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This article cites no sources, and none are listed at the bottom of the page. Further improvements could come in the form of categories, an infobox, a TOC, etc. SixTimes7 02:32, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
If it's all right with everyone, I'd like to add a link to [1] and a comment to the effect that the origins of "You Are My Sunshine" are rather uncertain. I'd also like to change the "Rice Brothers" like to say "Rice Brothers Gang," since most of the sources I've seen (all from the internet, unfortunately) say that this is the name of Paul Rice's band.
21 March 2015: I concur about 'uncertain'. The article says the song was authored by someone and then refers to recordings made _previously_; then goes on to mention several other 'authors' to the point of complete confusion as to who really wrote the song to begin with. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.76.28.94 ( talk) 01:33, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
-- The song quotes/borrows rather heavily from the 1915 song "The Wedding Of The Sunshine And The Rose". I doubt it'd make it past copyright laws these days! —Preceding unsigned comment added by PlayerRoll ( talk • contribs) 11:27, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Just for your information, guys. Here's a Ukrainian folk song "Ой, там на горі": http://nostalgie.com1.ru/mihhail/trio_marenych/15-oi_tam_na_gori.mp3 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chivorotsen ( talk • contribs) 10:45, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
I believe the Ukrainian folk song referenced above was a remix. The original melody is quite different: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlN1nC93uGM — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.176.252.32 ( talk) 17:29, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
My Grandma talks about writing this song as a poem (see the Paul Rice link) and sending the poem into a radio station. At the time if you wanted the poem to be credited to you, you had to send in a small fee with the song. Grandma could not afford the fee so she just sent in the poem. She lives in a small town in Minnesota. Sun7shine ( talk) 03:41, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
Remember no original research. Right now I am satisfied our article is right down the middle, without fringe theories. Our recordings are well-researched, except for the big list, which I am still working on. I am going to update Jimmie Davis' main article, because I learned a lot about his 1930s-early 40s music before Billboard had a Country chart, still very poorly documented. But there were charts out there, you just need to look harder. -- 22:56, 23 August 2021 Tillywilly17
As the song is well known in Australia, it occurred to me that some information on the global success, sales and popularity of the song would be good. Alpheus ( talk) 20:05, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Below information was tagged for needing sourcing in June 2011. Please feel free to reincorporate into the article with appropriate references. Doniago ( talk) 15:13, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
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"You Are My Sunshine" has been recorded many times. It is today a widely recognized song and a standard for traditional country music and traditional jazz performers. Early chart versions include: Bing Crosby, Bob Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes, Gene Autry, and the Airport Boys. In one or more of these versions, the song was in Billboard's country charts for over one year. Rock and roll performances by Tony Sheridan and Bill Haley & His Comets also exist. The Haley performance was recorded in 1969 and was sung by the band's bass player, Ray Cawley; it was not released until the early 1990s. Jump, Little Children used to play a song called "Pink Lemonade" which borrowed the chorus and was a success with fans. The song has also been recorded by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Trini Lopez, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin from Aretha Arrives (1967), among others. Charles' version was the most popular, commercially, reaching #1 on the soul singles chart, and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, using a modified melody that little resembled the original. A duet between Charles and Chris Isaak was included in Charles' 2005 duets album Genius & Friends. Northern Irish hard rockers Therapy? recorded an excerpt of the song, which was released as a bonus track on their 1994 album Troublegum. Songwriter Conor Oberst uses the chorus of the song in dramatic effect on "The Calendar Hung Itself" by Bright Eyes. The outro of the song "Flowers and Football Tops" by the Scottish band Glasvegas features the first verse of "You Are My Sunshine". |
I recall a 1970's commercial (for Lemon Up shampoo?) in which a man in the street serenades a woman in a window using modified lyrics: You are my lemon, my only lemon... MistySpock ( talk) 04:53, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Im not sure I believe this Youtube video claiming a Ukrainian origin of the melody of the song. How do we know the Ukrainian song is older? Couldnt it just be an adaptation of the melody that originated in the USA? ☮ Soap ☮ 13:32, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
For details of the recording session: http://www.jazzdisco.org/nat-king-cole/discography/. This rendition of the somg is available over YouTube. Amand Keultjes ( talk) 12:43, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
