YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE
| (Paul Rice) | ||
| (o): | Rice Brothers Gang (1939) | label: Victor |
| Mostly associated with governor Jimmie Davis and even credited to him. Fact is Charles Mitchell, steel guitar player with Jimmie Davis, asked Paul Rice to sell his rights. Estimated figures vary from $17.50 to $500. Rice, always in debt, accepted. | ||
| (c): | Pine Ridge Boys (1939) [recorded three weeks earlier], Tex Ritter (1940) [in film Take Me Back To Old Oklahoma], Jimmie Davis (1940) [C&W star turned governor of Louisiana twice ('44-'48 and '60-'64), using You Are My Sunshine as his campaign song], Lawrence Welk (1941) , Bing Crosby (1941) , Gene Autry (1941) [n°1 C&W], Ferko String Band (1955) , Mitch Miller (1958) , Roberto Delgado (1958) [alias Horst Wende], Toots Thielemans (1959) , Johnny & The Hurricanes (1960) , Duane Eddy (1960) , Tony Sheridan (1962) , Ray Charles (1962) [n°1 R&B], Blue Diamonds (1963) , Andy Williams (1963) , Gene Vincent (1964) , Mitch Ryder (1967) , Jerry Lee Lewis (1969) , Dyke & The Blazers (1970) , Sadi (1972) , Bryan Ferry (1974) , Magnificent Seventh's Band (1994) , Norman Blake (2000) [in film O Brother, Where Art Thou? during scenes with a campaigning politician just like Jimmie Davis], Brian Wilson (2004) [on Smile], Riders In The Sky (2007) [on Gene Autry tribute], Wandering (2012) , | |
| The Statler Brothers had a n°1 C&W in '78 with Do You Know You Are My Sunshine. | ||