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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.
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.
In 2021, Louisiana made "You Are My Sunshine" their only official state song by removing the less-popular "Give Me Louisiana". "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.
"You Are My Sunshine" was ranked in 2003 as No. 73 on CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. Virginia Shehee, a Shreveport businesswoman , philanthropist , and state senator , introduced legislation to designate "You Are My Sunshine" as the official state song. [ 9 ]
You Are My Sunshine: 1944 (radio) Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell: You Are the Sunshine of My Life: 1974, 1975: Stevie Wonder: You Are There: 1967: Harry Sukman, Paul Francis Webster: You Are Too Beautiful: 1945: Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers: You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me: 1956, 1963: Pierre Connor, Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal: You Can Take ...
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 ]
Forest Sun released his first children's album, Just for Fun (2010), [11] which was a collection of original songs and Americana classics such as "You Are My Sunshine," and "Polly Wolly Doodle". The recordings featured members of Marley's Ghost and Ingrid Serban. In 2012, Forest Sun released Just Begun.
After the publication of the first 'Paul' Guardian crossword on 19 April 1995, Halpern would supplement his crossword pay with full-time jobs, including a reporter on the East Grinstead Courier and from 1999 as a puzzle editor for Puzzler Media Ltd. All the time John was looking to get more crosswords published, across more UK national ...