Editing Happy Birthday to You (section)

==Public performances==

One of the most famous performances of "Happy Birthday to You" was [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s [[Happy Birthday, Mr. President|rendition]] to [[US President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] in May 1962. Another notable use was by comedy pianist [[Victor Borge]], who played the song in the styles of various composers,<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1085722.stm |title= Victor Borge: The Great Dane |work= [[BBC News]] |date= December 24, 2000 |access-date= April 5, 2012 |last= Higham |first= Nick |archive-date= March 5, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160305221310/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1085722.stm |url-status= live }}</ref> or would begin playing ''[[Moonlight Sonata]]'', smoothly transitioning into the song.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/mar/14/rainer-herschs-victor-borge |title= Rainer Hersch's Victor Borge |type= Review |work= [[The Guardian]] |location= London |date= March 14, 2012 |access-date= April 5, 2012 |last= Logan |first= Brian |archive-date= May 31, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140531163045/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/mar/14/rainer-herschs-victor-borge |url-status= live }}</ref>

[[The Beatles]] recorded "Happy Birthday Dear Saturday Club" for the BBC's radio programme's fifth anniversary. This recording is included on the compilation album ''[[On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2]]'', released in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.beatlesbible.com/albums/on-air-live-at-the-bbc-volume-2/|title = On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2|date = September 12, 2013|access-date = April 26, 2019|archive-date = April 26, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190426230921/https://www.beatlesbible.com/albums/on-air-live-at-the-bbc-volume-2/|url-status = live}}</ref>

In the 1987 documentary ''[[Eyes on the Prize]]'' about the U.S. [[civil rights movement]], there was a birthday party scene in which Dr. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s discouragement began to lift. After its initial release, the film was unavailable for sale or broadcast for many years because of the cost of clearing many copyrights, of which "Happy Birthday to You" was one. Grants in 2005 for copyright clearances<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.wired.com/news/culture/digiwood/0,68664-0.html |title= Cash Rescues Eyes on the Prize |last= Dean |first= Katie |date= August 30, 2005 |magazine= Wired |access-date= May 11, 2008 |archive-date= October 13, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081013063511/http://www.wired.com/news/culture/digiwood/0,68664-0.html |url-status= live }}</ref> allowed [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] to rebroadcast the film.<ref>{{cite press release |url= https://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20080110_blackhistory.html |title= PBS News: PBS Celebrates Black History Month with an Extensive Lineup of Special Programming |date= January 10, 2008 |publisher= [[PBS]] |access-date= May 11, 2008 |archive-date= April 5, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080405203500/http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20080110_blackhistory.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

In 2010, the [[Western classical music]] conductor [[Zubin Mehta]] conducted the orchestra to play variations of "Happy Birthday" in the styles of various Western classical music composers, including [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] and [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]], and in the Viennese, New Orleans and Hungarian composition styles.<ref>{{cite web |title= Zubin Mehta, Happy Birthday Variation, Symphony | date=September 10, 2010 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtlN6_qILkk | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/LtlN6_qILkk| archive-date=October 30, 2021|via= You Tube |type= Video |access-date= June 6, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Zubin Mehta Does Variations on 'Happy Birthday' | date=September 30, 2011 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuyYSaKQ6z0 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/TuyYSaKQ6z0| archive-date=October 30, 2021|via= YouTube |publisher= Best Jon Bon |access-date= June 6, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>