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    • Sep 11, 1997
    Merle Haggard spends the day in Shreveport, Louisiana, helping former governor Jimmie Davis celebrate his 98th birthday
    Feb 24, 1999
    The Carter Family's "Wildwood Flower," Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" are among the pre-1950 records joining the Grammy Hall of Fame, with music by Louis Armstrong, Frankie Yankovic and Fats Waller
    Apr 3, 1999
    Shreveport's Municipal Auditorium fields a concert headlined by Willie Nelson and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, celebrating the 50th anniversary of "The Louisiana Hayride." Also making an appearance: governor Jimmie Davis
    Nov 5, 2000
    Jimmie Davis dies in his sleep at home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Country music's first centenarian, Davis was twice governor of Louisiana, but made his mark in music with "You Are My Sunshine," earning him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Mar 7, 2001
    The Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts cite 365 titles as Songs of the Century, including more than 50 country recordings. Among them: Jimmie Davis' 1940 classic "You Are My Sunshine"
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" and Merle Travis' "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" are among the 1940s hits that make the list
    Apr 5, 2003
    The Delta Music Hall of Fame in Ferriday, Louisiana, inducts Conway Twitty, Jimmie Davis and Aaron Neville
    Jun 8, 2003
    Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" ranks at #73 when CMT debuts its "100 Greatest Songs Of Country Music"
    May 30, 2008
    The late Jimmie Davis is inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame
    Mar 21, 2013
    Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" and Frankie Yankovic's "Just Because" are added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, along with recordings by Will Rogers, Simon & Garfunkel, The Blackwood Brothers and Clarence Ashley and Doc Watson
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