Happy birthday to you! Everyone knows the traditional birthday song. But did you know that there are countless other songs about birthdays that are reflective and fun for celebrating your big day?

Birthdays are meant to be joyous, and the special day traditionally calls on family and friends to sing "Happy Birthday" to the celebrant. Although people appreciate the wishes with the usual birthday ...

Birthdays are complicated — some people love them, others try to ignore ’em completely. If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that there’s no shortage of great birthday songs out there. There ...

Sure, there’s nothing wrong with the traditional celebratory sing-along “Happy Birthday to You,” first published in 1893, but sometimes birthdays need a bit more oomph, and are tied to some deeper ...

Join Aretha Franklin and belt out “R E S P E C T” while soulful beats (aka saxophones, drums and bass guitars) play in the background. It’s one of the greatest song of all time for a reason. We can ...

Billy Ray wrote that Miley gave him "the gift of music" for his 64th birthday Billy Ray Cyrus/Instagram; John Nacion/Variety via Getty Billy Ray Cyrus shared a snippet of a new song written by Miley ...

A court decision Tuesday put the classic "Happy Birthday to You" in the public domain, at least for the moment. Up until that ruling, films, TV shows, even restaurants have had to exercise ...