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The enduringly popular song Happy Birthday To You is published for the first time in a songbook edited by Robert H. Coleman. It is based on Good Morning To You, a song written in 1893 by sisters Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill. It is thought that Patty Hill suggested changing the lyric to Happy Birthday in a cabin on Kenwood Hill in Louisville, Kentucky. Said to be the most widely recognised song in the English language, it was still producing annual royalties of over $2m in 2008.
Judy Perkins is born in Jonesville, Michigan, USA. She will
find success as a hillbilly music vocalist working on numerous
radio stations.
The enduring popular song Happy Birthday To You is first published in a songbook edited by Robert H. Coleman. It is based on Good Morning To You, a song written in 1893 by sister Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill. Said to be the most widely recorgnised song in the English language, it was still producing annual royalties of over $2m in 2008.