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    • May 25, 1942
    "Stardust On The Sage" appears in movie houses, with Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette and, naturally, Champion. Autry sings "Home On The Range," "You Are My Sunshine" and "Deep In The Heart Of Texas"
    Oct 31, 1944
    The western "I'm From Arkansas" debuts in movie theaters. Music is provided by Carolina Cotton and Jimmy Wakely, who performs "You Are My Sunshine" with the backing group The Sunshine Girls, including Mary Ford
    Oct 7, 1947
    Shreveport's Strand Theater debuts "Louisiana," a biopic of Jimmie Davis, who stars in the film, which also features Lee "Lasses" White. Davis performs "You Are My Sunshine," "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" and "It Makes No Difference Now"
    Nov 16, 1959
    Marty Robbins' sometimes-producer Mitch Miller earns an RIAA-certified gold album for "Sing Along With Mitch." Among the songs featured: Cole Porter's "Don't Fence Me In" and Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine"
    Sep 5, 1962
    Ray Charles records "You Are My Sunshine" at the Capitol Studios in New York for his album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Volume 2"
    Oct 17, 1963
    Jimmy Dean performs "You Are My Sunshine," "Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue)" and "Try A Little Tenderness" as ABC telecasts an episode of "The Jimmy Dean Show"
    Dec 10, 1963
    Donny Osmond makes his national television debut singing Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" as a member of The Osmonds on "The Andy Williams Show." Also appearing on the NBC telecast: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
    Aug 4, 1965
    Pop idol Bobby Sherman sings Roy Acuff's "Wabash Cannonball" on the ABC series "Shindig!" The Righteous Brothers also do Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" and the standard "Unchained Melody"
    Dec 16, 1965
    Ella Fitzgerald and Gordon MacRae sing a medley of "You Are My Sunshine," "Red River Valley" and "Bury Me Not On The Lonesome Prairie" with the host on "The Dean Martin Show." Also appearing: comedian George Gobel
    Feb 18, 1966
    A group of Japanese acts performs "Y'all Come," "Love Letters In The Sand," "A Dear John Letter" and "You Are My Sunshine" on ABC's "The Jimmy Dean Show." Dean sings "Make The World Go Away" and welcomes guests Roy Clark and Molly Bee, who covers "Let It Be Me"



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