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Jimmie Davis
Person · male · United States · Quitman · born 1899 · died 2000 · recording since 1934
American singer, songwriter and 47th Governor of Louisiana (1899–2000)
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Also known as Gov. Jimmie Davis · J.Deivis · James Houston Davis · Jimmy Davies · 吉米·戴維斯
Timeline
59 events▣ Album 55◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1✦ Award 1† Death 1
1890s
1930s
· Debut release
Debut release: There Ain't Gonna Be No Afterwhile / Easy Rider Blues
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1970s
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Album: Sheltered in the Arms of God and Nine More Selected By Jimmy Davis
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Biography
English biography2,196 words · 12 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1374394757
Biography
James Houston Davis (September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000) was an American singer, songwriter, and Democratic Party politician. After achieving fame for releasing both sacred and country songs, Davis served as the 47th governor of Louisiana from 1944 to 1948 and again from 1960 to 1964.
Davis was a nationally popular country music and gospel singer from the 1930s into the 1960s, helping country music gain appeal beyond the rural southern U.S. and occasionally recording and performing as late as the early 1990s. His most popular song, a cover of "You Are My Sunshine
You Are My SunshineSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1I Hung My Head and CriedA2Lost LoveA3You Are My SunshineA4There’s a Chill on the Hill TonightA5There’s a Moon Over My ShoulderA6Nobody’s Darlin’ but MineB1It Makes No Difference NowB2My MaryB3Worried MindB4Columbus Stockade BluesB5I Just Dropped in to Say GoodbyeB6Live and Let Live", was released in 1940 and would become Louisiana's official state song. 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.
First elected in 1944, Davis served two non-consecutive terms as governor of Louisiana, during which he implemented the first driver's licensing, public employee pension, and civil service systems in Louisiana and opposed desegregation. 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. He is also the only U.S. governor to have lived in the 1800s, the 1900s, and the 2000s.
Childhood and birth date confusion
Davis was born in Quitman, Louisiana, as one of 11 children to sharecropper parents. He was not sure of his date of birth; according to The New York Times, "Various newspaper and magazine articles over the last 70 years said he was born in 1899, 1901, 1902 or 1903. He told The New York Times several years ago that his sharecropper parents could never recall just when he was born – he was, after all, one of 11 children – and that he had not had the slightest idea when it really was." The birth date listed on his Country Music Hall of Fame plaque is September 11, 1904.
Education
Davis graduated from Beech Springs High School and Soule Business College, before completing a bachelor's degree at Louisiana College (now Louisiana Christian University) in 1924. He graduated from Louisiana State University in 1927 with a Master of Arts in psychology; his thesis, which examines the intelligence levels of different races, is titled Comparative Intelligence of Whites, Blacks and Mulattoes.
Career beginnings
During the late 1920s, Davis taught history and social studies for a year at the former Dodd College for Girls in Shreveport. The college president, Monroe E. Dodd, who was also the pastor of First Baptist Church of Shreveport and a radio preacher, invited Davis to serve on the faculty. During his teaching career, Davis also performed music on Friday nights for Shreveport radio station KWKH.
Musical career
Davis became a commercially successful singer of rural music before he entered politics. His "smooth vocal style...helped popularize country music far beyond its original rural southern audience," wrote Michael Gray for Country.com in 2000. Davis signed his first recording contract with Victor Talking Machine Company in 1929. His early work was in the style of country music singer Jimmie Rodgers. Davis was also known for recording energetic and raunchy blues tunes, such as "Red Nightgown Blues" and "Tom Cat and Pussy Blues", which political opponents would cite in negative campaigning. Some of these records included slide guitar accompaniment by black bluesman Oscar "Buddy" Woods.
In 1934, Davis signed with Decca Records and achieved his first major hit, "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine".
Davis would record his most successful song, a rendition of the traditional "You Are My SunshineYou Are My SunshineSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1I Hung My Head and CriedA2Lost LoveA3You Are My SunshineA4There’s a Chill on the Hill TonightA5There’s a Moon Over My ShoulderA6Nobody’s Darlin’ but MineB1It Makes No Difference NowB2My MaryB3Worried MindB4Columbus Stockade BluesB5I Just Dropped in to Say GoodbyeB6Live and Let Live", in 1940. There would be over 300 covers, including in 1941 by Gene Autry and Bing Crosby. In 1977, Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards signed a bill designating "You Are My Sunshine" as Louisiana's official state song. In 1999, the song was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, and the Recording Industry Association of America named it one of the Songs of the Century. "You Are My Sunshine" was ranked in 2003 as No. 73 on CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music.
Davis often performed during his campaign stops when running for governor of Louisiana. After being elected in 1944, he became known as the "singing governor." While governor, he had a No. 1 hit single in 1945 with "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder".
On September 15, 1951, Davis performed for the first time at the Grand Ole Opry.
A long-time Southern Baptist, Davis recorded a number of Southern gospel albums. In 1967 he served as president of the Gospel Music Association. He was a close friend of the North Dakota-born band leader Lawrence Welk, who frequently reminded viewers of his television program of his association with Davis.
A number of his songs were used as part of motion picture soundtracks. Davis appeared in half a dozen films, including one starring Ozzie and Harriet, who had a TV series under their names. Members of Davis's last band included Allen "Puddler" Harris of Lake Charles. He had served as pianist for singer Ricky Nelson early in his career.
Davis was also a close acquaintance of the country singer-songwriter Hank Williams, with whom he co-wrote the top-10 hit "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle" in 1951, supposedly on a fishing day they spent together. They also performed together on KWKH's Louisiana Hayride.
Political career
In 1938, Davis became public safety commissioner for Shreveport's city commission government and was promoted to the Louisiana Public Service Commission in 1942.
First term as governor (1944–1948)
Davis was elected governor as a Democrat in 1944. Among those eliminated in the primary were State Senator Ernest S. Clements of Oberlin in Allen Parish, freshman U.S. Representative James H. Morrison of Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish, and Sam Caldwell, the mayor of Shreveport. Davis and Caldwell had served together earlier in Shreveport municipal government.
In the runoff, Davis defeated Lewis L. Morgan, an elderly attorney and former U.S. representative from Covington, the seat of St. Tammany Parish, who had been backed by former Governor Earl Kemp Long and New Orleans Mayor Robert Maestri. In the runoff, Davis received 251,228 (53.6 percent) to Morgan's 217,915 (46.4 percent).
Louisiana established its first civil service system under Davis, who appointed two of the leaders of the impeachment effort against Huey Long. He named Cecil Morgan of Shreveport to the Louisiana Civil Service Commission. Morgan was succeeded in the Louisiana House by Rupert Peyton of Shreveport, who also served as an aide to Davis. In addition, Davis retained the anti-Long Ralph Norman Bauer of St. Mary Parish as House speaker, a selection made originally in 1940 by Sam Jones.
