Jimmie Davis
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American singer, songwriter and 47th Governor of Louisiana (1899–2000)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1899
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Near the cross
- Great Gospel Songs of Jimmie Davis
- Louisiana, this one's for you!
- You are my sunshine
- You are my sunshine
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1926-05-26
- Active to
- 1991-09-28
bebopclassicalcool jazzfunkhard bopjazz
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 24,890
- Total plays
- 109,490
Tags
countryAlllouisianabluesamerican
James Houston "Jimmie" Davis (September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000) was a singer of both sacred and popular songs who served for two nonconsecutive terms from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964 as the governor of his native Louisiana, USA. Davis was a nationally popular country music and gospel singer from the 1930s into the 1960s, occasionally recording and performing as late as the early 1990s. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. <a href="htt
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Quitman
- Place of death
- Baton Rouge
- Occupation
- actor
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Baptists
- Award
- Grammy Hall of Fame
- Field of work
- politics
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Decca
- Image
- GovernorJamesDavis.jpg
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- date of death
- 2000-11-05
- Commons category
- Jimmie Davis
- date of birth
- 1899-09-11
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- James H. Davis
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- subject has role
- centenarian
- National Governors Association biography URL
- www.nga.org/governor/james-houston-davis
Sources (2)
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