IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A typed letter dated December 3, 1962 ...

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 ...

Jimmie Davis, known as the “singing governor,” is credited with making the song “You Are My Sunshine” a worldwide hit in 1939. Davis was from Shreveport, and the song’s fame helped him ...

On a day filled with blue skies and sunshine, a historical marker honoring the late Gov. Jimmie Davis was unveiled at the entrance of Louisiana College Friday. Davis, who died at the age of 101 in ...

The official state song is “ Give Me Louisiana,” written in 1970 by Doralice Fontane, and not only former Gov. Jimmie Davis’ version of “ You Are My Sunshine, ” as many thought.

Robert Mann's new book "You Are My Sunshine” explores the iconic song and its place in the culture and history of Louisiana and America.

Written by Jimmie Davis, American, 1899 - 2000 Subject of Ray Charles, American, 1930 - 2004 Description A typed letter dated December 3, 1962 on State of Louisiana letterhead from Jimmie Davis, the ...