Johnny Cash was born on February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas, into a poor farming family during the Great Depression. He worked in the U.S. Air Force, where he started writing songs, and ...

About the Song “You Are My Sunshine” by Christina Perri is a heartfelt, emotional song about love and loss, bringing deep feelings through her soft voice and touching melody.

Robert Mann’s 10th book, “You Are My Sunshine: Jimmie Davis & the Biography of a Song,” wraps musicology and social and political history into 161 concise pages. Straightforward though ...

Each put in $17.50.” If that is to be believed that it would be clear that Paul Rice wrote the song and then, needing money, sold it. Said Rice, “I wrote ‘You Are my Sunshine’ in 1937.

Dave Cobb on Chris and Morgane Stapleton’s ‘You Are My Sunshine': ‘It’s Their Song’ Chuck Armstrong Published: April 12, 2016 Ethan Miller, Getty Images ...

The pair’s version of “You Are My Sunshine” effectively turns the tables, recasting Morgane as the bandleader and Chris as the backup singer. In the video above, the two perform the folk ...

Ray Charles's rendition of "You Are My Sunshine" helped disassociate it from its connection to segregation. The song's journey to becoming Louisiana's state song is detailed in Mann's book.