A restaurant server holds a dessert plate with 'Happy Birthday' written in chocolate syrup - Thomas Barwick/Getty Images Anyone who's been out to eat on their birthday likely knows the joy (or ...

Gathering friends and family around a candlelit cake to sing “Happy Birthday to You” has been a birthday tradition in English-speaking households for over a century. In 1998, the Guinness Book of ...

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 “Happy Birthday to You.” But where ...

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 ...

“When did Black people get together and change the birthday song? I missed the meeting.” You and just about everyone else, bruh. Someone — we’re really not sure who — lit up “Happy Birthday,” changed ...

Birthdays are meant to be joyous, and the special day traditionally calls on family and friends to sing "Happy Birthday" to the celebrant. Although people appreciate the wishes with the usual birthday ...