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Jimmie Davis

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Real name
James Houston Davis
Born
September 11, 1899
Died
November 5, 2000
Country
United States
IPI
00058525463 4 works
00061594081 1 work
00086264946 42 works
00086265159 7 works
Affiliation
ASCAP, BMI
Comments
Elected governor of Louisiana who served two non-consecutive terms separated by a dozen years. (He was elected the second time on the pledge to fight desegregation in public education.) Davis was also a nationally popular gospel and country music singer and songwriter. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of fame, and occasionally performed into his early-90s.
Family
Anna Gordon Wife (1969-2000)
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
September 15, 1942 (3 artists)
 REC March 21, 1934 (4 artists)
Originally by W. Lee O'Daniel and His Light Crust Doughboys REL
January 1938 (3 artists)
March 1968 Carroll Roberson
September 29, 1936 (10 artists)
October 1967 The Chuck Wagon Gang
October 1949 (26 artists)
July 1956 (13 artists)
1957 (4 artists)
September 15, 1942 (21 artists)
August 1941 (8 artists)
April 1969 (2 artists)
1955 (9 artists)
December 1945 (2 artists)
November 1964 The Chuck Wagon Gang
July 1955 (11 artists)
June 1936 (7 artists)
January 1935 Johnny Dilks & His Visitacion Valley Boys
October 1939 (15 artists)
May 1947 (6 artists)
Love Please Don’t Let Me Down Jimmie Davis 1944 Missing information
August 1951 (36 artists)
April 1935 (73 artists)
November 1957 Joe Mullins and The Radio Ramblers
April 1966 (5 artists)
August 1942 (6 artists)
March 1938 (35 artists)
 REC June 1970 (6 artists)
Originally by The Singing Rambos REL
August 1953 (27 artists)
December 1940 (16 artists)
September 1954 (5 artists)
May 1942 (5 artists)
October 1962 (10 artists)
August 1953 (9 artists)
June 1962 (4 artists)
May 1947 Curly Seckler
October 2, 1933 (2 artists)
March 1931 (12 artists)

