I'LL BE A SUNBEAM (JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM)
Created on 04/02/2011Latest update on 15/01/2026
Artist: Red Foley
Author: Nellie Talbot/Edwin O'Excell
Label: Decca
Year: 1949
B-side of Jesus Loves Me. Sunday school children song.
Covers:
- 1950:
Tex Ritter [on Capitol LP Sings Sunday School Songs For Children]
- 1956:
- 1957:
- 1988:
Vaselines [as Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam, crediting themselves (Eugene Kelly/Frances McKee) on Alalanche CD All The Stuff And More]
- 1993:
Nirvana [as Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam; after cutting Molly's Lips, another Vaselines track (lifted from the same album)]
Elvis Costello used lyric line Maybe Jesus wants you for a sunbeam in his song Alibi from When I Was Cruel (2002).
Related items
Other originals by artist:
- 1934
- I GOT THE FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES
- 1936
- OLD SHEP
- 1948
- TENNESSEE SATURDAY NIGHT
- 1950
- CHATTANOOGIE SHOE SHINE BOY
Covers from artist:
- 1935
- LITTLE FOOTPRINTS
- 1945
- HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME
- 1946
- HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU
- 1947
- MA BLONDE EST PARTIE
- 1947
- FREIGHT TRAIN BOOGIE
- 1948
- RIDE ON, KING JESUS
- 1948
- GOSPEL BOOGIE (A WONDERFUL TIME UP THERE)
- 1949
- WHERE COULD I GO BUT TO THE LORD
- 1949
- HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS (DOWN SANTA CLAUS LANE)
- 1949
- TENNESSEE BORDER
- 1949
- WHEN GOD DIPS HIS PEN OF LOVE INTO MY HEART
- 1949
- CANDY KISSES
- 1949
- PRETTY LITTLE WIDOW
- 1950
- STEAL AWAY (TO JESUS)
- 1950
- BIRMINGHAM BOUNCE
- 1950
- GOTTA HAVE MY BABY BACK
- 1950
- JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
- 1951
- ALABAMA JUBILEE
- 1951
- PEACE IN THE VALLEY
- 1951
- RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
- 1951
- MILKY WHITE WAY
- 1951
- HOT ROD RACE
- 1951
- OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE (THEY JUST FADE AWAY)
- 1952
- WHEN THE SAINTS COME MARCHING IN
- 1952
- I'D RATHER HAVE JESUS
- 1953
- DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES
- 1953
- MANSION OVER THE HILLTOP
- 1953
- LAST MILE OF THE WAY, THE
- 1953
- SHAKE A HAND
- 1954
- THANK YOU FOR CALLING
- 1954
- HEARTS OF STONE
- 1955
- SATISFIED MIND, A
- 1955
- JUST CALL ME LONESOME
- 1959
- LOVE LIFTED ME
- 1959
- BRIGHTEN THE CORNER WHERE YOU ARE
- 1959
- CHURCH IN THE WILDWOOD, THE
- 1959
- LET THE LOWER LIGHTS BE BURNING
- 1961
- LORD DON'T YOU KNOW I HAVE NO FRIEND LIKE YOU
- 1962
- DOWN YONDER
- 1962
- DEAR HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE
- 1965
- NO ONE TO CRY TO
- 1965
- WONDERING
- 1966
- SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER
- 1966
- HOW'S THE WORLD TREATIN' YOU
- 1966
- GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME
- 1967
- I KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW
- 1967
- WITHOUT HIM
