Besides its huge commercial success, the song also raised enormous awareness about the campaign, which pushed the politicians to pass legislation in favor of the holiday. The song was an immediate success, hitting the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a position it held for three weeks. King and raise awareness about the importance of having a national holiday in his honor. It was that desire that inspired him to write the song “ Happy Birthday,” as a way to honor Dr. The singer, who had been the leader’s adamant supporter wanted to do something significant to support the movement. While most cities and states had established a holiday in King’s honourship, the campaign for a national holiday still faced great opposition.
There was an immense desire to establish a federal holiday to commemorate the birthday of Dr. It wasn’t written just to be sung at birthday parties. – one of history’s most prominent figures – which was later used during the launch of the national holiday in honor of the civil rights activist. The singer wrote the song in 1981, as a tribute to Dr. * Stevie Wonder’s version of the “happy birthday” song is one of the most popular among Black people in America.
