You Are My Sunshine
| "You Are My Sunshine" | |
| Written by | Oliver Hood, member of "Rice Brothers' Gang" (Paul Rice, Riley Puckett, Oliver Hood, Pud Brown) |
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| Music by | Traditional Ukrainian folk melody |
| Published | 1939 |
| Written | 1933 |
| Language | English |
| Form | Ballad |
| Original artist | Pine Ridge Boys (1939) |
| Recorded by | Rice Brothers Gang (1939) Jimmie Davis (1940) |
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| Song by The Beach Boys from the album SMiLE | ||||
| Released | November 1, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Baroque pop | |||
| Length | 1:04 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Composer | Haven Gillespie/Oliver Hood | |||
| Producer | Brian Wilson | |||
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| Brian Wilson | ||||
| SMiLE track listing | ||||
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| "The Old Master Painter/ You Are My Sunshine" |
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| Song by Brian Wilson from the album Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE | ||||
| Released | September 28, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Baroque pop | |||
| Length | 1:04 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch | |||
| Composer | Haven Gillespie/Oliver Hood | |||
| Producer | Brian Wilson | |||
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| Brian Wilson | ||||
| Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE track listing | ||||
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"You Are My Sunshine" is a popular song first recorded in 1939. It has been declared one of the state songs of Louisiana as a result of its association with former state governor and country music singer Jimmie Davis. The song is copyright 1940 Peer International Corporation, words and music by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell.[1] According to a 1990 article by Theodore Pappas, the original song was written by Oliver Hood.[2] The original tune however, is very similar to a much older Ukrainian folk song entitled "Ой, там на горі" (Oj, tam na hori - Up there, on the mountain), leading many to believe that neither Jimmie Davis nor Oliver Hood wrote the music.[3][4]
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[edit] History
Two versions of "You Are My Sunshine" were recorded and released prior to Jimmie Davis' version. The first was recorded for Bluebird Records (RCA-Victor's budget label) on August 22, 1939 by The Pine Ridge Boys (Marvin Taylor and Doug Spivey), who were from Atlanta.[5] The second was recorded for Decca Records on September 13, 1939 by The Rice Brothers Gang.[6] This group was originally from north Georgia, but had relocated to Shreveport, Louisiana, where they were performing on the city's KWKH radio station. The version by Jimmie Davis was recorded for Decca Records on February 5, 1940.[7]
Davis and Charles Mitchell are the credited songwriters of "You Are My Sunshine". Davis bought the song and rights from Paul Rice and put his own name on it, a practice not uncommon in the pre-World War II music business.[2] Some early versions of the song, however, do credit the Rice Brothers. According to some accounts, clarinetist Pud Brown was also involved with the Rice Brothers for the song's origin or first arrangement.
Davis said that for some time he had been enthusiastic about the song and had unsuccessfully tried to convince record companies to record it before finally making his own 1940 record of the song. Davis's version was popular and was followed by numerous other covers, including those of Bing Crosby and Gene Autry, whose versions made the number a big hit.
Davis emphasized his association with the song when running for governor, singing it at all his campaign rallies, while riding on a horse named "Sunshine". His authorized biography, You Are My Sunshine: The Jimmie Davis Story, was published in 1987.
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The Pine Ridge Boys
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Rice Brothers Gang
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Jimmie Davis with Charles Mitchell's Orchestra
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The song has been featured in numerous films, television shows, television commercials, and radio commercials. Winifred Burkle sings lines from "You Are My Sunshine" in the Angel episode "A Hole in the World", marking a turning point in the season plot. It is frequently sung in the 1980s TV show, The A-Team when a distraction is needed to drug B. A. Baracus or stall for time. The artist Brother Love has covered the song for a Saturn commercial. The song was anachronistically featured in the 2000 movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?. All My Children character Dixie Martin sings the song to her son while an infant. It played lightly at the death of her character, and the song was featured prominently during her return to Pine Valley on All My Children. The song was also sung by the Doctor (Robert Picardo) and Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) in the episode "Someone to Watch over Me" of the fifth season of Star Trek: Voyager.
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[edit] References
- ^ CD liner notes: Disney Children's Favorites 4, 1990 Disney Records
- ^ a b Rosemont Records: The 'Theft' of an American Classic
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bTkZxW-Bns Ой, там на горі - Тріо Маренчі
- ^ http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_My_Sunshine - Russian wikipedia
- ^ Russell, Tony, and Bob Pinson. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 697.
- ^ Russell, Tony, and Bob Pinson. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 746.
- ^ Russell, Tony, and Bob Pinson. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 304.
- "Joel Whitburn's, Presents, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004", 2004 (Record Research) pg. 113
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