Object Details Creator Smithsonian Music Views 902 Video Title Letter from Jimmy Davis about Ray Charles' "You Are My Sunshine" Description Dwan Reece, PhD, Curator of Music and Performing Arts at the ...

The official state song is “Give Me Louisiana,” written in 1970 by Doralice Fontane, and not only former Gov. Jimmie Davis’ version of “You Are My Sunshine,” as many thought.