Who sings the song "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine"?

Answer 1

Most recently, Tim Joyce of "The Lesser Birds of Paradise"

It was NPR's song of the day a few days ago. They have an article on it, and you can listen to it here (if you have Quicktime installed):

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6482000

"The Lesser Birds of Paradise's "You Are My Sunshine" takes the much-loved children's song and turns it on its head, smothering the classic in soothing sounds and atmospheric folk. It's unlikely source material for the Chicago band, which specializes in pastoral folk music marked by hushed drums, quiet piano, occasional saws and xylophones, and Tim Joyce's tender vocals..."

Another recent, popular rendition was sung by Norman Blake on the soundtrack for the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" You can listen to a clip here: http://music.msn.com/album/?album=29447575#

Answer 2

"You Are My Sunshine" is a popular song first recorded about 1940. It has been declared one of the state songs of Louisiana as a result of its association with former state governor and country music star Jimmie Davis.

Davis and Charles Mitchell are the credited songwriters of "You Are My Sunshine". According to many sources, 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. Some early versions of the song do credit the Rice Brothers. According to some accounts, clarinetist Pud Brown also had a hand with the Rice Brothers in 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 versions, including those of Bing Crosby and Gene Autry, which made the number a big hit.

Davis played up his association with the song when running for governor, singing it at all his campaign rallies and riding on a horse named "Sunshine". Jimmie Davis's authorized biography, You Are My Sunshine: The Jimmie Davis Story, was published in 1987.

"You Are My Sunshine" has been recorded hundreds of times. It is today a widely recognized song and a standard for traditional country music and traditional jazz performers, although rock and roll performances by the likes of Tony Sheridan and Bill Haley & His Comets also exist. The Haley performance was recorded in 1969 and was sung by the band's bass player, Ray Cawley; it was not released until the early 1990s.

It has been featured in numerous films, television shows, television commercials, and radio commercials (most notably in a series of Rinso advertisements in the 1960s). The song was featured in the movie Primary Colors (1996) and the Coen Brothers movie O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000). It was also used in the television show Star Trek: Voyager in the episode Someone to Watch Over Me, in which the character The Doctor used the song to teach Seven of Nine about music. Many sporting teams, such as Wigan Athletic Football Club, the Portland Timbers, St John's College, and Sydney FC, use the song as a crowd anthem, often replacing "Sunshine" with the name of the team. Also, Liverpool Football Club fans made their own version in honour of Spanish player Luis García, while rivals Manchester United fans made their own version honouring Norwegian striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Rap music performer Papa Winnie also made a rap remix of the song.

Answer 3

Davis and Charles Mitchell are the credited songwriters of You Are My Sunshine.

Davis Mitchell originally recorded it in 1940. It was made popular by Bing Crosby and Gene Autry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_My_Sunshine

Answer 4

Canadian singer Anne Murray did a really nice version of this song in the 80's on an album of children's songs called "There's A Hippo In My Tub".

Answer 5

So many have covered this over the years, but the original composers were Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell.

Answer 6

You Are My Sunshine - Johnny Cash ?

Answer 7

The Statler Brothers did it back in the 60's, surely many others have recorded it as well.

Answer 8

Bill Withers