The highest royalty earning song of all time is "Happy Birthday". What song comes in second?
Correct answer: White Christmas
Dorania
Read that in 2015, Supreme Court ruled that Happy Birthday lyrics are no longer copyright protected.
Player Meyer
White Christmas sung by Bing Crosby along with O Holy Night are the two Christmas songs that I look forward to hearing each year.
SaltyWillOWisp96651
Dorania You ate right. The song is now in the public domain But the year was 2016. So feel free to sing.
Gary
love the song and the movie. White Christmas is still one of my favorite holiday movies though the song debuted in Holiday Inn with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire a couple years before the movie White Christmas was released.
Player #4250921
i have sung Happy Birthday on many occasions to many people. Never paid anyone a dime for it.
YoungAtHeart
Petrascar, I too didn't get from the explanation who collected all the royalties from Happy Birthday.
Destino Manifesto
Crazy. I say "Let's write a song"! 😁
Jonesy
we have Christmas in July, when it is our winter in Australia
B Dog
YoungAtHeart, it’s been noted in some film credits over the years; it was the estate of two sisters whose last name escapes me at the moment but they had names like Mildred and Ethel or something 😂
Player #32567393
Cozzy 25,
We don’t have a white Christmas here in Australia. It comes at summertime. I’ve never seen snow. 😎
Maestro1313
Now the restaurants have crazy alternatives, which can include the words.
Player #3722956
It's amazing how many Xmas songs were created by Jewish composers.
Petrascar
Who spent all this money and what for, I wonder :/
Player #8755951
Player #4250921, such a badass.