Covers by Jimmie Davis

Title Performer Release date Originally by
October 1962 Smith's Sacred Singers
  November 1935 Fred Walz PRF, L. K. Reeder REC,REL
January 1964 Shannon Quartet (The Revelers [US1])
November 1964 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
December 1959 (unknown), (unknown)
October 1967 Doye O'Dell
1968 Ted Daffan's Texans
February 1972 The Singing Rambos
1968 Henry Whitter
October 1951 Moon Mullican
June 1953 Happy, Doc, and The Boys
February 15, 1943 Darby and Tarlton
February 1972 Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith
1974 Buck Owens
October 1962 The Blackwood Brothers
June 1967 Simmons Sacred Singers
October 1962 (unknown), Garner Bros.
1974 Wilson Pickett
January 1932 (unknown)
August 1951 Fisk University Jubilee Singers
1968 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
February 1965 (unknown)
October 1961 J. H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies
1974 Jim Reeves [US]
October 1961 Tuskegee Institute Singers
June 1970 Bill Gaither Trio
November 1964 Dorothy Maynor with Unaccompanied Male Choir
1968 Johnny Darrell
  November 1964 Waltham Abbey Choir PRF, Columbia Male Quartet REL
November 1937 (unknown)
October 1962 (unknown), Bill Carle with Ralph Carmichael Orchestra and Chorus
July 1958 (unknown), Bill Carle with Ralph Carmichael Orchestra and Chorus
1960 Frank and James McCravy
1974 Don Gibson
June 1954 Sleepy Hall and His Collegians [Red Nichols]
December 1959 (unknown)
1968 Jenny Lou Carson
February 1972 The Singing Rambos
1960 Brown's Ferry Four
January 1964 The Whispering Pianist (Art Gillham)
May 1941 Frank and Buddy Ross
July 1958 J. B. Whitmire Blue Sky Trio
July 1958 Blue Ridge Quartet
listen on Internet Archive January 1939 Kaplan's Melodists
July 1958 Wally Fowler and The Oak Ridge Quartet
March 1968 Mrs. Wm. Asher - Homer Rodeheaver
January 1938 Ray Whitley's Range Ramblers
November 1964 (unknown), (unknown)
November 29, 1938 Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers - Vocal Chorus by Dickie McBride
January 1942 Joe Reichman and His Orchestra
  April 22, 1937 Joseph E. Howard PRF, Henry Burr REC,REL
September 1951 Blackwood Bros. Quartet
March 1963 Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers
February 1965 Happy Goodman Family
November 1964 (unknown), (unknown)
1960 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive June 1938 (unknown)
March 1963 (unknown), Steve Porter
June 1962 Fortner Family Mixed Quartette
April 1966 Edward Allen and Charles Hart
January 1964 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
May 1935 Stuart Hamblen
October 1949 Tom Gates & His Orchestra
December 1959 Red Foley and The Foggy River Boys [US1]
May 1941 Stuart Hamblen
listen on Internet Archive November 1939 Joe Loss and His Band
November 1937 Jimmie Davis
February 1972 Haydn Quartet with Orchestra
1968 Connie Smith
1960 Ken Marvin
1960 Steve Porter
Ramona Jimmie Davis 1928 Unverified
March 1968 The Gospel Echoes
October 1967 Brenda Lee
October 1967 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
November 1964 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
  October 1967 Bing Crosby and Carol Richards REL, Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell REC
November 1961 Mississippi Sheiks
December 1959 Jimmie Davis with Anita Kerr Singers
May 1951 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
January 1942 Gene Autry
February 1965 The Happy Goodmans
1960 Carl Smith with The Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle
listen on Internet Archive November 1937 Jimmy Messini with Orchestra
1960 The Jenkins Family
October 1939 Rex Griffin
July 9, 1941 Vernon Dalhart
1968 Ferlin Husky
December 1959 Trinity Choir
January 1938 Will Osborne and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Will Osborne
November 1944 Tex Ritter and His Texans
October 1961 Jill Corey with Percy Faith and His Orchestra and Chorus
1957 (unknown)
May 1952 Mac O'Dell and His Alabama Jubileers
November 1961 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan
1974 Merle Haggard and The Strangers
listen on Internet Archive November 1939 Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys
March 1963 Stuart Hamblen with Darol Rice Orchestra & Chorus
December 1959 J.J. Fisher
June 1967 Blackwood Bros. Quartet
October 1962 Johnnie and Jack - The Tennessee Mountain Boys
December 1959 Jimmie and Eddie Dean
September 29, 1936 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
March 1963 Frank and James McCravy
June 1962 (unknown)
May 1951 Imperial Quartet
1960 (unknown)
December 1959 (unknown)
January 1956 The Statesmen Quartet
March 1963 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
  October 1967 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
February 1966 Inspirations Quartet
January 1932 George Reneau, (unknown)
February 1966 William McEwan, Carter Family
March 25, 1940 The Pine Ridge Boys
listen on Internet Archive 1938 Chas. Winters and Elond Autry

