Happy Birthday to You

"Happy Birthday to You", ya da kısaca "Happy Birthday", genellikle doğum günlerinde kutlama amaçlı söylenen geleneksel bir şarkıdır. 1998 Guinness Book of World Records a göre "Happy Birthday to You" İngilizce dilinde en bilinen şarkıdır, daha sonra "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" şarkısı gelir. Şarkının sözleri en az 18 dile çevrilmiştir.^{[1], p. 17} "Happy Birthday to You" şarkısının melodisi ABD'li kardeşler Patty Hill ve Mildred J. Hill'in 1893'de yaptıkları "Good Morning to All" şarkısına dayanmaktadır.^[2][3] Ancak yine de şarkıyı kardeşlerin bestelediği tartışmalıdır.^[4]

Kaynakça

1. Brauneis, Robert (2010). "Copyright and the World's Most Popular Song". GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1111624. SSRN 1111624. 
2. Paul Collins (July 21, 2011). "You Say It's Your Birthday. Does the infamous "Happy Birthday to You" copyright hold up to scrutiny?". Slate magazine. http://www.slate.com/id/2298271/. Erişim tarihi: 2011-08-09. 
3. Originally published in Song Stories for the Kindergarten (Chicago: Clayton E. Summy Co., 1896), as cited by Snyder, Agnes. Dauntless Women in Childhood Education, 1856–1931. 1972. Washington, D.C.: Association for Childhood Education International. p. 244.
4. Masnick, Mike. "Lawsuit Filed to Prove Happy Birthday Is in The Public Domain; Demands Warner Pay Back Millions of License Fees", Techdirt.com, June 13, 2013

Dış bağlantılar

• "Copyright and the World's Most Popular Song" is a very thorough history and copyright analysis by Robert Brauneis, Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School
  • The research paper itself
  • Appendices, Documents and Sound Recordings, material relating to the research
• The original edition of Song Stories For The Kindergarten in PDF (public domain). It contains the song "Good morning to you".
• The Happy Birthday Song and The Little Loomhouse
• "Happy Birthday"Şablon:WikidataCheck at MusicBrainz
• Bosko's Party on YouTube.
• Mars rover Curiosity plays "Happy Birthday" to itself in 2013