Earl Long was seeking the lieutenant governorship on the Lewis Morgan "ticket" and led in the first primary in 1944, but he lost the runoff to J. Emile Verret of New Iberia, then the president of the Iberia Parish School Board.
Davis kept his hand in show business, and set a record for absenteeism during his first term. He made numerous trips to Hollywood to make Western "horse operas."
Under the term limit provision of the state constitution then in effect, Davis was limited to a single non-consecutive term in office.
During Davis’s first term as governor, a number of progressive measures were carried out including additional money for school lunches, increased welfare benefits, new tuberculosis hospitals, and a near-doubling of a per-pupil appropriation for education. This latter measure gave education “the biggest boost in the state’s history,” according to one observer. Additionally, Davis signed legislation creating a driver's licensing system, even going as far as to be the first licensed driver under this system. Other legislation signed by Davis funded the construction of new hospitals and roads, raised teachers' salaries, and created the state employee pension fund, the Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System (LASERS).
The election of 1959–1960
When he became a candidate for a second term in 1959–60, Davis had been out of office for nearly a dozen years. In a later study of this election, three Louisiana State University political scientists described him by the following:
Davis has all the external attributes of a "man of the people", but his serious political connections seem to be with the [parish-seat] elite and its allies, particularly the major industrial combinations of the state. He is in many respects a toned-down version of the old-style southern politician who could spellbound the mass of voters into supporting him regardless of the effects of his programs on their welfare. ... Davis creates the perfect image of a man to be trusted and one whose intense calm is calculated to bring rational balance into the political life of the state.
Pledging to fight for continued segregation in public education in the wake of such court decisions as Brown v. Board of Education, Davis won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination over William M. Rainach and deLesseps Morrison.
Davis ran second in the primary to Morrison, considered an anti-Long liberal by Louisiana standards. He defeated Morrison in the party runoff held on January 9, 1960. As African Americans (who had supported the Republican Party after the Civil War) were still largely disenfranchised in Louisiana, the Democratic primary was the only competitive race for office in the one-party state.
It has been reported that had General Curtis LeMay turned down George C. Wallace's offer to be his candidate for vice president in 1968 on the American Independent Party ticket, that Wallace was ready to announce Davis as his selection for vice president. Other sources say Wallace's second choice was the former governor of Arkansas Orval Faubus.
Second term (1960–1964)
As part of his support of segregation, Davis initiated passage of state legislation to create the Louisiana State Sovereignty Commission, which operated from 1960 to 1967. It "espoused states rights, anti-communist and segregationist ideas, with a particular focus on maintaining the status quo in race relations. It was closely allied with the Louisiana Joint Legislative Committee on Un-American Activities." It was modeled after Mississippi's commission, established in 1956 to resist integration. Davis tapped Frank Voelker Jr., City Attorney of Lake Providence, to chair the newly established Commission. It was given unusual powers to investigate state citizens, and used its authority to exert economic pressure to suppress civil rights activists. Voelker left the commission in 1963 to run for governor; he withdrew and supported other candidates.
Political legacy
Davis established a State Retirement System and funding of more than $100 million in public improvements, while leaving the state with a $38 million surplus after his first term. During his time as governor, Davis raised expenditure on health, education and highways while extending several social welfare programs. New charity hospitals and trade schools were also built, while educational programs for developmentally disabled children were launched. Furthermore, taxes did not increase during his administrations.
Earl Long once remarked that Davis was so relaxed and low-key that one could not "wake up Jimmie Davis with an earthquake".
Public relations specialist Gus Weill, who worked in the Davis campaign in 1959, wrote a biography of the former governor in 1977, entitled You Are My Sunshine, based on Davis' best-known song.
Personal life
Davis's first wife, the former Alvern Adams, the daughter of a physician in Shreveport, was the first lady while he was governor during both terms. A little over a year after Alvern's death in 1967, Davis married the widowed Anna Gordon (February 15, 1917 – March 5, 2004) in a small ceremony in Ringgold, Georgia on December 9, 1968 (The Tennessean). Anna was born Effie Juanita Carter and had been a founding member of the gospel quartet The Chuck Wagon Gang along with her father, a sister and a brother. She had been given the stage name "Anna" during the mid-1930s. Davis was a longtime fan of the group, who were gospel music pioneers with more than 36 million records sold in forty years of affiliation with Columbia Records.
In January 2000, Davis was hospitalized in Baton Rouge after a fall. He died in his sleep from a stroke 10 months later on November 5 at the age of 101. He is interred alongside his first wife at the Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery in his native Beech Springs community near Quitman.
Davis was aged 101 years and 55 days, which made him the longest-lived of all U.S. state governors at the time of his death. Davis held this record until March 18, 2011, when Albert Rosellini of Washington achieved a greater lifespan of 101 years, 262 days.
Honors
The Jimmie Davis Tabernacle is located near Weston in Jackson Parish. The tabernacle hosts occasional gospel singing. At the site is a replica of the Davis homestead (c. 1900) and of the Peckerwood Hill Store, an old general store that served the community.
Davis was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971, the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1972, the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 1997 and The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2008. In 1993, Davis was among the first thirteen inductees of the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.