Songs written by Jimmie Davis

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
A Sinner's Prayer Jimmie Davis, Alberta McEnery Jimmie Davis July 27, 1942 Covered by (3 artists)
By the Grave of Nobody's Darling Jimmie Davis Jimmie Davis December 9, 1937 Covered by (3 artists)
Columbus Stockade Blues Jimmie Davis, Eva Sargent Danny Davis and The Nashville Brass 1970 Missing information
Diamonds and Gold Jimmie Davis, Bud Chambers Jimmie Davis March 1968 Covered by Carroll Roberson
Don't Say Goodbye if You Love Me Jimmie Davis, Bonnie Dodd Jimmie Davis March 21, 1936 Covered by (10 artists)
Going Home for Christmas Jimmie Davis Jimmie Davis March 14, 1967 Covered by The Chuck Wagon Gang
How Far Is Heaven Jimmie Davis, Tillman Franks Kitty Wells and The Tennessee Mountain Boys March 27, 1950 Covered by (6 artists)
I Dreamed of an Old Love Affair Jimmie Davis, Bonnie Dodd, Charles Mitchell Jimmie Davis December 4, 1941 Covered by (21 artists)
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle Hank Williams, Jimmie Davis Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys July 25, 1951 Covered by (58 artists)
I Hung My Head and Cried Jimmie Davis, Cliff Bruner Jimmie Davis May 2, 1941 Covered by (8 artists)
I Know a Man Who Can Jimmie Davis, Jack Campbell Jimmie Davis December 2, 1968 Covered by (2 artists)
It's Christmas Time Again Jimmie Davis Jimmie Davis April 24, 1964 Covered by The Chuck Wagon Gang
I Wouldn't Take Nothin' for My Journey Jimmie Davis, Rusty Goodman Happy Goodman Family 1964 Covered by (3 artists)
Jellyroll Blues Jimmie Davis Jimmie Davis September 24, 1934 Covered by Johnny Dilks & His Visitacion Valley Boys
Let's Be Sweethearts Again Vaughn Horton, Jimmie Davis Jimmie Davis July 29, 1946 Covered by (6 artists)
Love Please Don’t Let Me Down Jimmie Davis, Ivory Joe Hunter Jimmie Davis 1944 Missing information
Mean Hangover Blues Jimmie Davis, Buddy Jones Buddy Jones April 30, 1941 Covered by (2 artists)
My Mary Jimmie Davis, Stuart Hamblen Stuart Hamblen November 13, 1931 Covered by (16 artists)
Nobody's Darling but Mine Jimmie Davis Jimmie Davis September 21, 1934 Covered by (73 artists)
No Room at the Inn Jimmie Davis, Anna Allen Jimmie Davis November 1957 Covered by Joe Mullins and The Radio Ramblers
One More Valley Jimmie Davis, Dottie Rambo Jimmie Davis April 23, 1964 Covered by (5 artists)
Plant Some Flowers by My Grave Jimmie Davis, Rupert McClendon Jimmie Davis July 27, 1942 Covered by (6 artists)
Shackles and Chains Jimmie Davis Jimmie Davis December 9, 1937 Covered by (35 artists)
Sheltered in the Arms of God Jimmie Davis, Dottie Rambo Jimmie Davis REC, The Singing Rambos REL July 22, 1969 Covered by (6 artists)
Sweethearts or Strangers Jimmie Davis, Lou Wayne Jimmie Davis with Charles Mitchell's Orchestra September 16, 1940 Covered by (16 artists)
There's a New Moon over My Shoulder Jimmie Davis, Lee Blastic, Nat Vincent Tex Ritter and His Texans November 23, 1943 Covered by (24 artists)
Three Ways of Knowing Jimmie Davis, Nelson King Johnnie & Jack - The Tennessee Mountain Boys October 12, 1951 Covered by (2 artists)
To My Mansion in the Sky Jimmie Davis Jimmie Davis with Anita Kerr Singers July 3, 1953 Covered by (9 artists)
True Blue Papa Jimmie Davis, Leon Chappelear Leon Chappel March 8, 1950 Covered by (2 artists)
Two More Years (And I'll Be Free) Floyd Tillman, Jimmie Davis Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys March 6, 1939 Covered by (10 artists)
What's the Matter with You Darling Jimmie Davis, Eddie King [US2] Jimmie Davis July 27, 1942 Covered by Curly Seckler
When It's Round-Up Time in Heaven Jimmie Davis Jimmie Davis August 4, 1933 Covered by (2 artists)
Where the Old Red River Flows Jimmie Davis Jimmie Davis November 29, 1930 Covered by (12 artists)
Worried Mind Ted Daffan, Jimmie Davis Ted Daffan's Texans April 25, 1940 Covered by (33 artists)
You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis The Pine Ridge Boys August 22, 1939 Covered by (451 artists)
You Won't Be Satisfied That Way Jimmie Davis, Lloyd Ellis Covered by (5 artists)

