Jimmie Davis - You Are My Sunshine (1940).

(It Is Claimed That Oliver Hood Wrote the Song in the Early 1930’s and Performed it at a Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Convention in Georgia. 1st. Recorded 22 August 1939 by the Pine Ridge Boys on Bluebird 8263 A (no composer credit) 2nd. Recorded 13 September 1939 by the Rice Brothers Gang on Decca 5763 A (Paul Rice Credited) Paul Rice Claimed to Compose it in 1937 Jimmie Davis Bought the Song & Rights from Paul Rice This Song is One of the Two Official Songs of the State of Louisiana) Issued on Decca 5813 A Also Recorded 1946 - 1947 - 1950 - 1959 - Circa 1973 - Circa 1978 - Circa 1980 - Circa 1993. Recorded 5 February 1940 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City - Jimmie Davis [vcl] with Charles Mitchell‘s Orchestra: Leon Chappelear [gt], Charles Mitchell [el steel gt] unknown musicians (bass,piano,clarinet,trumpet).