The Davis archives of papers and photographs is housed in the "You Are My SunshineYou Are My SunshineSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1I Hung My Head and CriedA2Lost LoveA3You Are My SunshineA4There’s a Chill on the Hill TonightA5There’s a Moon Over My ShoulderA6Nobody’s Darlin’ but MineB1It Makes No Difference NowB2My MaryB3Worried MindB4Columbus Stockade BluesB5I Just Dropped in to Say GoodbyeB6Live and Let Live" Collection of the Linus A. Sims Memorial Library at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
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| Wikipedia language versions | 25 | 86.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 88 | 97.4th |
| Studio albums | 57 | 99.4th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 59 | 99.2th |
| Recording span (years) | 66 | 99.2th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (88 release groups · 57 studio albums)
Albums · 57
1947 · studio album
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Disc 11You Are My Sunshine2My MaryDisc 21Let’s Be Sweethearts Again2I’ve Learned My LessonDisc 31What Happened2What’s the Matter With You DarlingDisc 41All Because You Said Goodbye2I’m Hurt Too Much to CryJimmie Davis Sings His Favorite Gospel Songs
1953 · studio album
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A1Someone to CareA2I Won’t Have to Cross Jordan AloneA3When I Prayed Last NightA4When They Ring Those Golden BellsB1Mansion Over the HilltopB2When We All Get Together Up ThereB3Lord I’m Coming HomeB4The Great Milky Way1955 · studio album
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A1Near the CrossA2Supper‐TimeA3To My Mansion in the SkyA4Thirty Pieces of SilverA5Why Didn’t You Tell Me?A6Somewhere There’s a FriendB1I Know Who Holds TomorrowB2By and By (When the Morning Comes)B3Lilly of the ValleyB4Take My Hand Precious LordB5Taller Than TreesB6I Don’t Care What the World May Do1957 · studio album
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A1The Lord Has Been Good to MeA2Cool, Chilly WaterA3I’m Bound for That CityA4I’m Too Close to Heaven to Turn AroundA5I Cannot Find the Way AloneA6Lest I Stray AwayB1The Unclouded DayB2I Will Not Be a StrangerB3Every Hour and Every DayB4Heaven’s Hall of FameB5I Need No Mansion HereB6Led by the Master’s Hand1958 · studio album
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A1How Great Thou ArtA2I’m Just as Rich as YouA3I’m Bound for the KingdomA4The Secret RoadA5In My Father’s HouseA6I Won’t Have to Travel This Valley AloneB1I’ll Meet You IN the MorningB2Dear Lord, Don’t Let Go My HandB3Travel Me HomeB4I Got More Than My ShareB5Thank God for Such a MotherB6I Recommend1958 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:18
A1I’ve Been Changed2:00A2Back in the Fold Again2:32A3Rock of Ages2:30A4These Hands of Clay2:20A5Sundown2:06A6What Can He Do?2:23B1Honey in the Rock2:03B2Sweet Mystery2:35B3Amazing Grace2:27B4The Wonderful Week2:47B5Jesus Wept2:17B6When I Inherit My Mansion2:181959 · studio album
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A1SuppertimeA2My God Is RealA3I’d Rather Have JesusA4Long Long JourneyA5Oh, Why Not TonightA6Where He Leads Me I Will FollowB1When the Master SpeaksB2Battle Hymn of the RepublicB3There Is a FountainB4When I Move to the SkyB5Someday There’ll Be No TomorrowB6What a Friend1959 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1I Hung My Head and CriedA2Lost LoveA3You Are My SunshineA4There’s a Chill on the Hill TonightA5There’s a Moon Over My ShoulderA6Nobody’s Darlin’ but MineB1It Makes No Difference NowB2My MaryB3Worried MindB4Columbus Stockade BluesB5I Just Dropped in to Say GoodbyeB6Live and Let Live1960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:11
A1Someone to Care2:35A2The Haven of Rest2:54A3When the Morning Comes2:07A4Just a Closer Walk With Thee2:41A5What a Day That Will Be2:47A6The Blood That Stained the Old Rugged Cross2:28B1If We Never Meet Again2:42B2One by One2:14B3I Am Bound for the Promised Land2:30B4Pass Me Not2:10B5Shelter From the Storms3:06B6When We All Get to Heaven2:571960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1My Lord Will Lead Me HomeA2Where No One Stands AloneA3Someone to CareA4I Won’t Have to Cross Jordan AloneA5When I Prayed Last NightA6When They Ring Those Golden BellsB1I Know What He MeantB2Do You Ever Think to PrayB3Mansion Over the HilltopB4When We All Get Together Up ThereB5Lord, I’m Coming HomeB6The Great Milky Way1961 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1Saviour Take Me by the HandA2Sweet Hour of PrayerA3The Church in the WildwoodA4Known Only to HimA5I Won’t Have to Cross the Jordan AloneA6Love Lifted MeB1I Want to See Jesus First of AllB2Taller Than TreesB3Where Could I Go?B4Lord Keep Your Hand on MeB5Leaning on the Everlasting ArmsB6Standing on the Promises1961 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:56
A1Touch the Hand of the Lord2:06A2The Taller Your Shadow Will Be2:55A3When I Prayed Last Night2:42A4He Knows What I Need3:07A5Farther Along3:22A6Get on Board, Little Children2:02B1Twenty One2:52B2The Robe of Calvary2:06B3Love, Like the Love of God2:28B4Rock of Ages, Hide Thou Me2:26B5Someone Watching Over You2:35B6In the Sweet Bye and Bye2:151962 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:54
A1When the Saints Go Marching In3:00A2He’ll Be There2:32A3Kneel at the Cross1:46A4I’m Working on a Building1:53A5Who at My Door Is Standing3:07A6The Home Coming Week3:35B1That Glad Reunion Day2:14B2Wasted Years2:10B3My Lord Will Lead Me Home2:07B4What Can I Offer3:03B5Nothing2:47B6Happiness Is Just a Prayer Away2:401962 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:51
A1Do Lord2:35A2When They Ring the Golden Bells3:20A3How Long Has It Been2:30A4When He Reached Down His Hand for Me2:05A5Longing to Go3:29A6The Prettiest Flowers Will Be Blooming2:45B1Come a Little Closer to the Lord2:15B2My Little Boy Blue2:48B3Dear Jesus, Abide With Me2:35B4Crown of Thorns2:28B5A Beautiful LifeB6How Great Thou Art2:011963 · studio album
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A1When the Morning ComesA2Until ThenA3Take the Hand of a PilgrimA4Just as I AmA5Shelter From the StormsA6My Visit to HeavenB1I Am ResolvedB2Beyond the ShadowsB3I Would Not Be DeniedB4He Must DieB5Where Will I Shelter My SheepB6When I Move to the Sky1963 · studio album
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A1Highway to HeavenA2Will You Be SavedA3White RobesA4Each Step You TakeA5Without HimA6At the CrossB1He’s Holding My HandB2Softly and TenderlyB3Beautiful Star of BethlehemB4No Disappointments in HeavenB5Where We’ll Never Grow OldB6Keep Walking1964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:35
