Did You Know Stevie Wonder Wrote ‘Happy Birthday’ For Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Source: Ron Galella / Getty If you ask most Black people in America to sing the “Happy Birthday” song, they will probably belt out the marvelous lyrics to Stevie Wonder’s version he wrote for one of America’s most prominent figures. In 1981, Stevie Wonder wrote the song “Happy Birthday” as a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a campaign for the establishment of a national holiday in honor […]