins demanding that they sing, first "Happy Birthday" and then "You Are My Sunshine". Angrily he turns on Anthony's parents, crying, "You had to go and "have" him", then he defiantly continues to sing as Anthony appears in the room.
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Jennifer Nelson (filmmaker)


Jennifer Nelson is an American documentary filmmaker, based in New York, known for successfully suing the company Warner/Chappell Music for false claims of copyright to the song "Happy Birthday to You", thereby clarifying its public domain status in the US. On June 13, 2013, Nelson filed a putative class action suit in federal court for the Southern District of New York against Warner/Chappell in the name of her production company, Good Morning to You Productions. As part of a documentary she was making about the song
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Centenarian


. In Italy, "A hundred of these days!" ("cento di questi giorni") is an augury for birthdays, to live to celebrate 100 more birthdays. Some Italians say "Cent'anni!", which means "a hundred years", in that they wish that they could all live happily for a hundred years. In Greece, wishing someone Happy Birthday ends with the expression "να τα εκατοστήσεις" ("na ta ekatostisis"), which can be loosely translated as "may you make it
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Happy, Happy Birthday Baby


"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" is a 1957 song written by Margo Sylvia & Gilbert Lopez. "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" was originally performed by The Tune Weavers, who had their only hit with this song. Both Margo Sylvia and Gilbert Lopez were members of The Tune Weavers. The single went to number four on the R&B chart and went to number five on the Hot 100. The B-side of "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby, was The Tune Weavers version of "Ol' Man River" The
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Putin!


The forest fires have been put out, but I'm still burning!" (referring to 2010 Russian wildfires), "You are the best!", "I love you!", "Give me a ride on Kalina!", "Would you take me as a co-pilot?", "If not you, who?", "You only get better with the years", "You are my Premier", "I don't need rynda, I need you" (referring
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Happy Birthday, Robot!


Happy Birthday, Robot! is a role-playing game published by Evil Hat Productions in 2010. "Happy Birthday, Robot!" is a storytelling game specifically aimed at children. Shortly after the release of the "Dresden Files" books, Evil Hat published another indie project, Daniel Solis' "Happy Birthday, Robot!" (2010). Shannon Appelcline states that the "Happy Birthday, Robot!" "short storytelling game could easily have been part of Hogshead Publishing's 'New Style'. It is
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Folklore


enactment, i.e. re-enactment. It is the patterns of expected behavior within a group, the "traditional and expected way of doing things" A custom can be a single gesture, such as thumbs down or a handshake. It can also be a complex interaction of multiple folk customs and artifacts as seen in a child's birthday party, including verbal lore (Happy Birthday song), material lore (presents and a birthday cake), special games (Musical chairs) and individual customs (making a wish as you
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Tick, Tick... Boom!


, Jon's girlfriend, is a dancer who teaches ballet to “wealthy and untalented children.” Susan and Jon discuss the upcoming 30th birthday party that she is throwing for him. She pressures him to play “Happy Birthday to You” to himself on the piano at the party, but he is hesitant because it reminds him of the aging aspect of birthdays. Michael wants to schedule a job interview for Jon with Michael's firm. Again, Jon is hesitant, but agrees to think it over. Later, on
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Numbertime


' House because she needs someone to help her out with her new dance (Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin's "Minute Waltz"). Tim receives a mysterious three-layered parcel on his doorstep in the middle of the night (which turns out to be a birthday cake) along with a musical birthday card (which plays a high-speed version of "Happy Birthday to You" to him), while El Nombre helps Juan and Juanita to put the four seasons in the right order for their homework (but they still
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Happy Birthday to You


long life. The birthday person may be asked to make a wish ("Make a wish!")—which he or she does silently—and then is supposed to blow out the candles. Traditionally, blowing out the candles is believed (or is considered a lighthearted superstition) to ensure that the wish will come true. Once the candles have been blown out, people may applaud, after which the cake may be served, often with the first piece being served to the person whose birthday it is. In the United Kingdom, Ireland
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Cultural mediation


are mental processes in a four-year-old that extend well beyond this. She patiently waits as her family and friends sing "Happy Birthday to You". The joy is not in the cake itself but in the cake's specific meaning to her. It is a sign that today is a special day for her in which she is the center of attention and that her friends and family are praising her. It's also a sign that she is bigger and as such has higher status among her peers. It
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Weird Al Yankovic (album)


