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Copyright date
January 30, 1940
Language
English
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The real author of this song will probably stay unknown forever. There are at least four theories about it:
1) Paul Rice wrote it in 1937, inspired by a letter from a fan, and sold his rights to Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell in 1940. Some time later, Mitchell sold his share to Davis. This story is the most trustworthy.
2) Jimmie Davis wrote it in the early twenties. This version is unprovable.
3) An unknown lady singer from South Carolina wrote the song and offered it to the Pine Ridge Boys. Another unconfirmed story, but at least it would explain why they were the first to record it.
4) According to Prof. Toru Mitsui (Kanazawa University), the song was written in 1933 by Oliver Hood. Although the source is very authoritative, also this theory cannot be proven for certain.
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written by English

Title Performer Release date Info
October 6, 1939 First recording on August 22, 1939
First release
1939
February 1940
March 25, 1940
July 1940
November 22, 1940
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July 10, 1941
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April 1946
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listen on Internet Archive September 1948
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December 9, 1957
You Are My Sunshine Vaughn Monroe 1957 Unverified
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January 2, 1958
listen on Internet Archive May 1958 Medley
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listen on Internet Archive June 1960 Medley
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You Are My Sunshine Ocie Smith (O.C. Smith) 1960 Unverified
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October 1962 Sampled by The Pennsylvania Players
Hit song
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You Are My Sunshine The Blue Diamonds [NL] (The Blue Diamonds [NL]) April 15, 1963 Unverified
April 1963
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September 9, 1963 Live
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You Are My Sunshine Little Ax and the Golden Echoes 1963 Unverified
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listen on Internet Archive August 4, 1967
You Are My Sunshine Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers 1967 Unverified
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July 1970 Released more than 10 years after recording
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July 5, 1974
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You Are My Sunshine Minami with Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio 1975 Unverified
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You Are My Sunshine Kinesphere 1976 Unverified
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November 1977
You Are My Sunshine George Kizu 1977 Unverified
1977 Medley
1977 Medley
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1978 Medley
June 1979
You Are My Sunshine Richard Greene [US1] 1979 Unverified
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You Are My Sunshine Mac Wiseman 1982 Unverified
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1986 Released more than 10 years after recording
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You Are My Sunshine Fred Shelton 1988 Unverified
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You Are My Sunshine Uralski All Stars 1991 Unverified
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February 1993 Charity
February 1994 Tracks not listed on the release
June 9, 1994
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April 18, 1995
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June 24, 1997
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February 14, 1999
March 23, 1999 Medley
Released more than 10 years after recording
May 5, 1999 Released more than 10 years after recording
Live
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February 1, 2000
August 8, 2000 Medley
Live
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November 21, 2000 Released more than 10 years after recording
December 5, 2000
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You Are My Sunshine Ragnar I Vik 2001 Unverified
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Medley
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You Are My Sunshine Henry Butler 2002 Unverified
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August 22, 2003
November 25, 2003
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September 2004 Medley
You Are My Sunshine Rita Chiarelli 2004 Unverified
2004 Live
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2004 Medley
May 17, 2005
August 23, 2005
September 20, 2005
You Are My Sunshine New Orleans Delight Featuring Lee Gunness & Norbert Susemihl (New Orleans Delight) 2005 Unverified
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May 9, 2006
July 2006
November 27, 2006
November 2006
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(Planet Music Studio Artists) 2006
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January 2, 2007
February 6, 2007
March 12, 2007
April 19, 2007
April 2007
May 7, 2007
August 13, 2007
September 17, 2007
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July 14, 2008 Medley
You Are My Sunshine Leah Andreone August 19, 2008 Unverified
September 2, 2008 Live
September 2008
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2008 Medley
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October 20, 2009
You Are My Sunshine Etta Cameron & Nikolaj Hess (Etta Cameron, Nikolaj Hess) 2009 Unverified
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April 2010
May 21, 2010 Live
August 24, 2010
December 28, 2010
2010 Live
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2010 Medley
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January 21, 2011
January 2011 Acoustic
March 28, 2011
July 1, 2011
August 23, 2011 Released more than 10 years after recording
November 28, 2011 Live
December 4, 2011
2011 Released more than 10 years after recording
Live
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2011
May 8, 2012
May 8, 2012
You Are My Sunshine Leftover Cuties (The Leftover Cuties) May 15, 2012 Unverified
May 30, 2012
June 5, 2012
You Are My Sunshine Stephen Michael 2012 Unverified
2012
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2012
February 14, 2013
March 12, 2013
2013
July 12, 2014
October 27, 2014
June 16, 2015
November 20, 2015
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October 13, 2016
November 18, 2016
December 9, 2016
May 29, 2017
September 22, 2017
September 26, 2017 Version from TV talent show
You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Bratcher (The Rev Jimmie Bratcher) 2017 Unverified
February 14, 2018
You Are My Sunshine Moira Dela Torre February 19, 2018 Unverified
May 11, 2018
November 23, 2018
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2018
January 17, 2019
February 4, 2019
August 16, 2019
August 30, 2019
November 12, 2019
November 28, 2019
November 2019 Released more than 10 years after recording
November 2019
January 26, 2020
March 27, 2020 Acoustic
May 14, 2020
You Are My Sunshine Gareth Malone's Great British Home Chorus with the London Symphony Orchestra (Gareth Malone, The London Symphony Orchestra) July 31, 2020 Unverified
August 1, 2020
September 10, 2020
October 14, 2020
November 9, 2020 A cappella
You Are My Sunshine Holland [1] 2020 Unverified
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2020
February 5, 2021
October 8, 2021 Editor's cover song pick
January 4, 2022
January 11, 2022
February 3, 2022
May 6, 2022
May 20, 2022
July 5, 2022
November 25, 2022 Live
March 15, 2023 Medley
November 2, 2023
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You Are My Sunshine Blue.birds January 8, 2024 Unverified
August 30, 2024
September 20, 2024
You Are My Sunshine Soggy Bottom Boys feat. Dan Tyminski Unverified

