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|Song Name                    = Happy Birthday To You
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|song name                = Happy Birthday To You
|First appeared on            = - ''(traditional'' (1893, 1935))
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|single image              = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]]</small>
|Other relevant version       =
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|performer                = [[Prince]] <small>(assumed)</small>
|Relevant version text        =  
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|writer(s)                = Patty Hill and/or Mildred J. Hill
|Composed by                  = Mildred Hill, Preston Ware Orem
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|producer(s)              = [[Prince]] <small>(assumed)</small>
|First known live performance = [[07 June 1984|7 June 1984: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA]] <br>
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|previous song            = [[Hair]]
::::::::::::: [[03 November 1994-am|3 November 1994 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]
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|next song                = [[He’s So Dull]]
|Played live in               = [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#1989|1989]], [[All Concerts#1995|1995]], [[All Concerts#2001|2001]] (''interpolation in'' [[The Daisy Chain]])
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|introduction              = To celebrate [[Mayte]]'s nineteenth birthday (12 November 1992), [[Prince]] recorded a rendition of '''Happy Birthday To You'''. A cassette offered to [[Mayte]] containing this version was included posthumously in a 2021 auction from [https://www.julienslive.com/lot-details/index/catalog/365/lot/159239/%3Cli Julien's Auctions] with the following description: "A magnetic tape recording on TDK SA-X60 brand cassette tape, featuring music legend Prince singing a unique 1-minute and 45-second studio rendition of "Happy Birthday to You," accompanied by an upbeat and intricate bass line, percussion track, and keyboards."
|Categories                  = [[Category:1984]][[Category:1986]][[Category:1988]][[Category:1989]][[Category:1995]][[Category:2001]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Live)]]
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Other versions may have been recorded in studio over the years, but this has not been verified.
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|recording info            =
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|date                      = November 1992
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|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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|additional info          = Tracking
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|recording personnel      =
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed)
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|unreleased versions       =  
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|1= '''Happy Birthday To You'''
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|2= Studio
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|video versions            =
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|broadcasts, streaming    =
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|sampled in                =
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|first live appearance    = [[07 June 1984|7 June 1984: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA]]
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* [[13_November_1994-am|13 November 1994 (a.m.): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]]  
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|performed regularly on    = none
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|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1984|1984]], [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#1989|1989]], [[All Concerts#1994|1994]]
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|trivia                    =
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|see also                  = [[Unreleased Songs]]
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|references                = [https://www.julienslive.com/lot-details/index/catalog/365/lot/159239/%3Cli Julien's Auctions]
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|categories                = [[Category:1984]][[Category:1986]][[Category:1988]][[Category:1989]][[Category:1982]][[Category:1994]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Live)]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Studio)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:07, 11 August 2023

Hair   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   He’s So Dull
Happy Birthday To You

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Song details
Performer: Prince (assumed)
Writer(s): Patty Hill and/or Mildred J. Hill
Producer(s): Prince (assumed)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:

To celebrate Mayte's nineteenth birthday (12 November 1992), Prince recorded a rendition of Happy Birthday To You. A cassette offered to Mayte containing this version was included posthumously in a 2021 auction from Julien's Auctions with the following description: "A magnetic tape recording on TDK SA-X60 brand cassette tape, featuring music legend Prince singing a unique 1-minute and 45-second studio rendition of "Happy Birthday to You," accompanied by an upbeat and intricate bass line, percussion track, and keyboards." Other versions may have been recorded in studio over the years, but this has not been verified.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
November 1992 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
Tracking
Recording Personnel
  • Prince - all vocals and instruments (assumed)

Versions
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Happy Birthday To You Studio


 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
Hair   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   He’s So Dull