Adapted songs

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Are You Tired of Me Darling? Jimmie Davis and Buddy Jones November 1935 Decca
A Sinner's Prayer Jimmie Davis September 15, 1942 Decca
Beautiful Texas - The Tramp's Mother Jimmie Davis - The Girls of the Golden West March 21, 1934 Bluebird
By the Grave of Nobody's Darling (My Darling's Promise) Jimmie Davis January 1938 Decca
Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena) Jimmie Davis October 1951 Decca
Don't Say Goodbye if You Love Me Jimmie Davis September 29, 1936 Decca
Down at the Old Country Church Jimmie Davis January 1932 Victor
Gotta Have My Baby Back Jimmie Davis October 1949 Capitol Records
Grievin' My Heart Out over You Jimmie Davis December 1945 Decca
How Long Has It Been Jimmie Davis July 1956 Decca
I Hung My Head and Cried Jimmie Davis August 1941 Decca
I'll Be True to the One I Love Jimmie Davis May 1941 Decca
I'm Drifting Back to Dreamland Jimmie Davis with Charles Mitchell and His Texans January 1939 Decca
In Arkansas Jimmie Davis March 1931 Victor
In My Cabin Tonight Jimmie Davis June 1936 Decca
It Makes No Difference Now Jimmie Davis with Rudy Sooter's Ranchmen November 29, 1938 Decca
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now Jimmie Davis April 22, 1937 Decca
Jellyroll Blues Jimmie Davis January 1935 Decca
Just a Girl That Men Forget Jimmie Davis June 1938 Decca
Just Between You and Me Jimmie Davis June 1954 Decca
Leanin' on the Old Top Rail Jimmie Davis October 1939 Decca
Mansion over the Hilltop Jimmie Davis with The Anita Kerr Singers August 1951 Decca
Moonlight and Skies (No. 2) Jimmie Davis May 1935 Decca
Nobody's Darling but Mine Jimmie Davis with Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians November 1937 Decca
No Room at the Inn Jimmie Davis November 1957 Decca
Now I Have Everything Jimmie Davis April 1969 Decca
On the Sunny Side of the Rockies Jimmie Davis with Charles Mitchell's Orchestra December 1940 Decca
Plant Some Flowers by My Grave Jimmie Davis August 1942 Decca
Shackles and Chains Jimmie Davis March 1938 Decca
Sitting on Top of the World Jimmie Davis November 1961 Decca
Someone to Care Jimmie Davis with The Anita Kerr Singers September 1951 Decca
Supper-Time Jimmie Davis with Anita Kerr Singers August 1953 Decca
Take My Hand Precious Lord Jimmie Davis - With The Anita Kerr Singers May 1951 Decca
Taller Than Trees Jimmie Davis September 1954 Decca
Tears on My Pillow Jimmie Davis January 1942 Decca
The End of the World Jimmie Davis May 1942 Decca
The Greatest Mistake of My Life Jimmie Davis with Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians November 1937 Decca
The Last Letter Jimmie Davis with Charles Mitchell and His Texans October 1939 Decca
The Prisoner's Song Jimmie Davis July 9, 1941 Decca
There's a Gold Mine in the Sky Jimmie Davis January 1938 Decca
There's a New Moon over My Shoulder Jimmie Davis November 1944 Decca
Thirty Pieces of Silver Jimmie Davis - With The Anita Kerr Singers May 1952 Decca
Two More Years (And I'll Be Free) Jimmie Davis November 1939 Decca
Walkin' My Blues Away Jimmie Davis February 15, 1943 Decca
When It's Round-Up Time in Heaven Jimmie Davis October 2, 1933 Bluebird
When It's Round-Up Time in Heaven Jimmie Davis April 1935 Decca
When the Morning Comes Jimmie Davis with The Anita Kerr Singers May 1951 Decca
When the Savior Reached Down for Me Jimmie Davis with The Sunshine Boys July 1955 Decca
When the Train Comes Rollin' In Jimmie Davis with The Anita Kerr Singers June 1953 Decca
Where No One Stands Alone Jimmie Davis with The Anita Kerr Singers January 1956 Decca
Will the Circle Be Unbroken Jimmie Davis February 1966 Decca
You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis with Charles Mitchell's Orchestra March 25, 1940 Decca
You Tell Me Your Dream I'll Tell You Mine Jimmie Davis with Rudy Sooter's Ranchmen 1938 Decca
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