“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,” they sang ... amalgam of hillbilly swing and Dixieland jazz. The clarinet, piano and trumpet sound like they’re about to burst right out of ...

I remember vividly sitting in the living room with my father, learning “You Are My Sunshine” when I was ... I felt like I was trying to pick up a piano and set it on my lap.

A song loved by generations throughout the world, “You Are My Sunshine” has special resonance in Louisiana. Statewide affection for the love song-lament largely goes to the late Louisiana Gov.