This is of special interest to me because many years ago I took a graduate linguistics course from Archibald A. Hill, quite a distinguished gentleman and scholar, as you could learn from this memorial essay. The essay doesn't mention something that every grad student knew, however, that Arch Hill was a descendant of the women who wrote "Happy Birthday" and that he was a millionaire because of the royalties he received. I've always hoped that story was true.
Who Gets the Royalties from "Happy Birthday to You"?
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