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You Are My Sunshine

1940 song copyrighted and published by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell
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You Are My Sunshine

Summary

You Are My Sunshine is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,362 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • You Are My Sunshine's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • You Are My Sunshine's composer is recorded as Jimmie Davis[4].
  • You Are My Sunshine's composer is recorded as Charles Mitchell[5].
  • You Are My Sunshine's genre is country music[6].
  • You Are My Sunshine was performed by The Pine Ridge Boys[7].
  • You Are My Sunshine was performed by Jimmie Davis[8].
  • Among the performers on You Are My Sunshine was Bing Crosby[9].
  • Among the performers on You Are My Sunshine was Mississippi John Hurt[10].
  • Among the performers on You Are My Sunshine was Gene Autry[11].
  • Among the performers on You Are My Sunshine was Lawrence Welk[12].
  • Among the performers on You Are My Sunshine was Doris Day[13].
  • You Are My Sunshine was performed by Nat King Cole[14].
  • You Are My Sunshine was performed by The Marcels[15].
  • Among the performers on You Are My Sunshine was Ray Charles[16].
  • You Are My Sunshine was performed by Ike & Tina Turner[17].
  • Among the performers on You Are My Sunshine was The Rivingtons[18].
  • Among the performers on You Are My Sunshine was Andy Williams[19].
  • Among the performers on You Are My Sunshine was Burl Ives[20].
  • Among the performers on You Are My Sunshine was Frank Turner[21].
  • You Are My Sunshine was performed by The Beach Boys[22].
  • Among the performers on You Are My Sunshine was Aretha Franklin[23].
  • You Are My Sunshine was performed by Anne Murray[24].
  • Among the performers on You Are My Sunshine was Chuck Berry[25].
  • You Are My Sunshine was performed by Jerry Lee Lewis[26].
  • Among the performers on You Are My Sunshine was Johnny Cash[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[28]

  • Community tags: appears in star trek[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 54dc9f1f-046d-3014-9074-66534414b10f[30]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Pine Ridge Boys[7], Jimmie Davis[8], Bing Crosby[9], Mississippi John Hurt[10], Gene Autry[11], and Lawrence Welk[12].

Publication

You Are My Sunshine was published on 1939[31]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[32]. Its genre is country music[6].

Why It Matters

You Are My Sunshine ranks in the top 1% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,362 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

Related Entities

Andy Williams Anne Murray Aretha Franklin Bing Crosby Bryan Ferry Burl Ives Carly Simon Cat Stevens Chuck Berry Doris Day Gene Autry Gene Vincent Jerry Lee Lewis Johnny Cash Louisiana Nat King Cole Ray Charles The Beach Boys

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . BMI Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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