![]() ![]() ![]() Excerpts from Martin Luther King's speeches (12-inch)."Happy Birthday" (sing along version, 7-inch). Happy birthday Song by Stevie Wonder - short version barbadrillo 19 subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 15K views 3 years ago Happy birthday to you Celebrate your birthday. " Happy Birthday" is a song written, produced and performed by Stevie Wonder for the Motown label. Wonder, a social activist, was one of the main figures in the campaign to have the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. become a national holiday, and created this single to promulgate the cause. The song has since become a standard for use during birthdays in general, particularly among African-Americans. "Happy Birthday" was released as the fourth single of Wonder's Hotter than July (1980) album in June 1981. It was one of his most popular entries in the UK Singles Chart. It was not released in the United States, but is still regarded as one of his signature songs. The song, one of many of Wonder's songs to feature the use of a keyboard synthesizer, features Wonder lamenting the fact that anyone would oppose the idea of a Dr. You know it doesnt make much sense, Tu sais que ça na pas beaucoup de sens, There ought to be a law against Il devrait y avoir une loi contre Anyone who takes offense Quiconque soffusquerait At a day in your celebration. King holiday, where "peace is celebrated throughout the world" and singing to King in the chorus, "Happy birthday to you". Sonny Sinay and Maurice Timmerman performing Happy Birthday by Stevie WonderAudio Produced by Sonny Sinay & Maurice TimmermanRecorded & Engineered by Mauri. I said to her, you know, ‘I had a dream about this song. The holiday, he proposes, would facilitate the realization of Dr. In the summer of 1979, Stevie Wonder called Coretta Scott King to tell her about a dream he had. King's dreams of integration and "love and unity for all of God's children". Wonder used the song to popularize the campaign, and continued his fight for the holiday, holding the Rally for Peace Press Conference in 1981. United States President Ronald Reagan approved the creation of the holiday, signing it into existence on November 2, 1983. The first official Martin Luther King Jr. ![]()
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