Johnny Cash was born on February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas, into a poor farming family during the Great Depression. He worked in the U.S. Air Force, where he started writing songs, and later ...

Explore these Christina Perri songs that echo the themes and emotions of “You Are My Sunshine,” reflecting love and heartbreak. Christina Perri covered it as a tribute, adding her own emotional style ...

Some songs stay with the world for decades, even centuries, after their writing. But those songs, which come to us before the music business took its modern form, often have a murky background. One ...

Pretty much everyone knows the simple, sweet song "You Are My Sunshine" -- but you've never heard it quite like this. Morgane Stapleton generally sings backup for her singer-songwriter husband, but ...

You Are My Sunshine was first released in 1939 and copyrighted in 1940, but the original writer of the lyrics is debated. On ...

Robert Mann, author of "You Are My Sunshine," recently spoke at the Rotary Club of Alexandria about the iconic song's history. Ray Charles's rendition of "You Are My Sunshine" helped disassociate it ...

The pair’s version of “You Are My Sunshine” effectively turns the tables, recasting Morgane as the bandleader and Chris as the backup singer. In the video above, the two perform the folk song at Eddie ...