A1Sitting on Top of the World2:07A2There Won’t Be a Wedding2:52A3Don’t Close the Door2:34A4The Beginning of the End2:38A5I Had Someone Else Before I Had You (And I’ll Have Someone After You’re Gone)2:21A6Aunt Dinah’s Quiltin’ Party2:15B1Is It Too Late Now2:19B2Rocks in the Mountain3:07B3I’ll Be True to the One I Love2:34B4Where the Old Red River Flows2:39B5Lonesome Whistle2:32B6Always Remember2:371964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 29:55
A1It's Christmas Time Again2:54A2Silent Night2:50A3Beautiful Star of Bethlehem2:29A4It Came Upon the Midnight Clear2:52A5Christmas Message3:02A6No Room at the Inn2:23B1Go Tell It on the Mountain2:11B2Hark! The Herald Angels Sing2:42B3Away in a Manger2:12B4A Child Was Born2:03B5Joy to the World1:47B6Gently Rock His Cradle2:301965 · studio album
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A1At the CrossingA2You Can Have HimA3One Door to HeavenA4Dwelling in Beulah LandA5Born to Serve the LordA6By His Stripes, We Are HealedB1I Wouldn’t Take Nothin’ for My Journey NowB2Ten Thousand AngelsB3The Touch of His Hand on MineB4Far Above the Starry SkyB5Wait for an AnswerB6He’s the Savior of the World1965 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:03
A1He’s Able2:32A2In the Shelter of His Arms2:37A3Blood on the Silver2:10A4Still I Believe2:27A5Five Minutes After I Die2:28A6The Bible Trail2:27B1On My Way to a City2:33B2So Many Reasons2:32B3Safety of His Arms2:35B4It’s Happened to Me2:30B5The Last Super2:34B6At an Altar of Prayer2:381966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:10
A1Will the Circle Be Unbroken3:01A2Jesus Use Me2:42A3Life’s Railway to Heaven2:36A4One More Valley2:30A5One Touch of the Master’s Hand2:44A6A Million Treasures2:27B1Who Am I?3:22B2(Here’s My) Buryin’ Ground2:45B3When All Goes Well2:47B4From Earth to Somewhere2:41B5I’m Nearer Home (Than I Was Yesterday)3:12B6My Altar2:231966 · studio album
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A1Have You Heard the Angels SingingA2My Heart Can SeeA3Time Has Made a ChangeA4Sometimes a MountainA5No One but JesusA6Come on InB1Tell the Angels I’m on My WayB2It Was Not the Nails (That Held Him to the Cross)B3He Takes a Beggar and Makes Him a KingB4Love Is the ReasonB5The Land That Needs No SunB6Dear Son1967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:16
A1Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree2:20A2Silver Bells2:00A3It's Christmas Time Again2:53A4The Priceless Gift of Christmas2:48A5Blue Christmas2:45A6Sniffles2:08B1Forgive Me Santa2:54B2Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer2:16B3Come to the Manger2:34B4White Christmas2:10B5Take Me Back to Babyland2:30B6Going Home for Christmas2:58The Country Side of Jimmie Davis
1968 · studio album
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A1Once a DayA2I Wish I Had Never Seen SunshineA3Anywhere, AnytimeA4I’d Trade All of My TomorrowsA5Another StoryA6Born to LoseB1Faded LoveB2Bury Me Beneath the WillowB3You’ll Be My Last LoveB4Green, Green Grass of HomeB5There Goes My Everything1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:42
A1When God Dips His Love in My Heart2:10A2My Wasted Past2:41A3Down the the Sawdust Trail2:45A4His Grace Is Sufficient for Me2:11A5Death Is Only a Dream2:26A6Praise the Lord, Oh My Soul2:15B1Meet the Savior2:08B2His Marvelous Grace1:55B3Is There Anything Too Hard2:39B4Let Him In2:09B5He’s Always at Home2:38B6Inside His Arms2:451968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 30:29
A1When Jesus Knocks, Let Him In2:34A2In the Garden3:08A3No Wars in Heaven2:21A4My Beautiful Home2:42A5You’re Not Home Yet2:21A6House of Clay2:42B1Surely Goodness and Mercy3:22B2Remind Me, Dear Lord2:50B3Haven’t Been to Church for Sometime2:34B4No One but Jesus Understands2:45B5Diamonds and Gold3:101969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 23:30
A1I’ve Been Changed2:00A2Back in the Fold Again2:32A3These Hands of Clay2:20A4Sundown2:06A5What Can He Do?2:23B1Honey in the Rock2:03B2Sweet Mystery2:35B3Amazing Grace2:27B4The Wonderful Week2:47B5Jesus Wept2:171969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 30:02
A1Whenthe World’s on Fire2:15A2Zion’s Hill3:08A3The Holy Hills of Heaven Call Me2:15A4Too Much to Gain to Lose2:50A5A Chair That Rocked Us All2:24A6I’m Going Home to Watch the Flowers Bloom2:40B1Now I Have Everything2:46B2Let Me Walk With You Jesus3:19B3The Dark Valley2:39B4I’ll See My Savior2:45B5Had It Not Been3:011970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 29:20
A1I’ve Been Born Again2:10A2The Three Nails3:20A3He Is So Precious to Me2:56A4I Believe (In a Hill Called Mount Calvary)2:00A5Rivers1:58A6Sheltered in the Arms of God2:30B1Shake the Nail‐Scarred Hands of Jesus2:38B2I’d Hate to Be the Man (Who Drove the Nails in Jesus’ Hands)2:27B3Today I’m Giving You Away3:35B4A Day Without Prayer2:46B5Going Home3:001971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 28:06
A1They Can’t Love Jesus More Than I Do2:13A2Ain’t That Beautiful Singing2:47A3For God So Loved the World3:00A4That’s Why Jesus Went to Calvary2:29A5Have We Forgotten God2:46A6I Know a Man Who Can2:50B1Old Baptizing Creek2:15B2If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again2:37B3Beyond This Valley2:34B4The Old Rugged Cross Made the Difference2:15B5I Don’t Want to Miss It, Do You?2:201972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
A1Old Time ReligionA2Build My Mansion (Next Door to Jesus)A3Glory Hill in the SkyA4The Eastern GateA5I Believe He’d Go to Calvary for MeA6Lord, Have You Forgotten Me?B1Oh, What a Happy DayB2The King Is ComingB3Crumbs From the TableB4The Night Before Easter (Death Could Not Hold the King)B5If That Isn’t Love1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 30:15
A1Let’s All Shine2:28A2If Heaven’s a Dream (Let Me Dream on)3:05A3House at the End of the Road2:44A4All Heaven Can Call Me by Name2:50A5Higher Ground2:40A6I Drank of That New Wine2:58B1Jesus Is a Soul Saving Man2:21B2Blood Stains on the Mountain3:07B3Memories Coming Home3:30B4I Feel Like Traveling On1:37B5No One to Welcome Me Home2:551973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 30:47
A1Let’s All Go Down to the River1:55A2The Day Is Almost Here2:20A3Draw Me Nearer2:38A4Mama Would Pray2:37A5There Is a River3:38A6Lord, Is There Room in Your Mansion for Me3:26B1Lighthouse Shine on Me3:08B2God’s Last Altar Call2:58B3When the Sun Turns to Ashes2:34B4After Calvary2:49B5Carry His Love From Door to Door2:441974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 24:35
