Happy Birthday Melody Piano. Patty Hill was a kindergarten principal in Louisville Kentucky developing various teaching methods at the Little Loomhouse and her sister Mildred was a pianist and composer. The Summy Co which published Song Stories for Children won a copyright in the 1930s for the Happy Birthday lyrics put to Mildreds melody.
Warner Chappell got sued for 14 million and now the singing of this. It was published in a 1911 volume of song texts with no credit to Patty Hill and in later collections issued prior to the notorious 1935 registration of a piano arrangement by Preston Ware Orem. The combination of melody and lyrics in Happy Birthday to You first appeared in print in 1912.
Happy Birthday To You.
The familiar Happy Birthday text is not present in the original publication. According to Wikipedia The melody of Happy Birthday to You comes from the song Good Morning to All which has traditionally been attributed to American sisters Patty and Mildred J. This song wasnt always free to use a public domain. Download Traditional Happy Birthday MP3.