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Where Did the Happy Birthday Song Come From?

4/20/202610 min

In today's episode, we learn where the Happy Birthday song came from and how it started as a classroom song called "Good Morning to All." We also talk about the court case that kept the song tied up in copyright claims for many years.

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First 90 seconds

  1. Josh· Host0:00

    Where did the Happy Birthday song come from? [upbeat music] Hi, welcome to Curious Kids Everyday. I'm Josh. How are you doing today? It's so good to hear from you. Hey, do you wanna know what today is? [gentle music] Today is my son Elliot's birthday. He is five years old now. Can I tell you a little bit about Elliot? He is the sweetest boy you will ever meet, and he's never met a stranger. He makes friends with everybody. If we take him to a playground, he's the first one to run up to everybody and just introduce himself and ask if you wanna play a game. He has the best laugh. He loves outer space, and he even had an outer space birthday party yesterday. It was so much fun. When I'm downstairs working on Curious Kids Everyday, Elliot always comes down to check and see if I'm almost done. When I finish, he races upstairs before I can get up there to announce to the whole house, "Daddy's done working!" And on the days he doesn't come downstairs because he's working on school or he's outside playing,

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