1. Happy Birthday by the Hill Sisters (1893)
The Hill sisters found themselves needing a song for their kindergarten class to sing on birthdays back in 1893. The sisters penned Happy Birthday and 120 years later, we are still singing it. The ownership of the song has changed hands a few times throughout the years. In 1990, Warner Chappell, a music holding company, bought the rights to the song for $15 million.
Today, Happy Birthday brings in a reported $5000 a day, $2 million a year in royalties. The cost of using the song in a movie or on TV is $25,000. It is actually against the law to sing Happy Birthday in a large group of unrelated people such as at an office party. The song has brought in an estimated $50 million.
by Shondell
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