Jimmie Davis - You Are My Sunshine [1940].

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[It Is Claimed That Oliver Hood Wrote the Song in the Early 1930's
and Performed it at a Veteran's of Foreign Wars Convention in Georgia].
1st. Recorded 22 August 1939
by the Pine Ridge Boys on Bluebird 8263 A [no composer credit]
2nd. Recorded 13 September 1939
by the Rice Brothers Gang on Decca 5763 A [Paul Rice Credited]
Paul Rice Claimed to Compose it in 1937
Jimmie Davis Bought the Song & Rights from Paul Rice
This Song is One of the Two Official Songs of the State of Louisiana

Issued on Decca 5813 A
Also Recorded 1946 - 1947 [soundtrack - twice] - 1950 - 1959 - 1975 - 1977 - 1980

Recorded 5 February 1940 -
Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City -
Jimmie Davis [vcl solo] with Charles Mitchell‘s Orchestra:
Leon Chappelear [gt], Charles Mitchell [el steel gt] and unknown musicians

Born James Houston Davis in Beech Springs, Louisiana [1899 - 2000]

1938 - Shreveport's Public Safety Commissioner
1942 - Louisiana Public Service Commissioner
1944 to 1948 Governor of Louisiana
1960 to 1964 Governor of Louisiana 2nd. Term
1967 - President Gospel Music Association
1971 - Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame
1972 - Country Music Hall of Fame
1993 - Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield
1997 - Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame
1928 to 1999 Studio Recordings
1999 - "You Are My Sunshine" Grammy Hall of Fame Award
2003 - Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame
2008 - Louisiana Music Hall of Fame