Fact #38340
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Having bought the 'rights' to the song You Are My Sunshine for $35 in late 1939 from its composer, Paul Rice, country music star and former Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis, along with one Charlie Mitchell, publishes it through the Southern Music Publishing Company of New York City, USA, listing it as having "words and music by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell."
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