Happy Birthday

The other instrumental song on the Trolley Songs album, “Happy Birthday” is a song that everyone knows but that almost no one covers.  Danny Fratina fills this void with his uptempo,  hard swinging version after the initial singalong.  The band gets so many requests for “Happy Birthday” at gigs and was tired of playing a sloppy, impromptu rendition every time, and thus this arrangement was born.

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CREDITS

Mark Zaleski – alto sax (solo)
Rick Stone – alto sax
Arthur Felluca – alto sax
Leon Cotter – tenor sax
Tucker Antell – tenor sax, clarinet
Melanie Howell – bari sax
John Replogle – trumpet
Yaure Muniz – trumpet
Vivek Patel – trumpet
Daniel Henderson – trumpet
Ryan Dragon – trombone (solo)
Clayton Dewalt – trombone
Scott Flynn – trombone
David Roth – bass trombone
Takeshi Ohbayashi – piano
Chris Brown – guitar
Genevieve Rose – bass
Shinya Fukumori – drums

• Arranged by Danny Fratina.
• Written by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Hill.  © 1935 (renewed) Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP).
• Recorded by Robert Auld and John Weston at Futura Productions in Boston, MA on April 17, 2011.
• Mixed by Robert Auld at Auldworks in NYC.
• Mastered by Allan Tucker at TuckerSound / Foothill Digital in New Rochelle, NY.