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    • Jan 17, 1897
    Sam Jones Davis marries Sara Works in Louisiana. The couple becomes the parents of future Country Music Hall of Famer--and Louisiana governor--Jimmie Davis
    Sep 11, 1899
    Jimmie Davis is born in Beech Springs, Louisiana. The two-time governor of the Bayou State is best known for writing "You Are My Sunshine," which helps him gain entry into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1972
    Sep 19, 1929
    Jimmie Davis holds a recording session at the Municipal Auditorium in Memphis, his first for Victor Records, where he remains for four years
    Feb 9, 1932
    The Fort Worth Doughboys record "Sunbonnet Sue" at Dallas' Jefferson Hotel. It's the only instance in which western swing pioneers Milton Brown and Bob Wills record together. In attendance, though not on the record: Jimmie Davis and Jimmie Rodgers
    Nov 4, 1932
    Jimmie Davis records several numbers at the Victor Recording Studio in Camden, New Jersey. Playing fiddle and singing harmony on her first session: Patsy Montana
    Sep 21, 1934
    Jimmie Davis holds his first Decca recording session at the Furniture Mart Building in Chicago. He records "Nobody's Darling But Mine," although he does not cut the definitive version for three more years
    Apr 23, 1935
    Decca releases Jimmie Davis' "Nobody's Darling But Mine"
    Aug 11, 1935
    Jimmie Davis makes his first attempt at recording "I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine" at the Furniture Mart Building in Chicago. The hit version, however, is not recorded until the following spring
    Mar 19, 1936
    Jimmie Davis records "I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine" at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana
    Jun 2, 1936
    Decca releases Jimmie Davis' "I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine"
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