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"You Are My Sunshine" is an American standard of old-time and country music and the state song of Louisiana. Its original writer is disputed. Its original writer is disputed. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] According to the performance rights organization BMI , by the year 2000 the song had been recorded by over 350 artists and translated into 30 languages.
David Robert Haas (born 1957 in Bridgeport, Michigan) is an American author and composer of contemporary Catholic liturgical music. In 2020, dozens of women accused him of sexual misconduct spanning several decades, and he issued a public apology for harmful behavior. [ 1 ]
Uless Charles Mitchell [1] (April 1, 1904 – December 27, 1972) was a songwriter, best known as a collaborator with Jimmie Davis.Davis's best-known composition, "You Are My Sunshine", published in 1939 was co-written by Mitchell.
"You Are My Sunshine" is so beloved by Louisiana residents that many of them, including state legislators, were unaware that a second official song existed prior to the proposed removal. " Southern Nights " was added at the same time as the removal, but given a new designation as a state cultural song.
In 1966, the Beach Boys recorded the song as "My Only Sunshine" in medley with "You Are My Sunshine" during sessions for their unfinished concept album Smile. [ 3 ] The recording by Peggy Lee with Mel Tormé and the Mellomen, released in 1949, can be heard on the Internet Archive [ 4 ]
"You Are My Sunshine" (Davis, Mitchell) with Chris Isaak "It All Goes By So Fast" (Ken Hirsch, Jay Levy) with Mary J. Blige "You Were There" (Ken Hirsch, Ron Miller) with Gladys Knight "Imagine" (John Lennon) with Ruben Studdard and The Harlem Gospel Singers "Compared to What" (Gene McDaniels) with Leela James
Roy Orbison's Sun recordings were made by Orbison at Sun Studio (The Memphis Recording Service) with producer Sam Phillips. Sun Records was established in 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee, and during an eight-year period Phillips recorded such artists as Roy Orbison, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Rufus Thomas, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Harold Jenkins, and ...
Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders recorded the song in April 9, 1941, which was released by Decca Records (#5942) on April 22, 1941, with "Won't You Remember" on the flipside. [ 8 ] Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys recorded the song in April 28, 1941, which was released by Okeh Records (#6229) on June 3, 1941, with "Worried Mind" on the ...