You may not know it by name, but you’ll recognize the melody, which has been used in cartoons for 80 years ... of animated films ever since. The song is best remembered as the “assembly ...

One of Nelson's lawyers, Mark Rivkin, said as Nelson did more and more research on the song's roots, "she got madder and madder and madder." Happy Birthday generates an estimated $2 million a year ...

November 18, 1928 was the day Steamboat Willie, Disney’s first cartoon with a synchronized soundtrack, premiered at the Colony Theater in New York City. This is also the official birthday of its ...

you may “ask your employer to provide showers at work,” “wear Spandex to your next board meeting,” or—my choice—“do a chalk drawing in front of your house wishing happy birthday to ...

In today's Conversation ABC's Stephanie Sy took some time to celebrate Boop's birthday with animator Bryan Brinkman. Created by Max Fleischer, Boop made her debut on August 9, 1930, in a cartoon ...

1. “Happy Birthday to You” was originally composedin 1893as “Good Morning to All” by Patty Smith Hill, a kindergarten teacher and principal in Louisville, Kentucky, and her oldest sister ...

The “Happy Birthday” song dates to late 19th century work by a schoolteacher named Patty Smith Hill and her sister Mildred Hill. Trending on Billboard The Hill sisters later assigned rights to ...

The company has agreed to pay back $14 million to those who have paid licensing fees to use the song. "This is a huge victory for the public, and for the artists who want to use 'Happy Birthday to ...