Artist: Jimmie Davis
Real name
James Houston Davis
Born
September 11, 1899
Died
November 5, 2000
Country
United States
Comments
Elected governor to non-consecutive terms separated by a dozen years. (He was elected the second time on the pledge to fight desegregation in public education.} Davis was also a nationally popular gospel and country music singer and songwriter. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of fame, and occasionally performed into his early-90s.
Performances
Originals
Title
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Performer | Release date | Covered by | ||
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| 1 | The End of the World | Jimmie Davis | May 1942 |
Les Paul and Mary Ford
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| 2 | Let's Be Sweethearts Again | Jimmie Davis | May 1947 |
Buddy Walker
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| 3 | Mansion Over the Hilltop | Jimmie Davis with The Anita Kerr Singers | 1951 |
(8 artists)
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| 4 | Shackles and Chains | Jimmie Davis | March 1938 |
(6 artists)
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| 5 | Sweethearts or Strangers | Jimmie Davis | December 1940 |
(3 artists)
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Covers
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Title
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Performer | Release date | Originally by | ||
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| 1 | (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle | Jimmie Davis | 1964 |
Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
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Columbus Stockade Blues | Jimmie Davis | March 1943 |
Darby and Tarlton
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| 3 | Down By the Riverside | Jimmie Davis with The Anita Kerr Singers | 1951 |
Fisk University Jubilee Singers
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| 4 | How Great Thou Art | Jimmie Davis | January 1952 |
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| 5 | I Don't Know Why | Jimmie Davis | 1953 |
Lloyd Keating and His Orchestra
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| 6 | It Makes No Difference Now | Jimmie Davis | November 1938 |
Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers
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| 7 | The Last Letter | Jimmie Davis | 1939 |
Rex Griffin
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| 8 | There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder | Jimmie Davis | December 1944 |
Tex Ritter and His Texans
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| 9 | Where No One Stands Alone | Jimmie Davis | January 1956 |
The Statesmen Quartet
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| 10 | You Are My Sunshine | Jimmie Davis | 1940 |
Pine Ridge Boys
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Songs written by
Original songs
Releases
Audio album
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Title
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Performer | Release date | Label | |
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| 1 | Sings | Jimmie Davis | 1964 | Decca |
Audio single
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Title
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Performer | Release date | Label | |
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| 1 | Columbus Stockade Blues | Jimmie Davis | March 1943 | Decca |
| 2 | The End of the World | Jimmie Davis | May 1942 | Decca |
| 3 | It Makes No Difference Now | Jimmie Davis | November 1938 | Decca |
| 4 | Just Between You and Me | Jimmie Davis | 1953 | Decca |
| 5 | The Last Letter | Jimmie Davis | 1939 | Decca |
| 6 | Let's Be Sweethearts Again | Jimmie Davis | May 1947 | Decca |
| 7 | Mansion Over the Hilltop | Jimmie Davis with The Anita Kerr Singers | 1951 | Decca |
| 8 | On the Sunny Side of the Rockies | Jimmie Davis | December 1940 | Decca |
| 9 | Shackles and Chains | Jimmie Davis | March 1938 | Decca |
| 10 | There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder | Jimmie Davis | December 1944 | Decca |
| 11 | Touch the Hand of the Lord | Jimmie Davis | January 1952 | Decca |
| 12 | Where No One Stands Alone | Jimmie Davis | January 1956 | Decca |
| 13 | You Are My Sunshine | Jimmie Davis | 1940 | Decca |
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