I have removed the paragraph concerning the "Barber Pole Rag". I have examined the linked manuscript and don't find much similarity beyond rhythm and melodic contour. At any rate, in the absence of a reliable source in support of the comparison, the whole idea is inappropriate for Wikipedia per WP:OR. Ibadibam ( talk) 05:57, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
35 "performers" now listed on Wikidata page. I think it's adding all the properly sourced entries. Tillywilly17 ( talk) 19:19, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
Would like to remove "Tone" message COVERS stays, section is awful, just a year and a name sometimes. I am working on them, one at a time.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Tillywilly17 ( talk • contribs)
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Is this section of the article still "under construction"? I've been avoiding making edits to it because I wanted to give interested editors a fair chance to get it into the best shape they could, but that wasn't meant to last indefinitely. If it is still being worked on, I'd at least appreciate some indication as to when that work might be considered completed. Thanks. DonIago ( talk) 14:18, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the changes-Dave Tillywilly17 ( talk) 17:54, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
I want to restore this but first I will provide additional details which will explain why I believe it is notable
5 February 1959 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Jimmie Davis 391 106647/NA 10606 I HUNG MY HEAD AND CRIED DL-78896 392 106648/NA 10607 YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE 9-30960/ DL-78896 393 106649/NA 10608 WORRIED MIND ED-2654/DL-78896 394 106650/NA 10609 MY MARY 9-30899/DL-78896
Tillywilly17 ( talk) 18:06, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
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Please point out specific passages and I will edit Tillywilly17 ( talk) 00:57, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
I read article from my phone today (power is out in my neighborhood). Some of it Is very good and informative we need to add back a covers section, if only as a summary. i is too much to overlook. i will create it, not afraid to have it totally trashed if necessary. Article has come a long way. Tillywilly17 ( talk
@ Tillywilly17: are you going to restore the covers and notable renditions section? It's a glaring omission and has been gone for a while now. I understand it was being pruned but if it is going to be absent for so many months I have half a mind to restore the old version so the article doesn't remain incomplete. BlackholeWA ( talk) 02:38, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
How about some information about the content and the music of the song? 2600:6C67:1C00:5F7E:BD44:8D7F:7C84:BF33 ( talk) 01:45, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
Where do I even begin? Lolnoman ( talk) 02:09, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
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This article cites no sources, and none are listed at the bottom of the page. Further improvements could come in the form of categories, an infobox, a TOC, etc. SixTimes7 02:32, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
If it's all right with everyone, I'd like to add a link to [1] and a comment to the effect that the origins of "You Are My Sunshine" are rather uncertain. I'd also like to change the "Rice Brothers" like to say "Rice Brothers Gang," since most of the sources I've seen (all from the internet, unfortunately) say that this is the name of Paul Rice's band.
21 March 2015: I concur about 'uncertain'. The article says the song was authored by someone and then refers to recordings made _previously_; then goes on to mention several other 'authors' to the point of complete confusion as to who really wrote the song to begin with. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.76.28.94 ( talk) 01:33, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
-- The song quotes/borrows rather heavily from the 1915 song "The Wedding Of The Sunshine And The Rose". I doubt it'd make it past copyright laws these days! —Preceding unsigned comment added by PlayerRoll ( talk • contribs) 11:27, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Just for your information, guys. Here's a Ukrainian folk song "Ой, там на горі": http://nostalgie.com1.ru/mihhail/trio_marenych/15-oi_tam_na_gori.mp3 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chivorotsen ( talk • contribs) 10:45, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
I believe the Ukrainian folk song referenced above was a remix. The original melody is quite different: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlN1nC93uGM — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.176.252.32 ( talk) 17:29, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
My Grandma talks about writing this song as a poem (see the Paul Rice link) and sending the poem into a radio station. At the time if you wanted the poem to be credited to you, you had to send in a small fee with the song. Grandma could not afford the fee so she just sent in the poem. She lives in a small town in Minnesota. Sun7shine ( talk) 03:41, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
Remember no original research. Right now I am satisfied our article is right down the middle, without fringe theories. Our recordings are well-researched, except for the big list, which I am still working on. I am going to update Jimmie Davis' main article, because I learned a lot about his 1930s-early 40s music before Billboard had a Country chart, still very poorly documented. But there were charts out there, you just need to look harder. -- 22:56, 23 August 2021 Tillywilly17
