Most websites I've found say it's just a myth, but the guy on the Magical Mystery Tour in England said it was true, so I don't know...
2006-07-11 04:58:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I don't mean the Beatles song "Birthday", I mean the one all the kids sing that goes "Happy birthday to you".
2006-07-11 05:30:26 · update #1
A common rumor holds that Paul McCartney owns the publishing rights to "Happy Birthday to You," but that rumor is false. Although Paul McCartney did buy up many song catalogs after seeing the publishing rights to most of his Beatles songs slip away in a series of bad business deals (his MPL Communications is now one of the world's largest privately-owned music publishing firms and controls the rights to the Buddy Holly catalog, among others), he does not own (and never has owned) the publishing rights to "Happy Birthday to You." (In yet another bit of irony, Michael Jackson, who was introduced to the benefits of song ownership by Paul McCartney himself, eventually outbid the former Beatle for the publishing rights to the Lennon-McCartney catalog.)
2006-07-11 05:02:34 · answer #1 · answered by heterophobicgirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul Mccartney Birthday Song
2016-10-05 11:46:19 · answer #2 · answered by kindle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jackson Birthday Song
2016-12-28 17:59:48 · answer #3 · answered by peentu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jackson owns all Beatles songs... so he owns Happy Birthday and Black Bird and Hey Jude.
2006-07-11 05:03:21 · answer #4 · answered by Patrick M 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hey owns the state song of Wisconsin. I believe Michael Jackson only owns Northern Songs-(early Beatles)
2015-09-24 03:04:42 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares? It's not like Paul McCartney is going to show up at your door demanding royalties whenever you have a birthday party.
If you want, you can sing the Applebee's birthday song instead.
2006-07-11 05:03:10 · answer #6 · answered by Tiger 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Beatles have a song called "Birthday", maybe thats the song being referred to.
2006-07-11 05:02:47 · answer #7 · answered by ranmix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He owns the rights to "you say it's your birthday" not the traditional b-day song you sing
2006-07-11 05:02:35 · answer #8 · answered by Kookie M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Warner Chappell owns the rights to it.
2006-07-11 05:02:34 · answer #9 · answered by Jesse O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as i know its "birthday"--from the WHITE ALBUM" and he owns the rights
2006-07-11 05:04:38 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