^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Stevie Wonder 'Happy Birthday ')" (in German).^ "Stevie Wonder Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)".World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries. "World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries: Stevie WONDER". ^ " – Stevie Wonder – Happy Birthday" (in German).^ "Stevie Wonder: Artist Chart History".^ " Stevie Wonder – Happy Birthday" (in Dutch). ^ " Nederlandse Top 40 – Stevie Wonder" (in Dutch).^ " The Irish Charts – – Happy Birthday".Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). ^ "Stars perform at Diamond Jubilee concert".^ "MLK Day: Why on Monday and what was Stevie Wonder's role?".‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Boyce, Shirley Brewer, Emma Coleman, Susaye Greene Brown, Renee Hardaway, Malikia Hilton, Josie James, Melody McCully, Nadra Ross, LaDee Streeter, Tammy Thomes, Venetta Wiley, Betty Wright Background Vocals: Linda Allen, Windy Barnes, Brenda M.Stevie Wonder – piano, Fender Rhodes, vocoder, drums, Bass Melodian Synthesizer, Fairlight Synthesizer.Wonder also performed this song at the Diamond Jubilee Concert in London for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. When Wonder performed the song at Nelson Mandela Day at Radio City Music Hall on July 19, 2009, he slightly changed the lyrics, "Thanks to Mandela and Martin Luther King!" in the second verse. In the UK, the song became one of Wonder's biggest hits, reaching number two in the charts in 1981. "Happy Birthday" was released as a single in several countries. Day, held the third Monday in January of each year, was held on January 20, 1986, and was commemorated with a large-scale concert, where Wonder was the headlining performer. The first official Martin Luther King Jr. United States President Ronald Reagan approved the creation of the holiday, signing it into existence on November 2, 1983. Wonder used the song to popularize the campaign, and continued his fight for the holiday, holding the Rally for Peace Press Conference in 1981. King's dreams of integration and "love and unity for all of God's children". The holiday, he proposes, would facilitate the realization of Dr. King holiday, where "peace is celebrated throughout the world" and singing to King in the chorus, "Happy birthday to you". 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. It was not released in the United States, but is still regarded as one of his signature songs. It was one of his most popular entries in the UK Singles Chart. "Happy Birthday" was released as the fourth single of Wonder's Hotter than July (1980) album in June 1981. The song has since become a standard for use during birthdays in general, particularly among African-Americans. become a national holiday, and created this single to promulgate the cause. Wonder, a social activist, was one of the main figures in the campaign to have the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. " Happy Birthday" is a song written, produced and performed by Stevie Wonder for the Motown label. Excerpts from Martin Luther King's speeches (12-inch)."Happy Birthday" (sing along version, 7-inch).You know, the only King quote that most white people know or use. That’s the King of judging people solely by the content of their character. The King that we celebrate each year is a beacon of peace and post-racial thinking. It took years of careful political diplomacy and image-shaping by Coretta Scott King to position King in a way that would let him be a candidate for a national holiday. In 1966, King’s Gallup disapproval rating was 62%. The story of how the King holiday came into being is at the heart of episode five of “ Being Black: The ’80s,” Stevie Wonder x MLK. That campaign took a lot of work because when King was assassinated, he was not popular with white Americans. His widow, Coretta Scott King, asked Wonder to write it because she wanted help with her years-long campaign to create a national holiday honoring her late husband. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a national holiday. But many people don’t realize the origin of Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday.” Wonder wrote a song meant to promote the idea of making Dr. At every self-respecting Black birthday party, you sing “Happy Birthday” in the Black way.
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