Only seeing two popular birthday songs at the time—"Happy Birthday to You" by Patty and Mildred J. Hill, and "Birthday" by The Beatles—Yankovic decided to write his own "severely twisted version of one." "Stop Draggin' My Car Around" is a parody of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" by Stevie Nicks; the lament of an otherwise "cool guy" forced to repeatedly save his 1964 Plymouth car from impoundment due to illegal parking, shame, and non-payment. "My Bologna
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Happy Birthday to You


-ow, how old are you now?" and then count up: "Are you one? Are you two? Are you ..." until they reach the right age, at which the celebrant says "yes", and everybody else, who presumably know the right number, all cheer. Both the music and lyrics are in public domain in both the European Union and United States. The copyright expired in the European Union on January 1, 2017. In the United States, a federal court ruled in 2016
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Hotter than July


Wilson of the GAP Band, handled backing vocals for "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It". Wonder's ex-wife Syreeta also shows up on "As If You Read My Mind". Despite the wide critical acclaim for Wonder's previous works such as "Songs in the Key of Life" and "Innervisions", "Hotter than July" was his first album eligible for platinum status, as Motown sales records before 1977 were not audited by the RIAA. Wonder wrote "Happy Birthday" in order
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Happy Birthday (NEWS song)


"Happy Birthday" is the tenth single of the Japanese boy group NEWS. It was released on October 1, 2008, in two editions; a regular edition which contains two b-sides: "Gan Gan Ganbatte" and "Push On!", and a limited edition which also contains "Happy Birthday" and its b-side "Gan Gan Ganbatte" from the regular edition, as well as another b-side entitled "Game of Love" and an instrumental version of "Happy Birthday". "
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I Need You (Paris Hilton song)


the week). I need you (I need you)." The lyrics feature holiday-related puns, such as "I wanna be the bunny in your Easter". Other examples include: "I wanna put the happy in your Birthday / And I wanna be the merry in your Christmas / I’m always giving thanks for you on every Thanksgiving." "Out" magazine writer Hilton Dresden described the song as "over-the-top syrupy and smothering", and "Paper"'s Michael Love
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Ikiru


writes that in the nightclub scene, Watanabe realizes "pleasure is not life," and that a goal gives him new happiness, with the song "Happy Birthday to You" symbolizing his rebirth. Because Toyo is young, she has the best insight as to how to live, and is presented as the "unlikely savior" in Watanabe's "redemption." Author Donald Richie wrote that the title of the film, meaning simply "to live," could signify that "existence is enough." However, Watanabe
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Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records


Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records is an American independent record label based in Athens, Georgia. Its catalogue features indie rock, indie pop and hip-hop music, with several of its artists associated with or influenced by The Elephant 6 Recording Company. The label began as a compilation album, "Happy Happy Birthday To Me Volume 1", before it expanded into a 7" singles club, which released records by Of Montreal, Marshmallow Coast, The Essex Green, Great Lakes, and Masters of the Hemisphere, while
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Robert J. Collier


some small way in explaining his frittering away of his fortune, and his wife's decision to leave their country estate to nuns who would take care of children. He wrote a letter to the memory of his son which says in part: "This is your birthday little boy, your first little anniversary. So, your father's thoughts are with you. Have the dear angels lighted you this candle, and are you happy in their gifts and laughing for love of their bright faces around you? You may not remember
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Live at Piedmont Park


many old songs such as "Don't Drink the Water" and "Two Step", but also introduced the first released recordings of: "#27", "Cornbread", and "Eh Hee". The concert was performed the day after band saxophonist Leroi Moore's 46th birthday. Matthews, the band, and the audience serenade Moore with an apparently spontaneous rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" following the performance of "One Sweet World." The concert is infamous for missing the backup vocals of drummer
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Project Chanology


headquarters in Adelaide, Australia. An anonymous spokesman told "News.com.au" that Scientology should lose its tax-exempt status. About 150 protesters came to the Yonge Street headquarters of Scientology in Toronto, Canada; sang "Happy Birthday" and chanted "we want cake". During the Los Angeles protests, a plane flew overhead trailing a large sign that read "Honk if you think Scientology is a cult." 150 protesters demonstrated in Clearwater, Florida, and a local organizer for Anonymous told "The Tampa Tribune",
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Happy Birthday to You


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Happy Birthday, Mr. President


