SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A Louisiana historian is reevaluating the song that projected a Shreveport musician into the governorship. Jimmie Davis, known as the “singing governor,” is credited with ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Did you know that Louisiana has more than one state song? The Pelican State is home to different sounds, including genres of Zydeco, Cajun, jazz and blues. Louisiana is ...
James Houston “Jimmie” Davis wore many hats throughout his 101 years of life—country singer, songwriter, educator, and two-time governor of Louisiana. On this day in 1899, the man who first published ...
Robert Mann, author of "You Are My Sunshine," recently spoke at the Rotary Club of Alexandria about the iconic song's history. Ray Charles's rendition of "You Are My Sunshine" helped disassociate it ...