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Happy Birthday to You: The story of the world's most popular song

Forever Ago

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Mildred Hell and the New World Symphony

Mildred Hell wrote one of the most popular songs ever, the birthday song. She also helped inspire a famous symphony. Neil Armstrong did bring a recording of the symphony to space with him for the first moon landing in 1969.

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