A1Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You2:43A2Shackles and Chains2:47A3I’m Losing My Mind Over You2:21A4Four Walls2:47A5Today I Started Loving You Again2:21B1Welcome to the Club2:45B2Just One Split Second2:50B3Crying Time1:56B4I Can’t Stop Loving You1:55B5Souvenirs of Yesterday2:101974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:17
A1If You Love Him Let Him Know2:26A2When I’m Gone2:26A3Because He Lives2:58A4Take Me Over to the Other Side2:22A5(I’m Going to Climb) The Highest Hill2:41A6Welcome Home2:55B1Christ Is My Sunshine3:15B2Hallelujah Square3:16B3Jesus Take a Hold3:02B4Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown2:45B5City of Gold2:13B6One Day at a Time2:581974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 34:20
A1Let Me Be There2:48A2This Is What Heaven Means to Me2:57A3Why Me, Lord2:48A4Come Walk With Me3:19A5Tears Are a Language3:20A6Give Me a Heart Like Thine2:42B1Over the Next Hill We’ll Be Home2:25B2One Day I Will2:58B3Precious Promises2:30B4It’s Worth It All2:38B5Mama Always Loved the Roses2:55B6I’m Just Going Home3:001975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1Living by FaithA2It’ll Be Alright in the MorningA3It’s Gonna RainA4Treasures UntoldA5Heaven Came DownA6Tears Will Never StainB1There Is No Mountain (That You Can’t Climb)B2Oh, What a SunriseB3Heaven Will Be HeavenB4There’s Room at the CrossB5It’s Enough for MeB6On My Way Home1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 28:11
A1Unlock My Mind2:57A2Jenny Is Afraid of the Dark4:16A3Love Isn’t Love (Till You Give It Away)2:13A4I Can’t Stand the Pain2:44A5Country Sunshine2:02B1I Never Go Around Mirrors2:26B2You Are My Sunshine2:38B3Like Old Times Again3:15B4Lay It on the Line2:35B5Congratulations3:051976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 27:22
A1Walk Through Paradise3:07A2I Don’t Want to Be Free2:19A3This Little Light of Mine2:44A4Nearing a City3:07A5Take Me Home2:27B1Put Jesus First2:58B2Someone to Care2:43B3Don’t Weep for Me2:33B4The Savior, the Sinner and the Fool2:39B5The Homecoming Song2:45Sheltered in the Arms of God and Nine More Selected By Jimmy Davis
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 33:31
A1Sheltered in the Arms of God3:41A2One More Valley3:21A3It’s Enough for Me2:57A4Wasted Years4:00A5By His Stripes Ye Were Healed2:50B1Without Him2:46B2In the Shelter of His Arms3:37B3Someone to Care2:48B4Now I Have Everything3:31B5So Many Reasons4:001977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:30
A1You Are My Sunshine3:00A2It Makes No Difference Now2:18A3Columbus Stockade Blues2:34A4Live and Let Live2:44A5There Won’t Be a Wedding2:37A6My Mary3:21B1Worried Mind2:43B2Lonesome Whistle2:48B3There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder2:00B4Shackles and Chains2:39B5Hung My Head and Cried2:16B6Nobody’s Darling but Mine2:301977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 28:22
A1What Could I Do Without Jesus2:28A2Hold Tight to My Hand3:07A3When I See Him for the First Time3:00A4Without God I’d Have Nothing3:00A5God’s Gonna Give Me a Mountain3:36B1My Cathedral of Dreams2:58B2When I Lay My Burden Down2:07B3The Great Milky Way2:40B4From Calvary to Heaven2:50B5To My Mansion in the Sky2:361978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 34:16
A1Suppertime3:14A2I’m Losing My Mind Over You2:16A3I’ll Keep Hanging On2:35A4The Beginning of the End2:23A5Pretending She’s You3:25A6Hold Me (In Your Ever Loving Arms)2:24B1Dating a Memory3:54B2Is It Too Late Now2:11B3I Just Dropped in to Say Goodbye3:07B4Where the Old Red River Flows2:52B5Without Love2:54B6You’ll Be My Last Love3:011978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 28:42
A1Show Me the Way2:24A2Heaven’s Sounding Sweeter3:28A3Walking in the Sunshine2:28A4He Wrote My Name in Blood2:28A5Even Winds Whisper His Name3:24B1Let Me Smell the Flowers3:06B2Here’s Your Child Again3:16B3She Touched the Hem of His Garment2:47B4When a Million Years Is All Over2:10B5Heaven’s Avenue3:111979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 30:08
A1Soul Train to Glory2:54A2Twenty‐One3:10A3On the Street Where Jesus Walks2:38A4Prayer Time at Our House2:30A5Lord, Slow Me Down2:54B1At the Crossing2:40B2Washed in the Blood3:51B3Don’t Tear the Old House Down2:42B4Living3:17B5Friend in Jesus3:321980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 28:03
A1Will the Circle Be Unbroken2:35A2All I Need Is Jesus3:20A3Just a Little Talk With Jesus2:20A4When the Saints Go Marching In2:47A5Holy4:00B1The Grave Can’t Hold Me2:48B2The Last Mountain2:47B3Just a Closer Walk With Thee2:47B4I’ll Fly Away2:04B5You Are My Sunshine2:351981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Walking on the WaterA2This Old Suitcase, This Old Hat and My ShoesA3Taller Than TreesA4I Want to Be ThereA5Making Reservations to Meet Jesus in the SkyB1Heaven’s National AnthemB2SuppertimeB3The Last Few Miles I’ve Traveled on My My KneesB4Two Glasses of ButtermilkB5The Three Nails1983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 32:27
A1Louisiana, This One’s for You3:33A2Who at My Door Is Standing3:55A3I Was There When It Happened2:23A4The Other Side of the River3:03A5The Saddest Goodbye3:20B1Glory Train2:38B2God Never Gives a Thorn (Unless He Leaves a Rose)3:32B3Going Home for Christmas3:09B4I Still Believe It’s True3:35B5Please Sing the Old Songs for Me3:191985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 28:35
A1The Last Walk3:04A2Jesus Showed Me the Way2:10A3How Long Has It Been2:54A4My Lord Will Lead Me Home2:10A5Break Me Lord, Break Me3:20B1A Queen Without a Crown3:30B2What’s That in Your Hand?2:17B3Peace in the Valley3:02B4I Won’t Leave Without You3:17B5Cool Chilly Water2:511986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:00:45
