Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A restaurant server holds a dessert plate with 'Happy Birthday' written in chocolate syrup - Thomas Barwick/Getty Images Anyone ...

Happy Birthday to You is almost certainly the most frequently sung piece of music on the planet, performed at gatherings in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Learn it. Use it. Because none of us want to go back to that sad funeral-marchy version. "When did Black people get together and ...

Quick: what’s the most popular song? It’s not something by Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen. Not by Lady Gaga or Taylor Swift. It’s the song that’s sung every single day, likely thousands of times. It’s ...

Author Sahana Singh said on a podcast that the Sanskrit song Janmadinam Idam carries a deeper birthday wish than the English ...

We’ve all heard the rumor that “Happy Birthday to You” is the property of Warner Bros. and anyone who sings it technically owes the media conglomerate money. This, the rumor goes, is why some ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. It’s tradition to sing “Happy Birthday” when celebrating a friend or family member’s entrance into ...

Birthdays are complicated — some people love them, others try to ignore ’em completely. If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that there’s no shortage of great birthday songs out there. There ...