Entertainer, The (Birthday/Children)
"The Entertainer" by American composer Scott Joplin(1868-1917). Now dubbed "King of Ragtime," Joplin lived & died in relative obscurity, only to be acclaimed a half century later after his piano rags, "The Entertainer" in particular, were featured in the film "The Sting" as adapted & performed by Marvin Hamlisch.
Golliwog's Cakewalk (Debussy) (Birthday/Children)
"Golliwog's Cake Walk" from "The Children's Corner" by French composer Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918). A golliwog was a stuffed rag doll toy depicting a dancing figure with African features.
Happy Barking Birthday (Birthday/Children)
"Happy Birthday," perhaps the most sung song in the English language, dates back melodically to 1893. Two sisters, Mildred Hill and Patty Smith Hill, included a classroom greeting "Good Morning To All" in a published book called "Song Stories for the Kindergarten." The lyrics now sung worldwide evolved over the next 40 years from the Hill sisters' original words to what everyone now knows as "Happy Birthday To You."
Happy Basset Birthday (Birthday/Children)
"Happy Birthday," perhaps the most sung song in the English language, dates back melodically to 1893. Two sisters, Mildred Hill and Patty Smith Hill, included a classroom greeting "Good Morning To All" in a published book called "Song Stories for the Kindergarten." The lyrics now sung worldwide evolved over the next 40 years from the Hill sisters' original words to what everyone now knows as "Happy Birthday To You."
Happy Bird-Day (Birthday/Children)
"Happy Birthday," perhaps the most sung song in the English language, dates back melodically to 1893. Two sisters, Mildred Hill and Patty Smith Hill, included a classroom greeting "Good Morning To All" in a published book called "Song Stories for the Kindergarten." The lyrics now sung worldwide evolved over the next 40 years from the Hill sisters' original words to what everyone now knows as "Happy Birthday To You."
Happy Birthday (Birthday/Little Boy)
"Happy Birthday," perhaps the most sung song in the English language, dates back melodically to 1893. Two sisters, Mildred Hill and Patty Smith Hill, included a classroom greeting "Good Morning To All" in a published book called "Song Stories for the Kindergarten." The lyrics now sung worldwide evolved over the next 40 years from the Hill sisters' original words to what everyone now knows as "Happy Birthday To You."
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