Jimmie Davis - You Are My Sunshine [1940].

[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

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