<P> In subsequent years, it was covered by Doris Day (1951), Nat King Cole (1955), The Marcels, (1961), Ray Charles, Ike and Tina Turner, The Rivingtons (1962), Andy Williams (1963), Burl Ives (1968), Frank Turner, Aretha Franklin, Anne Murray (1979), Johnny Cash, Norman Blake, Brian Wilson, Mouse and the Traps, Gene Vincent, Jamey Johnson, Low, Mose Allison, Bryan Ferry, Carly Simon, Yusuf Islam, Andy Williams, and Johnny and the Hurricanes, amongst many others . </P> <P> The 1940 version by Davis has been added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress on March 21, 2013 for long - term preservation . </P> <P> Virginia Shehee, a long - time Davis family friend and member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1976 to 1980, introduced legislation to make "You Are My Sunshine" the official state song . </P> <P> In Gavin Lambert's 1963 novel "Inside Daisy Clover," Daisy often sings "You Are My Sunshine" to pick up her spirits when she's feeling down . </P>

Who sings the song you are my sunshine my only sunshine