The Best Happy Birthday Songs

There is one thing in life that we all have in common, and that's a Birthday! We are supposed to celebrate this day once a year whether we like it or not. Unless you're the Queen of England, or other notable figure, who would celebrate this day on more than one occasion? The Queen of England's official Birthday is now celebrated on the first, second, or third Saturday in June. It is marked in London by a ceremony called "Trooping the Colour," also known as the Queen's Birthday Parade. Other countries have other themes.

On the day of your birth, you're generally given a party by family and friends who give you gifts in celebration of the blessed event. It is also customary for people to treat you very pecial on that day. Fellow hubber ripplemaker has a delightful hub on the "joys Of Birthdays.

Celebrating one's birthday is not universal. Some people prefer "name day" celebrations. Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate this day because they consider their origins to be pagan festivals along with Christmas and Easter. Many adults hate celebrating their birthday because it reminds them that they are getting progressively older.

In most English speaking countries it is traditional to sing the song "Happy Birthday to You" to honor the person celebrating a birthday. The "Happy Birthday" tune is thought to be the most frequently sung melody in the world. It has been sung in many styles by many people. Below are a few versions that are very popular, and others that are not so well known!

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Marilyn Monroe was an award-winning American actress, singer, icon and sex symbol.

On May 19, 1962, she made an appearance, singing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" at a birthday party for President John F. Kennedy. The dress that she wore to the event, was sold a world record 1.26 million dollars.

Stevie Wonder was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer who has recorded numerous hits and  won many awards.  He is well known for singing one of the most popular Birthday songs of today.

When the most significant birthday digit changes, for example, one's 1st, 10th, 20th, 30th, 50th, or 100th birthday, certain "coming of age" years are often accompanied by more legal privileges and responsibilities.

In Western nations these traditionally happen at ages 12, 15, 16, 18, 19 and 21, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.

A champagne birthday, also called a golden birthday, is the day when one's age comes on the same day of the month that one is born. For example, someone born on January 31 would celebrate one's golden birthday when one turns 31.

In most legal systems, one becomes a legal adult on a particular birthday, one's 18th or 21st, and at different ages gains more rights and responsibilities, such as voting, being able to purchase alcohol or tobacco and to buy lottery tickets, becomes eligible for the military draft or voluntary enlistment or obtain a vehicle driving license, etc.

The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once!

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and always lie about your age.

Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.

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