<P> "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" is a song written by Don Reid and Harold Reid, and recorded by American country music group The Statler Brothers . It was released in March 1978 as the first single from the album Entertainers On and Off the Record . "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" was The Statler Brothers twenty - seventh country hit and the first of four number ones on the country chart, as well as the group's only number one with original tenor Lew DeWitt . The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1978) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canadian RPM Country Tracks </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1978) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr>

You are my sunshine by the statler brothers