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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. [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.
Chart history. Charley Pride had three number ones in 1973. Kris Kristofferson (pictured in 2017) had already achieved considerable success as a songwriter for other acts, but in 1973 he gained his only number one as a solo singer. Marie Osmond (pictured in 1981) became the youngest female singer to top the Hot Country chart.
Cowboy Take Me Away. " Cowboy Take Me Away " is a song by American country music group Dixie Chicks, written by Martie Maguire and Marcus Hummon. It was released in November 1999 as the second single from their album Fly. The song's title is derived from a famous slogan used in commercials for Calgon bath and beauty products.
Miller's version of the song entered the Hot Country Singles chart in August 1971. The song spent eleven weeks on that chart and peaked at 28. [8] In Canada, the song debuted at 50 on the RPM Country Tracks charts dated for September 11, 1971, [9] peaking at 8 on the chart week of October 16. [10]
Midnight Special (song) " Midnight Special " is a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South. [1] The song refers to the passenger train Midnight Special and its "ever-loving light." The song is historically performed in the country-blues style from the viewpoint of the prisoner and has been performed ...
In 1993, a sequel to the song, "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia", was released by master violinist Mark O'Connor on his album Heroes. The song featured Daniels on fiddle, with Johnny Cash as the narrator, Marty Stuart as Johnny, and Travis Tritt as the devil. The song peaked at #54 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in 1994.
According to Canadian folklorist Edith Fowke, there is anecdotal evidence that the song was known in at least five Canadian provinces before 1896. [4] This finding led to speculation that the song was composed at the time of the 1870 Wolseley Expedition to Manitoba's northern Red River Valley.
The earliest written version of the song was published in John Lomax's Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads in 1910. It would first be recorded by Carl T. Sprague in 1926, and was released on a 10" single through Victor Records. [9] The following year, the melody and lyrics were collected and published in Carl Sandburg's American Songbag.