At 2:29 PM -0500 3/6/07, Raymond Horton wrote:
I understand that the TUNE of "Happy Birthday," that is "Good
Morning To You" - is PD. It's when it's coupled with the words of
"Happy Birthday" that the copyright comes into play, correct?
(Louisville being the home town of the Hill Sisters who wrote this
little ditty, the most often sung tune in the world, I believe.)
Ray Horton
Floyds Knobs, Indiana
Louisville Orchestra
Good Lord!! I drove past Floyds Knobs plenty of times when we lived
in Bloomington, but have never known anyone who actually LIVES there!!
And you're correct. The tune with the "Good Morning To You" lyric
was from the 1890s or thereabouts. The "Happy Birthday" lyric is
from the 1930s, and will remain in copyright until the second coming
of Sonny Bono.
Is it actually used in non-English speaking countries (with suitable
translations, themselves copyrighted, of course)?
John
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