YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE
RAY CHARLES
SONGWRITERS: JIMMIE DAVIS &
CHARLES MITCHELL
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY
LIFE
LABEL: ABC RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1962
"You
Are My Sunshine" is a song popularized by Jimmie Davis and Charles
Mitchellin 1939.
It has been declared one of the state songs of Louisiana because
of its association with Davis, a country music singer and governor of
the state in the years 1944–1948 and
1960–1964.
The song
has been recorded numerous times — so often, in fact, that it is "one of
the most commercially programmed numbers in American
popular music." The song, originally country music, has
"virtually lost" its original country music identity, and
"represent both the national flowering of country music and its eventual
absorption into the mainstream of American popular culture." In 1941, it
was recorded by Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, Mississippi
John Hurt, Wayne King and Lawrence Welk. The
versions by Autry, Crosby, and King reached the US charts of the day.
In
subsequent years, it was recorded by Doris Day (1951), Nat King Cole (1955), The Marcels (1961), Ray Charles (1962), Ike &
Tina Turner, The Rivingtons (1962), Andy Williams (1963), Burl Ives (1968), Frank Turner, The Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin, Anne Murray (1979), Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Norman Blake,
Brian Wilson, Mouse and the
Traps, Gene Vincent,
Jamey Johnson, Low, Mose Allison, Bryan Ferry, Carly Simon, Papa Winnie (1989),
Madeline Eastman, Yusuf Islam, Copeland, Johnny and
the Hurricanes, and Barbra Lica (2012),
amongst many others.
The 1940
version by Davis was added to the National
Recording Registry in the Library of
Congress on March 21, 2013, for long-term
preservation.
Virginia Shehee, a
long-time Davis family friend and member of the Louisiana
State Senate from 1976 to 1980, introduced
legislation to make "You Are My Sunshine" the official state song
You are
the sunshine
of my life
That's
why I'll always
be around
You are
the apple
of my eye
Forever
you'll stay in my heart
I feel
like this is the beginning
Though
I've loved
you for a million
years
And if
I thought
our love was ending
I'd
find myself
drowning in my own tears
You are
the sunshine
of my life
That's
why I'll always
stay around
You are
the apple
of my eye
Forever
you'll stay in my heart
You
must have known
that I was lonely
Because
you came to my rescue
And I
know that this must be heaven
How could so much love be inside of you?
You are
the sunshine
of my life, yeah
That's
why I'll always
stay around
You are
the apple
of my eye
Forever
you'll stay in my heart
Love
has joined
us
Love
has joined
us
Let's think sweet love.
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