JIMMIE DAVIS - You Are My Sunshine

"You Are My Sunshine" is a song popularized by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell in 1939. It has been declared one of the state songs of Louisiana because of its association with Davis, a country music singer and governor of the state in the years 1944-1948 and 1960-1964.
The song has been recorded numerous times-so often, in fact, that it is "one of the most commercially programmed numbers in American popular music". The song, originally country music, has "virtually lost" its original country music identity, and "represent[s] both the national flowering of country music and its eventual absorption into the mainstream of American popular culture." In 1941, it was recorded by Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, Mississippi John Hurt, Wayne King and Lawrence Welk. The versions by Autry, Crosby, and King reached the US charts of the day.
In subsequent years, it was recorded by Doris Day (1951), Nat King Cole (1955), The Marcels (1961), Ray Charles (1962), Ike & Tina Turner, The Rivingtons (1962), Andy Williams (1963), Burl Ives (1968), Frank Turner, The Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin, Anne Murray (1979), Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Norman Blake, Brian Wilson, Mouse and the Traps, Gene Vincent, Jamey Johnson, Low, Mose Allison, Bryan Ferry, Carly Simon, Papa Winnie (1989), Madeline Eastman, Yusuf Islam, Copeland, Johnny and the Hurricanes, and Barbra Lica (2012), amongst many others.
The 1940 version by Davis was added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress on March 21, 2013, for long-term preservation.
Virginia Shehee, a long-time Davis family friend and member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1976 to 1980, introduced legislation to make "You Are My Sunshine" the official state song.
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[@louisianasunshine]

Of all the You Are My Sunshines Song and heard in past 50+ years, this is the BEST VERSION of Sunshine I have ever heard. That Band is UTTERLY SUPERIOR!

[@polixeniagraf2636]

Beautiful song ! Thank you !😘💞👏👏👏

[@joedavis4150]

A great and important song. Gracias, old and new Hillbillies everywhere.

[@Kalbo..]

This is how long LeBron has been the GOAT. They made this song for him back in the 40s. They're singing it for him here in this video from the 80s.