1Suppertime3:142Peace in the Valley3:023A Queen Without a Crown3:304The Three Nails3:275Just a Closer Walk With Thee2:476Just a Little Talk With Jesus2:207I Bowed My Knees and Cried Holy4:008My Lord Will Lead Me Home2:109Will the Circle Be Unbroken2:3510To My Mansion in the Sky2:5611Amazing Grace2:1712You Are My Sunshine3:0013Nobody’s Darling2:3014I Can’t Stop Loving You2:1015Louisiana, This One’s for You3:2116Where the Old Red River Flows2:5217It Makes No Difference Now2:1818There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder2:0019Columbus Stockade Blues2:3420Welcome to the Club2:5621I’ll Keep Hangin’ On2:3522Is It Too Late Now?2:111986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Hello SunshineA2I’ve Never Been This Homesick BeforeA3I Cannot Find the Way AloneA4We’ll Be Singing HallelujahA5Let Me Walk With You JesusB1Suppertime in GloryB2The Unclouded DayB3Window Shopping for a BlessingB4Someone to CareB5No One to Welcome Me Home1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1It’s Moving TimeA2My Mansion in GloryA3The Rough Side of the MountainA4Behold I Stand at the Door and I KnockA5One More ValleyB1That Sounds Like Home to MeB2I’m Just as Rich as YouB3Are You Washed in the BloodB4Shake the Nail‐Scarred Hand of JesusB5I Was There When It Happened1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
1Ready or Not (He’s Coming Again)2That Sounds Like Home to Me3God Gave Me the Green Light4The Last Mountain5We’ll Be Singing Hallelujah6Resurrection City7I’ve Got Jesus8Guilty of Love9Don’t Be Someone That Jesus Don’t Know10My Lord Will Lead Me Home1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 21:04
1Bang Bang (instr.)1:062Live and Let Live (vocal)2:123It Makes No Difference Now (instr.)1:074Let’s Be Sweethearts Again (vocal)2:355You Are My Sunshine (vocal)1:066You Won’t Be Satisfied That Way (vocal)2:197You Are My Sunshine (vocal)2:388Worried Mind (instr.)1:089Bang Bang (vocal)1:3610It Makes No Difference Now (vocal)2:0111You Won’t Be Satisfied That Way (instr.)1:0012There’s a Moon Over My Shoulder2:16— · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1The Stranger of GalileeA2It’s in My HeartA3Known Only to HimA4Beside the Still WatersA5There Will Be Peace in the ValleyA6Tell Me the Old, Old StoryB1How Great Thou ArtB2Just a Closer Walk With TheeB3Where Is My Wandering BoyB4Somebody Bigger Than You and IB5I’m Singing for My LordB6Blessed Assurance— · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks
A1The Barroom MessageA2The Babys LullabyA3Out of Town BluesA4You Can’t Tell About the Woman NowadaysA5The Shot‐Gun WeddingA6Hold ’Er NewtA7Yo Yo MamaA8Bury Me in Old KentuckyA9Jealous LoverA10Gambler’s ReturnB1Home in CarolinaB2Settling Down for LifeB3My Dixie SweetheartB4You’re the Picture of Your MotherB5Doggone That TrainB6My Louisiana GirlB7The Cowboy’s Home Sweet HomeB8She’s a Hum Dum DingerB9Before You Say FarewellB10Where the Old Red River Flows
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| 1934 | There Ain't Gonna Be No Afterwhile / Easy Rider BluesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks1There Ain't Gonna Be No Afterwhile 2Easy Rider Blues | August 1934 | ||
| 1935 | When It’s Round‐up Time in Heaven / Nobody’s Darling but MineSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 2:45AWhen It’s Round‐up Time in Heaven BNobody’s Darling but Mine2:45 | 12 April 1935 | ||
| 1938 | It Makes No Difference Now / Curse of an Aching HeartSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:27AIt Makes No Difference Now3:07 BCurse of an Aching Heart3:20 | November 1938 | ||
| 1939 | I'm Drifting Back To Dreamland / Nobody's Lonesome for MeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:21AI'm Drifting Back To Dreamland3:16 BNobody's Lonesome for Me3:05 | 30 January 1939 | ||
| 1940 | You Are My Sunshine / Old TimerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:33AYou Are My Sunshine2:48 BOld Timer2:45 | 25 March 1940 | ||
| 1941 | Too Late / There's Old Fashioned House On The HillsideSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAToo Late BThere's Old Fashioned House On The Hillside | 18 April 1941 | ||
| 1942 | I Dreamed of an Old Love Affair / A Sinner's PrayerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks1I Dreamed of an Old Love Affair 2A Sinner's Prayer | 5 September 1942 | ||
| 1944 | There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder / Love Please Don't Let Me DownSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks1There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder 2Love Please Don't Let Me Down | November 1944 | ||
| 1945 | Grieving My Heart Out of You / I’m Sorry If That’s the Way You FeelSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAGrieving My Heart Out of You BI’m Sorry If That’s the Way You Feel | December 1945 | ||
| 1953 | Colinda / When the Train Comes Rollin’ InSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks1Colinda 2When the Train Comes Rollin’ In | July 1953 |
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| 1968 | Greatest HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 27:38A1I Wouldn’t Take Nothin’ for My Journey Now2:42 A2How Great Thou Art2:42 A3One More Valley2:30 A4Someone to Care2:35 A5Wasted Years2:10 B1Supper Time2:38 B2When God Dips His Love in My Heart2:10 B3Taller Than Trees2:28 B4Who Am I?3:22 B5Near the Cross2:26 B6His Marvelous Grace1:55 | Compilation | 1968 |
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| 1969 | In My Father’s HouseSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracksA1I’m Just as Rich as You A2I’m Bound for the Kingdom A3The Secret Road A4In My Father’s House (Are Many Mansions) A5I Won’t Have to Travel This Valley Alone B1I’ll Meet You in the Morning B2Dear Lord, Don’t Let Go of My Hand B3Travel Me Home B4I Got More Than My Share B5Thank God for Such a Mother | Compilation | 1969 | |
| 1974 | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 28:49A1Let’s All Go Down to the River1:55 A2The Eastern Gate2:22 A3Old Baptizing Creek2:15 A4Higher Ground2:40 A5Let Me Walk With You Jesus3:19 A6The Three Nails3:20 B1Let’s All Shine2:28 B2God’s Last Altar Call2:58 B3Highway to Heaven2:30 B4I Don’t Care What the World May Do2:14 B5My Little Boy Blue2:48 | Compilation | 1974 | |
| 1975 | The Best of Jimmie DavisSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 52:04Disc 1 A1Someone to Care2:35 A2Taller Than Trees2:28 A3Supper Time2:38 A4I Wouldn’t Take Nothin’ for My Journey Now2:42 A5Highway to Heaven2:30 B1Where No One Stands Alone2:48 B2How Great Thou Art2:21 B3The Three Nails3:20 B4Sheltered in the Arms of God2:30 B5One More Valley2:30 Disc 2C1If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again2:37 C2In the Garden3:08 C3Forgive Me Santa2:54 C4No One to Welcome Me Home2:55 C5God’s Last Altar Call2:58 D1You Are My Sunshine2:10 D2Bury Me Beneath the Willow2:23 D3It Makes No Difference Now2:15 D4There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder2:08 D5Nobody’s Darlin’ but Mine2:14 | Compilation | 1975 | |
