These days, we only sing the CHORUS to "God Bless America." Back in the day before WWII was invented (and WWI was referred to a "The Great War" ~~ The War to End All Wars), Kate Smith sang the entire anthem with its Isolationist intro live on the radio. When Woody Guthrie, who felt that Isolationism wasn't going to stop Hitler and Mussolini, heard it, he switched off his radio, picked up his guitar, and composed "This Land Is Your Land" as a protest against it.
The Governor of Louisiana most decidedly did NOT write "You Are My Sunshine"! While its authorship is disputed by "musicolologists," the Guv appropriated the Arkansas tune and claimed credit for composing "Louisiana, My Louisiana" to it. Used it for his campaign song, don'chaknow.
Google: Who originally wrote and sang "You Are My Sunshine"? Written and recorded as early as 1939, the song was first published and copyrighted in 1940 by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell. Davis went on to be governor of Louisiana from 1944 to 1948 and again from 1960 to 1964, and used the song for his election campaign.
These days, we only sing the CHORUS to "God Bless America." Back in the day before WWII was invented (and WWI was referred to a "The Great War" ~~ The War to End All Wars), Kate Smith sang the entire anthem with its Isolationist intro live on the radio. When Woody Guthrie, who felt that Isolationism wasn't going to stop Hitler and Mussolini, heard it, he switched off his radio, picked up his guitar, and composed "This Land Is Your Land" as a protest against it.
Originally titled "God Blessed America"
DID YOU KNOW...? The original title of "On,Wisconsin" was "Minnesota."
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The Governor of Louisiana most decidedly did NOT write "You Are My Sunshine"! While its authorship is disputed by "musicolologists," the Guv appropriated the Arkansas tune and claimed credit for composing "Louisiana, My Louisiana" to it. Used it for his campaign song, don'chaknow.
Google: Who originally wrote and sang "You Are My Sunshine"?
Written and recorded as early as 1939, the song was first published and copyrighted in 1940 by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell. Davis went on to be governor of Louisiana from 1944 to 1948 and again from 1960 to 1964, and used the song for his election campaign.