Ī newspaper article in the Shreveport Times related: "on a day in 1939 - no one seems to remember the exact date - Charles Mitchell and Jimmie Davis called the station KWKH to see Paul Rice (who was playing there at the time). Though some early versions of the song credit the Rice Brothers, descendants and associates of Oliver Hood, a musician who collaborated with Rice, state that Hood wrote the song in the early 1930s and first performed it in 1933, at a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention at LaGrange. He asserts that Davis never actually claimed authorship, because he bought the song, along with all the rights, from Paul Rice, before copyrighting and publishing, a practice not uncommon in the pre- World War II music business. Claims of ownership Īccording to a November 1990 article by Theodore Pappas, in Chronicles Magazine, the true writer of the song was Oliver Hood of LaGrange, Georgia. is still run by the Peer Family, though BMI now lists it under American Performing Rights Society, Inc., also known by its acronym, APRS, c/o Peermusic. Both received song-writing credit, and when the copyright was renewed on February 2, 1967, both names were on it. The pair recorded it on February 5, 1940, at Decca Studios in New York. On January 30, 1940, "You Are My Sunshine" was copyrighted by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell, and published by Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. The songwriter was listed as "Paul Rice". This group was originally from Northern Georgia, but relocated to Shreveport, LA, where they performed on the radio station KWKH.
The Rice Brothers' Gang recorded the song next for Decca, on September 13, 1939, and released it the following month. "The Boys" (Marvin Taylor and Doug Spivey) were from Atlanta, which is where the recording was made.
The Pine Ridge Boys recorded the song under the title "You Are My Sunshine" on August 22, 1939, and released it on October 6 for Bluebird Records (Victor's budget label). Writing and recording Earliest performances and recordings "You Are My Sunshine"
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