DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Now you can sing "Happy Birthday" in public and not have to pay a licensing fee. A Los Angeles federal judge approved a settlement agreement on Monday, ending the ...

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At a well preserved 122 years old, "Happy Birthday to You," the most frequently sung English song in the world, has never looked better. 1. “Happy Birthday to You” was originally composed in 1893 as ...

LOS ANGELES-- A judge has approved a settlement that will put "Happy Birthday to You" in the public domain. U.S. District Judge George King approved the agreement Monday. It ends the ownership claims ...

On Tuesday a judge ruled that “Happy Birthday”—y’know, the song—is now in the public domain. U.S. District Court Judge George F. King declared that there was no evidence that the sisters who wrote the ...

The Guinness Book of World Records calls "Happy Birthday to You" the most recognized song in the English language. But you'll rarely ever hear it on TV or in a movie. Instead, you usually hear ...

Every 5-year-old knows it. It is the most frequently sung song in the English language, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, surpassing the works of Bach, Beethoven and the Beatles, says ...