Mr. President", alluding to Bill Clinton's January 20th presidential inauguration. Spice Girl Geri Halliwell performed the song in 1998 for Prince Charles' 50th birthday celebration, replacing the line "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" with "Happy Birthday, Your Royal Highness". In 2002 the Texas Rangers had an actress reenact the song for Alex Rodriguez's 27th birthday. In a 2008 episode of "30 Rock", Claire Harper (played by Jennifer Aniston) — a friend of the protagonist Liz Lemon — begins an affair with
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Happy Birthday (NEWS song)


Happy Birthday" is NEWS tenth consecutive number-one single since their debut in 2004. This single makes them the second group to have this distinction (the other being KinKi Kids, who currently has twenty-seven consecutive number-one singles). Happy Birthday was written and composed by Japanese Hip-hop artist SEAMO. "Happy Birthday" reached the number-one spot on both the daily and weekly Oricon charts, selling 201,304 copies in its first week; just 38 more copies than their previous single Summer Time,
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For He's a Jolly Good Fellow


deny" variation is far more common West of the Mississippi. In both regions, prior to the popularization of the "Happy Birthday to You" song, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" was the most commonly sung birthday song. As with many songs that use gender-specific pronouns, the song can be altered to agree with the sex of the intended recipient, "he" being replaced with "she". If the song is being sung to two or more people (e.g. twins or triplets)
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Sing-a-ma-jigs


, the pumpkin and ghost say "Trick or Treat" and the skeleton and witch say "Happy Halloween". In their tenor, bass and soprano voices In November 2011, two new female Christmas themed Sing-a-ma-jigs were released. They included a snowman and a reindeer. The snowman sings Jingle Bells and the reindeer sings "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". In their alto voices There are two Birthday Sing-a-ma-jigs: the pink "Birthday Soprano" and the blue
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Happy Birthday (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year)


Happy Birthday (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year) is a country song written by Ron Kitson, published by Sure-Fire Music, and recorded by Loretta Lynn in the fall of 1964 and released before Christmas of that year on Decca Records as a 45-rpm single. "Happy Birthday" was not only an instant country hit, but up until Christmas of that year was receiving considerable airplay on pop-rock stations on the east and west coasts of the United States and was a "Pick Hit of the Week" on
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James Sample (conductor)


He was with the Met and City Center Opera 1942-1945. He guest conducted the Utah Symphony Orchestra 1945-1946 and is credited with a prominent role in the formation of that orchestra. He was the associate conductor for the San Francisco Symphony transcontinental tour led by Pierre Monteux in 1947. As such, he conducted the orchestra at Carnegie Hall in "Happy Birthday to You" for Monteux’s 72nd birthday on April 4, 1947. Sample was the conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony and Hollywood Chamber Orchestra 1947-1949
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The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You


her own special birthday song, but her evil caretaker tries to keep her from hearing it. The film was produced in 1991. Czechoslovakian-born Canadian composer Milan Kymlicka provided the music for the film. He has also composed music for other Canadian TV series such as "Babar", "Rupert", "The Busy World of Richard Scarry", "The Legend of White Fang", "The Adventures of Paddington Bear", the 1997 version of "Lassie", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Night
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The Beyoncé Experience Live


on "Survivor". At the end of the show Rowland and Williams led the audience in singing "Happy Birthday to You" to Beyoncé, to mark her birthday two days later. The film also features a twenty-seven-song jukebox feature which was achieved by the use of advanced "bitwise" programming. The DVD was authored by Neil Matthews at Ascent Media in New York City. Onstage, Beyoncé had an all-female band Suga Mama, and the show used men only as dancers for the female audience
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Macbeth (1971 film)


as "The Vampire Lovers". For the scene where the Three Witches and numerous others perform "Double, double, toil and trouble" in the nude, Polanski had difficulty hiring extras to perform. As a result, some of the witches are cut from cardboard. Polanski had a few of the elderly extras sing "Happy Birthday to You" while naked for a video, sent to Hefner for his 45th birthday. "Macbeth" was filmed in various locations around the British Isles, starting in Snowdonia in October 1970
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Judah Samet


Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner. After Trump introduced Samet in the Address and noted that it was Samet's 81st birthday, the crowd applauded, gave him a standing ovation, and sang "Happy Birthday" to him. Samet smiled, blew a kiss, waved down to Trump, stood up, bowed his head, and shouted "thank you". Trump jokingly conducted with his hands and said, "They wouldn't do that for me". Samet was not wearing his kippah at the Address because a
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Happy Birthday to You