| 1976 | Live!Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 44:30A1Intro0:40 A2I Was There When It Happened & Religious Horse4:56 A3Long, Long Journey3:29 A4Old Baptizing Creek & Old Baptizing Story6:01 A5Could It Be the End of Time Is Near & Marriage Story5:18 A6When We All Get to Heaven3:09 B1Supper Time Story17:42 B2Supper Time3:15 | Live | 1976 | |
| 1983 | Rockin’ BluesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 45:12A1There’s Evil in Ye Children, Gather ’round2:45 A2Red Nightgown Blues2:55 A3Davis’ Salty Dog2:25 A4Saturday Night Stroll3:14 A5Sewing Machine Blues3:16 A6Easy Rider Blues2:52 A71982 Blues2:42 A8High Behind Blues2:47 B1Rockin’ Blues3:10 B2Home Town Blues2:34 B3Tom Cat and Pussy Blues2:54 B4Organ Grinder Blues3:03 B5Penitentiary Blues3:00 B6She Left a’ Runnin’ Like a Sewing Machine2:23 B7Lonely Hobo2:55 B8Arabella Blues2:17 | Compilation | 1983 | |
| 1988 | Barnyard StompSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracksA1Barnyard Stomp A2Doggone That Train A3Down at the Old Country Church A4Wampus Kitty Mama A5Market House Blues A6Alimony Blues A7Midnight Blues A8Get on Board, Aunt Susan B1The Shotgun Wedding B2The Keyhole in the Door B3Bear Cat Mama From Horner’s Corners B4She’s a Hum‐Dum Dinger (From Dingersville) B5She’s a Hum‐Dum Dinger (From Dingersville), Part 2 B6Out of Town Blues B7Pea Pickin’ Mama B8A Woman’s Blues | Compilation | 1988 | |
| 1991 | The Country Music Hall Of FameSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 45:231Nobody’s Darling but Mine2:50 2Jellyroll Blues2:58 3It Makes No Difference Now3:04 4You Are My Sunshine2:52 5I Just Dropped in to Say Goodbye2:39 6I Hung My Head and Cried3:06 7In the Pines2:36 8Mama’s Getting Hot and Papa’s Getting Cold2:52 9There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder2:28 10Come on Over to My House (Ain’t Nobody Home but Me)2:45 11I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine2:59 12Sweethearts or Strangers2:45 13Grievin’ My Heart Out for You2:59 14Bed Bug Blues2:58 15When You Know You’re Not Forgotten by the Girl You Can’t Forget2:49 16Supper Time2:43 | Compilation | 1991 | |
| 1993 | The Best of Jimmie Davis: Country HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks1The Ding Dong Songs 2You Are My Sunshine 3Going to the Function 4Hang on to the Memories 5Dating a Memory 6Lonesome Whistle 7Shackles and Chains 8Nobody’s Darling but Mine 9You’ll Be My Last Love 10Today I’m Giving You Away 11I’m Begging 12Where the Old Red River Flows 13Columbus Stockade Blues 14Going Home for Christmas 15Louisiana This One’s for You 16Welcome to the Club 17Makes No Difference Now 18Last Few Miles 19There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder 20The Beginning of the End | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 1995 | Greatest Hits Finest PerformancesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 33:511You Are My Sunshine3:38 2Pretending She’s You3:25 3It Makes No Difference Now2:18 4I Just Dropped in to Say Goodbye3:07 5Columbus Stockade Blues2:34 6Dating a Memory3:11 7Worried Mind2:43 8I’m Losing My Mind Over You2:16 9Lonesome Whistle2:48 10There Won’t Be a Wedding2:37 11Shackles and Chains2:39 12I’ll Keep Hanging On2:35 | Compilation | 6 July 1995 | |
| 1998 | You Are My SunshineSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 1998 | |
| 2001 | I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her NowSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 28 tracksDisc 1 1You’re My Darling 2I Hung My Head and Cried 3Do You Ever Think of Me 4Ridin’ Down the Arizona Trail 5My Blue Bonnet Girl 6I’ve Learned My Lesson 7In the West Where Life Is Free 8By the Grave of Nobody’s Darling 9You’re the Picture of Your Mother 10Shackles and Chains 11I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine 12Answer to Nobody’s Darling 13Prairie of Love 14Where the Old Red River Flows Disc 21On the Sunny Side of the Rockies 2It Makes No Difference Now 3The Curse of an Achin’ Heart 4I Told You So 5Nobody’s Lonesome for Me 6I’m Wondering Now 7Memories 8Same Old Moon Is Shining 9What Good Will It Do 10I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now 11I’m Hurtin’ Too Much to Cry 12Let’s Be Sweethearts Again 13In My Heart You Will Always Be Mine 14Yo Yo Mama | Compilation | 2001 | |
| 2004 | Jimmie DavisSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks1You Are My Sunshine 2Nobody’s Darlin’ but Mine 3It Makes No Difference Now 4I Just Dropped in to Say Goodbye 5There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder 6I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine 7Sweethearts or Strangers 8I Hung My Head and Cried 9Grievin’ My Heart Out for You 10Goodbye Old Booze 11There’s a Gold Mine in the Sky 12The Prisoner’s Song 13I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes 14Tears on My Pillow 15Columbus Stockade Blues 16I Dreamed of an Old Love Affair 17When It’s Peach Picking Time in Georgia 18Jimmie’s Travelin’ Blues 19Shackles and Chains 20High Geared Daddy | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2004 | Famous Country Music MakersSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 57:421You Are My Sunshine2:52 2Nobody’s Darlin’ but Mine2:49 3It Makes No Difference Now3:04 4I Just Dropped In to Say Goodbye2:39 5There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder2:28 6I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine2:59 7Sweethearts or Strangers2:45 8I Hung My Head and Cried3:06 9Grievin’ My Heart Out for You2:59 10Goodbye Old Booze2:57 11There’s a Goldmine in the Sky3:06 12The Prisoner’s Song3:06 13I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes3:06 14Tears on My Pillow2:39 15Columbus Stockade Blues2:44 16I Dreamed of an Old Love Affair2:38 17When It’s Peach Pickin’ Time in Georgia2:47 18Jimmie’s Travellin’ Blues2:58 19Shackles and Chains2:49 20High Geared Daddy3:11 | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2007 | Midnight Blues 1929-1933Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks1Out of Town Blues 2Home Town Blues 3She’s a Hum Dum Dinger 4Penitentiary Blues 5Arabella Blues 6Lonley Hobo 7A Woman’s Blues 8Beat Cat Mama From Horner’s Corner 9She Left A‐Runnin’ Like a Sewing Machine 10She’s a Hum Dum Dinger (From Dingersville) Part 2 11Market House Blues 12Midnight Blues 13Pea Pickin’ Papa 14Davis’ Last Day Blues (1982 Blues) 15High Behind Blues 16Sewing Machine Blues 17Red Nightgown Blues 18Davis’ Salty Dog 19The Shotgun Wedding 20Tom Cat and Pussy Blues 21Organ Grinder Blues 22Rockin’ Blues 23Wampus Kitty Mama 24The Keyhole in the Door 25Alimony Blues 26Easy Rider Blues | Compilation | 2007 | |