written by instrumental

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i 1940
listen on Internet Archive i January 1948
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i (Lou Busch) September 1954
i December 1954
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i You Are My Sunshine Chris Barber - Kid Martyn Jazz Band (Chris Barber, Barry Martyn) 1966 Unverified
i 1966 Medley
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i June 1967
i August 28, 1967
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i You Are My Sunshine Warren Carr 1972 Unverified
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i 1974 Medley
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i 1975 Live
i You Are My Sunshine Happy Organ 1976 Unverified
i 1976
i 1977
i You Are My Sunshine Yuzuru Sera 1978 Unverified
i November 23, 1979
i You Are My Sunshine Eiji Kitamura Quintet (Eiji Kitamura) 1979 Unverified
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i 1981
i 1981 Live
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i 1982 Released more than 10 years after recording
i 1982 Medley
i 1982 Medley
i 1983
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i 1984 Medley
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i You Are My Sunshine André Brasseur 1986 Unverified
i 1987
i 1989
i November 1, 1990
i You Are My Sunshine James Morrison, Jeff Hamilton, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis (James Morrison [AU]) 1990 Unverified
i 1990
i 1992
i 1993 Released more than 10 years after recording
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i 1993
i You Are My Sunshine The East & West Rockers 1995 Unverified
i 1995 Released more than 10 years after recording
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i You Are My Sunshine Pierre Belmonde 1997 Unverified
i 1999 Released more than 10 years after recording
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i December 18, 2002
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i April 19, 2009
i You Are My Sunshine Ran Blake 2009 Unverified
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i 2010 Released more than 10 years after recording
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i February 2011
i March 2011
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i 2011
i 2011
i 2011
i February 14, 2012
i March 28, 2012
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i March 5, 2014
i September 2014 Live
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i February 2, 2015
i You Are My Sunshine Ross Hammond April 14, 2015 Unverified
i August 27, 2015
i September 4, 2015
i 2016
i 2016
i February 2017
i July 2018
i April 2019
i January 15, 2020
i June 5, 2020
i You Are My Sunshine Gareth Malone's Great British Home Chorus with the London Symphony Choir (Gareth Malone, The London Symphony Orchestra) July 31, 2020 Unverified
i 2020
i February 25, 2021
i November 25, 2022
i You Are My Sunshine The Cat and Owl 2022 Unverified
i September 9, 2023
i You Are My Sunshine Todd Johnson Quartet May 23, 2024 Unverified

{xing xing yue liang tai yang} written by Chinese

Title Performer Release date Info
{xing xing yue liang tai yang} (Zhāng Xiǎo Fèng) 1964 First release
{xing xing yue liang tai yang} (Mona Fong) March 1, 2006

written by English customised lyrics to make song about Moa’s children

Title Performer Release date Info
November 29, 2013 First release

written by Icelandic

Title Performer Release date Info
May 29, 2012 First release

In jedem Anfang liegt schon das Ende written by German (not verified yet)

Með sól í hjarta written by Icelandic (not verified yet)

Þú ert mitt sólskin written by Icelandic (not verified yet)

Ti si moj sonček written by Slovenian (not verified yet)