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Jimmie Davis

real name James Houston Davis

Jimmie Davis is credited on 4,200 releases across 1,215 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,200

Credits

1,215

Albums

8

Decades active

491

In collections

Biography

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American singer and songwriter and politician (Governor of the state of Louisiana, USA).
Born 11 September 1899 near Beech Springs, Louisiana.
Died 5 November 2000 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Married to singer.
Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (1972), Gospel Music Hall of Fame (1994), Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1971) and the Shreveport Walk of Stars (2002). Known as "The Singing Governor", he was a successful country & western and gospel singer as well as a politician, serving two terms as Louisiana governor (1944-1948 and 1960-1964).
Perhaps most famous for "You Are My Sunshine" of which the Library of Congress inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2012. Do not credit Jimmy Davis composer of "Lover Man" for this song.

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Credited work

4,200 releases · 1,215 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 4,818
  • Other credits · 72
  • Production · 7

Studios: RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · Ramport Studios · Air Studios · Island Studios

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