As the song is well known in Australia, it occurred to me that some information on the global success, sales and popularity of the song would be good. Alpheus ( talk) 20:05, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Below information was tagged for needing sourcing in June 2011. Please feel free to reincorporate into the article with appropriate references. Doniago ( talk) 15:13, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Recordings
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==Recordings==
"You Are My Sunshine" has been recorded many times. It is today a widely recognized song and a standard for traditional country music and traditional jazz performers. Early chart versions include: Bing Crosby, Bob Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes, Gene Autry, and the Airport Boys. In one or more of these versions, the song was in Billboard's country charts for over one year. Rock and roll performances by Tony Sheridan and Bill Haley & His Comets also exist. The Haley performance was recorded in 1969 and was sung by the band's bass player, Ray Cawley; it was not released until the early 1990s. Jump, Little Children used to play a song called "Pink Lemonade" which borrowed the chorus and was a success with fans. The song has also been recorded by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Trini Lopez, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin from Aretha Arrives (1967), among others. Charles' version was the most popular, commercially, reaching #1 on the soul singles chart, and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, using a modified melody that little resembled the original. A duet between Charles and Chris Isaak was included in Charles' 2005 duets album Genius & Friends. Northern Irish hard rockers Therapy? recorded an excerpt of the song, which was released as a bonus track on their 1994 album Troublegum. Songwriter Conor Oberst uses the chorus of the song in dramatic effect on "The Calendar Hung Itself" by Bright Eyes. The outro of the song "Flowers and Football Tops" by the Scottish band Glasvegas features the first verse of "You Are My Sunshine". |
I recall a 1970's commercial (for Lemon Up shampoo?) in which a man in the street serenades a woman in a window using modified lyrics: You are my lemon, my only lemon... MistySpock ( talk) 04:53, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Im not sure I believe this Youtube video claiming a Ukrainian origin of the melody of the song. How do we know the Ukrainian song is older? Couldnt it just be an adaptation of the melody that originated in the USA? ☮ Soap ☮ 13:32, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
For details of the recording session: http://www.jazzdisco.org/nat-king-cole/discography/. This rendition of the somg is available over YouTube. Amand Keultjes ( talk) 12:43, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
I have removed the paragraph concerning the "Barber Pole Rag". I have examined the linked manuscript and don't find much similarity beyond rhythm and melodic contour. At any rate, in the absence of a reliable source in support of the comparison, the whole idea is inappropriate for Wikipedia per WP:OR. Ibadibam ( talk) 05:57, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
35 "performers" now listed on Wikidata page. I think it's adding all the properly sourced entries. Tillywilly17 ( talk) 19:19, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
Would like to remove "Tone" message COVERS stays, section is awful, just a year and a name sometimes. I am working on them, one at a time.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Tillywilly17 ( talk • contribs)
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Is this section of the article still "under construction"? I've been avoiding making edits to it because I wanted to give interested editors a fair chance to get it into the best shape they could, but that wasn't meant to last indefinitely. If it is still being worked on, I'd at least appreciate some indication as to when that work might be considered completed. Thanks. DonIago ( talk) 14:18, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the changes-Dave Tillywilly17 ( talk) 17:54, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
I want to restore this but first I will provide additional details which will explain why I believe it is notable
5 February 1959 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Jimmie Davis 391 106647/NA 10606 I HUNG MY HEAD AND CRIED DL-78896 392 106648/NA 10607 YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE 9-30960/ DL-78896 393 106649/NA 10608 WORRIED MIND ED-2654/DL-78896 394 106650/NA 10609 MY MARY 9-30899/DL-78896
Tillywilly17 ( talk) 18:06, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
References
Please point out specific passages and I will edit Tillywilly17 ( talk) 00:57, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
I read article from my phone today (power is out in my neighborhood). Some of it Is very good and informative we need to add back a covers section, if only as a summary. i is too much to overlook. i will create it, not afraid to have it totally trashed if necessary. Article has come a long way. Tillywilly17 ( talk
@ Tillywilly17: are you going to restore the covers and notable renditions section? It's a glaring omission and has been gone for a while now. I understand it was being pruned but if it is going to be absent for so many months I have half a mind to restore the old version so the article doesn't remain incomplete. BlackholeWA ( talk) 02:38, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
How about some information about the content and the music of the song? 2600:6C67:1C00:5F7E:BD44:8D7F:7C84:BF33 ( talk) 01:45, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
Where do I even begin? Lolnoman ( talk) 02:09, 20 April 2024 (UTC)