Rydell sings the song to his co-anchor during a telecast, forcing his network to pay royalties, and causing him to ask his colleagues to choose public-domain songs for him to sing for their birthdays. The copyright is also referenced frequently in a Disney "A.N.T. Farm" episode where characters repeatedly try to sing the song, only to be stopped by others reminding them of the price. The melody of the song is also featured in "The Wrong Trousers" but was replaced with "For He's a Jolly
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Sangeet Bangla


a lot of audience  interaction wherein the viewers would send in their requests and the host played them on demand. Not only this, but the morning show like wishing Shubo Janmodin (Happy Birthday) was a grand hit. The USP of the show was that it was hosted by a child artist and children who sent in their birthday information were wished by the host. The show played songs of kid's interest. Another show that popularised the channel was O Bondhu Tumi Shunte Ke Parcho (O friend are you listening to me
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Ann-Margret


at the Music Hall. "Life" put her on the cover for the second time and announced that the "torrid dancing almost replaces the central heating in the theater." She was then asked to sing "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" at President John F. Kennedy's private birthday party at the Waldorf-Astoria, one year after Marilyn Monroe's famous "Happy Birthday". Ann-Margret met Elvis Presley on the MGM soundstage when the two filmed "Viva Las Vegas" (1964). She
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Nightfall of Diamonds


Nightfall of Diamonds is a double live album by the Grateful Dead released in 2001. It was recorded on October 16, 1989 at Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford and includes the full concert. This was the final date of a five-day run at the venue. The artwork depicts the Manhattan skyline from the Hudson Waterfront of New Jersey. This show took place on Bob Weir's 42nd birthday and the band briefly plays "Happy Birthday to You" between "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" and "
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List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1960s


Tear" by Burl Ives (3), "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" by Gene Pitney (3), "Do You Want To Dance" / "I'm Looking Out the Window" by Cliff Richard (3), 'Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" by Neil Sedaka (4), "Have You Ever Been to See Kings Cross" by Frankie Davidson and The Sapphires (4), "She's Not You" / "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" by Elvis Presley
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Cookie Jar Group


the Spain-originating TV series "The World of David the Gnome", and the English dub of "Ultra Seven". As a production company, Cinar was also involved in the work of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?", "The Busy World of Richard Scarry", "Madeline", "The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You", "The Adventures of Paddington Bear", "Space Cases", "The Shoe People" and its most famous work, "Arthur",
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Happy Birthday (Sharon, Lois & Bram album)


Happy Birthday is the ninth album by popular children's entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram, originally released in 1988. The album was released in honor of Sharon, Lois & Bram's 10th Anniversary, hence the "birthday" theme. The original title was "Happy Birthday" for the first editions published under Elephant Records & A&M Records. They are available on CD, Cassette, and Record. This was the last album of Sharon, Lois & Bram's to be available on record. In 1996, Elephant Record re
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Dug's Special Mission


a "happy birthday". Sad and lonely, Dug runs off into a mist-laden rocky area. He sees a rock that resembles a turtle, followed by one that looks like a man. When he hears a voice saying "I see you back there", he asks if the man is okay. Dug then realizes that he has received his birthday wish: a new master (Carl Fredricksen). The clouds clear, the sun comes out and Dug sits proudly on a flat rock. From here the
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Cirilo R. Zayas


and respect for someone having a birthday or anniversary, giving them a message of good augurs with the sounds of a polka. “Felicidades, bien de mi vida, que tu destino te brinde siempre felicidades" (Congratulations, good of my life, that fate gives you always happiness), when we hear this well known phrase, composed to salute someone on their birthday, we should always remember the author of this song, one of the most known, diffuse and still in force in the national repertory. Besides developing
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Unforgiven (2000)


until Chyna interfered on Guerrero's behalf, causing Rikishi to attack Chyna. As a result, Rikishi was disqualified but he continued to attack Chyna by hitting her a Savate Kick and a Banzai Drop from the second rope. The final match on the undercard was a No Disqualification match between Triple H and Kurt Angle. WWF Commissioner Mick Foley served as the special guest referee. Before the match began, Angle announced that it was Stephanie McMahon's birthday and led the people into singing a rendition of "Happy Birthday to You"
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