In the collection
2 records
Played with
Bert Kaempfert
1 record together
Ray Charles
1 record together
Charles Singleton
1 record together
Eddie Snyder
1 record together
Sid Tepper
1 record together
Larry Kusik
1 record together
Milt Gabler
1 record together
Carl Sigman
1 record together
Duke Ellington
1 record together
Irving Mills
1 record together
Juan Tizol
1 record together
About
American singer and songwriter and politician (Governor of the state of Louisiana, USA).
Born 11 September 1899 near Beech Springs, Louisiana.
Died 5 November 2000 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Married to singer .
Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Gospel Music Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Shreveport Walk of Stars. Known as “The Singing Governor”, he was a successful country & western and gospel singer as well as a politician, serving two terms as Louisiana governor (1944-1948 and 1960-1964).
Perhaps most famous for “You Are My Sunshine” of which the Library of Congress inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2012. Do not credit composer of “Lover Man” for this song.