
Jimmie Davis
James Houston Davis (September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000) was an American politician and a singer and songwriter of both sacred and popular songs. Davis was elected for two nonconsecutive terms from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964 as the governor of his native Louisiana. He ran both campaigns as a controversial advocate for impoverished and rural white Louisianians. Davis was a nationally popular country music and gospel singer from the 1930s into the 1960s, occasionally recording and performing as late as the early 1990s. He appeared as himself in a number of Hollywood movies. He was inducted into six halls of fame, including the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame, and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. At the time of his death in 2000, he was the oldest living former governor as well as the last living governor to have been born in the 19th century. |
Birth and Death Data: Born September 11, 1899 (Quitman), Died November 5, 2000 (Baton Rouge)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1972
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, composer, lyricist, songwriter, guitar, yodeling, arranger, speaker
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Recordings (Results 101-125 of 714 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | D9VB-1296 | 10-in. | 4/14/1949 | Shackles and chains | Big Hole Bronco Busters ; Montana Slim | Male vocal solo, with string band | composer | |
Columbia | W143412 | 10-in. | 2/19/1927 | That haunting waltz | Cole McElroy's Spanish Ball Room Band ; Jimmie Davis | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W144721 | 10-in. | 9/30/1927 | Up in the clouds | Cole McElroy's Spanish Ball Room Band ; Jimmie Davis | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W144722 | 10-in. | 9/30/1927 | Romance Isle | Cole McElroy's Spanish Ball Room Band ; Jimmie Davis | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W144724 | 10-in. | 9/30/1927 | Lonely nights in Hawaii | Cole McElroy's Spanish Ball Room Band ; Jimmie Davis | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W146457 | 10-in. | 6/19/1928 | Hiding in the corner of your smile | Cole McElroy's Spanish Ball Room Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Columbia | W147558 | 10-in. | 12/4/1928 | Nobody's business | Jimmie Davis | Male vocal solo, with yodeling and guitar | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W147559 | 10-in. | 12/4/1928 | Out of town blues | Jimmie Davis | Male vocal solo, with yodeling and guitar | vocalist, yodeling | |
Columbia | W151962 | 10-in. | 10/27/1931 | Arkansas sweetheart | Herb Cook | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
Edison | 9782 | 10-in. | 10/10/1924 | It makes no difference now | Brownies [Wilbur Sweatman] | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Decca | 60822 | 10-in. | 3/19/1936 | The answer to nobody's darling | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 60823 | 10-in. | 3/19/1936 | In my cabin tonight | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 60824 | 10-in. | 3/19/1936 | When a boy from the mountains | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 60825 | 10-in. | 3/19/1936 | Come on over to my house | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 60832 | 10-in. | 3/19/1936 | Don't say goodbye if you love me | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 60835 | 10-in. | 3/21/1936 | I wish I had never seen sunshine | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 60836 | 10-in. | 3/21/1936 | High geared Mama-1, 4 | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 60837 | 10-in. | 3/21/1936 | Bed bug blues-1,2 | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 60845 | 10-in. | 3/21/1936 | I ain't gonna let Satan turn me 'round | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 60846 | 10-in. | 3/21/1936 | 'Twill be sweet when we meet-3 | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 61811 | 10-in. | 2/16/1937 | That's why I'm nobody's darling | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 61812 | 10-in. | 2/16/1937 | Do you ever think of me? | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 61813 | 10-in. | 2/16/1937 | Prairie of love | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 61814 | 10-in. | 2/16/1937 | Sweet Lorene | Jimmie Davis | vocalist | ||
Decca | 61815 | 10-in. | 2/17/1937 | Just forgive and forget | Jimmie Davis | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Davis, Jimmie," accessed May 18, 2022, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105055.
Davis, Jimmie. (2022). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105055.
"Davis, Jimmie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2022. Web. 18 May 2022.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Davis, Jimmie, 1899-2000 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85239437
Wikidata: Jimmie Davis - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q429348
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/120709473
MusicBrainz: Jimmie Davis - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/06ed4e1e-4416-4a7c-b14b-bc68dfd252aa
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