| 2013 | The Jimmie Davis Collection 1929-1947Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 53 tracksDisc 1 1Out of Town Blues 2Home Town Blues 3She’s a Hum Hum Dinger 4Arabella Blues 5Bearcat Mama From Horner’s Corner 6Penitentiary Blues 7A Woman’s Blues 8Lonely Hobo 9Davis Limited 10She’s a Hum Hum Dinger (From Dingersville) 11She Left A‐Runnin’ Like a Sewing Machine 12Midnight Blues 13Market House Blues 14Get on Board Aunt Susan 15Pea Pickin’ Papa 16There’s Evil in Ye Children 171982 Blues (Davis’ Last Day Blues) 18High Behind Blues 19Red Nightgown Blues 20Davis’ Salty Dog 21Saturday Night Stroll 22Sewing Machine Blues 23The Shotgun Wedding 24Tomcat and Pussy Blues 25Organ Grinder Blues 26Rockin’ Blues Disc 21Wampus Kitty Mama 2Keyhole in the Door 3Alimony Blues 4Easy Rider Blues 5Good Time Papa Blues 6Shirt Tail Blues 7Nobody’s Darlin’ but Mine 8When a Boy From the Mountain (Weds a Girl From the Valley) 9In My Cabin Tonight 10Ridin’ Down the Arizona Trail 11That’s Why I’m Nobody’s Darling 12Do You Ever Think of Me 13Sweet Lorene 14Pi‐Rootin’ Around 15Just a Girl That Men Forget 16Goodbye to Old Booze 17Down at the End of Memory Lane 18The Last Letter 19You Are My Sunshine 20Old Timer 21My Mary 22Prisoner’s Song 23I Hung My Head and Cried 24There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder 25Bang Bang 26I’m Gonna Write Myself a Letter 27I Just Dropped in to Say Goodbye | Compilation | 2013 | |
| 2017 | Don’t Take My Sunshine Away: Vintage Hillbilly Blues and Ballads 1932–1949Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 28 tracks1I’m Hurt Too Much to Cry 2Walkin’ My Blues Away 3No Good for Nothin’ Blues 4There’s a Chill on the Hill Tonight 5Columbus Stockade Blues 6Live and Let Live 7Bang Bang 8I Hung My Head and Cried 9I’m Sorry If That’s the Way You Feel 10The Prisoner’s Song 11Grievin’ My Heart Out for You 12Sweethearts or Strangers 13Is It Too Late Now 14The Last Letter 15You Are My Sunshine 16It Makes No Difference Now 17There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder 18There’s a Gold Mine in the Sky 19Hard Hearted Mama 20Nobody’s Darling but Mine 21Honky Tonk Blues 22Come on Over to My House (Ain’t Nobody Home but Me) 23Goodbye Old Booze 24Jelly Roll Blues 25Graveyard Blues 26High Geared Mama 27Good Time Papa Blues 28Peach Pickin’ Time Down in Georgia | Compilation | 11 August 2017 | |
| 2025 | Essential Classics, Vol. 942: Jimmie DavisSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 57:25Disc 1 1You Are My Sunshine2:48 2Columbus Stockade Blues2:44 3Nobody's Darlin' but Mine2:50 4Goodbye Old Booze2:57 5My Mary2:43 6It Makes No Difference Now3:04 7The Prisoner's Song3:06 8There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder2:28 9I Hung My Head and Cried3:06 10I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes3:06 Disc 21Tears on My Pillow2:39 2I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine2:59 3Grievin' My Heart Out for You2:59 4I Just Dropped In to Say Goodbye2:39 5I Dreamed of an Old Love Affair2:38 6There's a Goldmine in the Sky3:06 7Sweethearts or Strangers2:45 8Shackles and Chains2:49 9When It's Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia2:47 10High Geared Daddy3:12 | Compilation | 15 August 2025 | |
| — | The best of Jimmie Davis: Gospel FavoritesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 23 tracks · 1:06:561My Lord Will Lead Me Home2:13 2Suppertime2:43 3To My Mansion in the Sky2:43 5The Three Nails3:33 6Sheltered in the Arms of God2:31 7I Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now2:44 8Sounds Like Home to Me3:01 9With a Cross on His Back3:14 10Show Me the Way2:28 11I Was There When It Happened2:22 12The Last Few Miles on My Knees3:48 13Just a Closer Walk With Thee2:50 14He Wrote My Name in Blood2:33 16The List Mountain2:49 17Because He Lives3:18 18We’ll Be Signing Hallelujah2:44 19Louisiana, This One’s for You3:39 20The Great Homecoming3:19 21Let Me Smell the Flowers3:10 22Two Glasses of Buttermilk3:02 23You’re Not Home Yet2:22 4Someone to Care2:53 15Forgive Me2:57 | Compilation | — | |
| — | Fifteen Miles From DallasSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracksA1Bayou Pon Pon A2Fifteen Miles From Dallas A3Colinda A4When the Train Comes Rollin’ In A5In the West A6One Two Three Four A7The Greatest Mistake A8That’s Why B1When the Train B2As Long as You Believe in Me B3White Petals B4There’s a Smile B5I’ve Got News for You B6Bang Bang B7I’m Sorry B8Grievin’ My Heart | Compilation | — | |
| — | Country HitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 20 tracks · 1:00:541The Ding Dong Song3:01 2You Are My Sunshine3:39 3Going to the Function2:29 4Hang On to Memories3:07 5Dating a Memory4:25 6Lonesome Whistle2:50 7Shackles and Chains2:46 8Nobody’s Darlin’ but Mine2:50 9You’ll Be My Last Love2:57 10Today I’m Giving You Away3:40 11I’m Begging3:28 12Where the Old Red River Flows2:52 13Columbus Stockade Blues2:26 14Going Home for Christmas2:56 15Louisiana This One’s for You3:33 16Welcome to the Club2:58 17Makes No Difference Now2:19 18Last Few Miles3:48 19There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder2:02 20The Beginning of the End2:48 | Compilation | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jimmie Davis head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 25 | 86.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 88 | 97.4th |
| Studio albums | 57 | 99.4th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 59 | 99.2th |
| Recording span (years) | 66 | 99.2th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Grammy Hall of Fame | lifetime | |
| 1998 | Grammy Hall of Fame | lifetime | |
| — | Gospel Music Hall of Fame | lifetime | |
| — | Gospel Music Hall of Fame | lifetime |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GovernorJamesDavis.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/06ed4e1e-4416-4a7c-b14b-bc68dfd252aadiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/06ed4e1e-4416-4a7c-b14b-bc68dfd252aacore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q429348genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q429348seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Davisbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Davis
Why this artist is in the database
- List of country music performers
Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 0, 25 language versions)
Image: Harold L. Sellers · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q429348 · MusicBrainz: 06ed4e1e-4416-4a7c-b14b-bc68dfd252aa
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