Designating his birthday a national holiday would create an event for all Americans, for Dr. In his speech delivered that day, Wonder said, “We ought to have a way to honor this human being and reaffirm the ideals he lived and died for. More than 25,000 people descended upon the National Mall, marching from the Capitol to the Washington Monument in the quest for MLK Day. The song - with its jubilant “Happy birthday to ya!” chorus - has been sung at countless birthday celebrations in the 40 years since it was released as a single in 1981 after first appearing on Wonder’s 1980 album “Hotter Than July.”īut the R&B legend gave perhaps the most important performance of the tribute tune at a Washington, DC rally he spearheaded, which was held on King’s birthday, Jan. Reinventing the “Happy Birthday” song is kind of like reinventing the “ABC’s.”īut that’s exactly what the genius of Stevie Wonder accomplished with his “Happy Birthday” classic that became the anthem of the movement to make Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a national holiday. Kathy Hochul mum on housing NYC migrants - as Eric Adams favors using stadiumsįlorida mom dead after gang-related mass shooting at MLK Day celebration ‘penis’ statue in ‘Daily Show’ debut: ‘Can’t unsee it’īlue meanie Joe’s divisive cop tirade is the president’s latest battle with facts This became remarkable as a protest song, it is a genius way to make a song enlightening and fill up everyone’s heart with a positive feeling.Ex-‘SNL’ star talks MLK Jr. You know it doesn't make much sense // There ought to be a law against // Anyone who takes offense // At a day in your celebration // by means why cannot we have a day where we can celebrate peace. Happy Birthday is one of the hits that would be known and used by millions of people as a celebration song, while the message of the song contains unity and love. On January 20, 1986, the official Martin Luther King Jr.
President at that time, Ronald Reagan approved the creation of the holiday, and signed it on November 2, 1983. King’s dreams of integration and "love and unity for all of God's children". He proposes the holiday would be as a realization of Dr. Wonder wrote the song as one of his actions to popularize the campaign, and continued his fight to make Martin Luther King Jr. Happy Birthday became one of Wonder’s most popular entries and reached number #2 in the UK Charts.
became a national holiday and since then, the song has become a birthday song in general use. As an activist, Wonder was one of the figures who campaigned that the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. The song was produced and performed by Wonder for the Motown label. Happy Birthday is a song released in 1980 as the fourth single of singer-songwriter, Stevie Wonder Hotter than July, which was released in April 1981.
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