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    • Mar 18, 1966
    Jimmy Dean brings soldiers on stage from the audience as he closes an episode of ABC's "The Jimmy Dean Show" with "You Are My Sunshine." Guests for the week include Margie Bowes, comedian George Carlin and baseball players Maury Wills and Jim "Mudcat" Grant
    Nov 22, 1967
    Eddy Arnold performs "Here Comes Heaven" on a country-themed edition of NBC's "The Kraft Music Hall." Also featured are The Everly Brothers, songwriter Johnny Mercer and Ray Charles, who joins host Dinah Shore to sing "You Are My Sunshine"
    Feb 18, 1969
    Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan record "Girl From The North Country" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville for Dylan's album "Nashville Skyline." Among the unreleased performances from the day's session are "T For Texas," "That's All Right" and "You Are My Sunshine"
    Nov 5, 1977
    Bobby Bare sings "Detroit City" and "Miller's Cave" on the syndicated "Pop! Goes The Country." Chet Atkins plays a Beatles medley that includes "Something" and "Lady Madonna." Bare, Atkins, host Ralph Emery and comedian Ruth Buzzi perform "You Are My Sunshine" as the final credits roll
    Mar 3, 1979
    Tennessee Ernie Ford joins co-hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark to perform "You Are My Sunshine" on "Hee Haw." Owens also covers The Bee Gees' "Words," while guest Stella Parton chips in "The Danger Of A Stranger"
    Sep 2, 1992
    Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" ranks #35 as Country America magazine lists the Top 100 Country Songs Of All-Time
    Feb 24, 1999
    The Carter Family's "Wildwood Flower," Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" are among the pre-1950 records joining the Grammy Hall of Fame, with music by Louis Armstrong, Frankie Yankovic and Fats Waller
    Jun 17, 1999
    Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the new Country Music Hall of Fame in downtown Nashville. Part of the event includes an all-guitar marching band, led by Chet Atkins, playing "Wildwood Flower" and "You Are My Sunshine"
    Mar 7, 2001
    The Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts cite 365 titles as Songs of the Century, including more than 50 country recordings. Among them: Jimmie Davis' 1940 classic "You Are My Sunshine"
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" and Merle Travis' "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" are among the 1940s hits that make the list



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