(Written by Jimmie Davis - Ekko Whelan - Lee Blastic)
1st. Recorded 1943 by Tex Ritter and His Texans
Issued on Decca 6105 A.
Also Recorded 1959 - 1978 - 1993.
Recorded 23 March 1944 Decca Recording Studio (18.00 - 22.00) 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Jimmie Davis [vcl solo], Perry Botkin. [gt/leader], Joe Shelton [gt], Charles Mitchell [el steel gt], Artie Shapiro [bass], Moon Mullican [piano], Don Anderson [trumpet].
Born James Houston Davis in Beech Springs,Louisiana. (1899 - 2000)
Served Two Terms as Governor of Louisiana
Recorded From 1928 to 1999
Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame 1971
Country Music Hall of Fame 1972
Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame 1997
Louisiana Music Hall of Fame 2008
