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"You Are My Sunshine" is a popular song recorded by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell.〔CD liner notes: Disney Children's Favorites 4, 1990 Disney Records〕 and first recorded in 1939. It has been declared one of the state songs of Louisiana because of its association with former state governor and country music singer Davis. The song has been covered 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 covered by Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, Mississippi John Hurt and Lawrence Welk.〔 In subsequent years, it was covered by Nat King Cole (1955), The Marcels, (1961), Ray Charles, Ike and Tina Turner, The Rivingtons (1962), Frank Turner, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, Brian Wilson, Mouse and the Traps, Jamey Johnson, Low and Andy Williams, amongst many others.〔 The 1940 version by Davis has been added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress on March 21, 2013 for long-term preservation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Simon & Garfunkel Song Among Those to Be Preserved by Library of Congress )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Virginia Ruth Kilpatrick Shehee )〕 ==Early recordings== Two versions of "You Are My Sunshine" were recorded and released in 1939 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.〔Russell, Tony, and Bob Pinson. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921–1942 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 697.〕 The second was recorded for Decca Records on September 13, 1939 by The Rice Brothers Gang.〔Russell, Tony, and Bob Pinson. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921–1942 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 746.〕 This group was originally from north Georgia, but had relocated to Shreveport, where they were performing on the radio station KWKH. The version by Jimmie Davis was recorded for Decca Records on February 5, 1940.〔Russell, Tony, and Bob Pinson. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921–1942 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 304.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「You Are My Sunshine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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