[Dixielandjazz] Singing Happy Birthday is a No-No - Was Who isBMI

[Scott Anthony]

Nope, Bill, what I've heard is in English and is definitely inane.

Scott
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
To: <santh at pacbell.net>
Cc: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Singing Happy Birthday is a No-No - Was Who 
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> Hi all,
>
> Scott Anthony writes (regarding the "Happy Birthday" song):
>
>>The ownership of Happy Birthday and the enforcement by ASCAP are probably 
>>the reason you no longer hear it being sung by the employees of 
>>restaurants when they have a birthday at a table. I wondered why Chevy's, 
>>a Mexican restaurant chain out here in California (and probably 
>>elsewhere), started singing an equally inane tune for inhabitants of 
>>birthday tables.
>
> The "inane tune" the employees in the Mexican restaurant sing is probably 
> "Las Mañanitas," a song with a lovely melody which is far superior to 
> "Happy Birthday to yooouuuuu." It (Las Mañanitas) is the traditional 
> Mexican birthday song.
>
> The words go:
>
> Estas son Las Mañanitas
> Que cantaba el Rey David . . . etc.
>
> At my next birthday party I want a mariachi band in attendance to sing 
> that song for me.
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> Bill "Olé" Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
>
>