-- The Gov. Jimmie H. Davis administration appears to face a difficult year in 1961, with the governor's theme of peace and harmony subjected to severe stresses.

" Speaking of Milt Brown and himself working with songs done by Jimmie Davis, the Skillet Lickers, Jimmie Rodgers, and others, and songs he'd learned from his father, he said that " We'd pull these tunes down an set ' em in a dance category.

* 2000 – Jimmie Davis, American singer and politician ( b. 1899 )

* 1899 – Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana ( d. 2000 )

* James Houston " Jimmie " Davis, owned farm property in Tensas Parish.

Another Claiborne Parish educator, John Sparks Patton, once ran against Harris for education superintendent and himself served on the Louisiana Public Service Commission until he was unseated in 1942 by Jimmie Davis.

Southwest of Chatham is Caney Lake and the Jimmie Davis State Park.

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* James Houston " Jimmie " Davis, who is buried there, was a Louisiana governor and writer of the song " You Are My Sunshine ".

He served on the Governor Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Board.

* Neil Thomas ( 1892 – 1963 ), sheriff of Jackson Parish from 1928 – 1948 ; state parole director under the second Jimmie Davis administration, originally a barber in Jonesboro ; father-in-law of Bob Reese

Louisiana singer / composer Jimmie Davis began recording for Decca the same year, joined by western vocalists Jimmy Wakely and Roy Rogers in 1940.

#" My Mary " ( Stuart Hamblen, Jimmie Davis )

During and after World War II Peer published songs such as " Deep In The Heart Of Texas " and " You Are My Sunshine " ( sung by Jimmie Davis, covered by Bing Crosby and many others ), " Humpty Dumpty Heart " ( Glenn Miller ), " You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You " ( Russ Morgan ), " The Three Caballeros " ( Andrews Sisters ), " Say A Prayer For The Boys Over There " ( Deanna Durbin ), " I Should Care " and " The Coffee Song " ( both Frank Sinatra ).

Traditional and modern country music has been dominant, creating its own country stars, like Tim McGraw, Jimmie Davis, Trace Adkins, Hank Williams Jr. and Andy Griggs.

Soon, artists such as Hoot Gibson and Jimmie Davis were recording with Hawaiians.

Jimmie Davis, who served two terms as the Governor of Louisiana, was also a successful country singer who yodeled.

Had Morgan not entered the second primary against James Houston " Jimmie " Davis, Long would have become lieutenant governor without a runoff.

In 1948, Long was elected governor to succeed Jimmie Davis, who had defeated Morgan in the 1944 runoff.

Instead, the term-limited Long unsuccessfully sought the lieutenant governorship on a " ticket " headed by fellow Democrat and wealthy former Governor James Albert Noe, Sr. Jimmie Davis succeeded Long as governor in 1960.

Walker was appointed by a Long intraparty rival, Governor Jimmie Davis to the State Mineral Board.

James Houston " Jimmie " Davis ( September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000 ) was a noted singer of both sacred and popular songs who served two nonconsecutive terms as the Governor of Louisiana ( 1944 – 1948 and 1960 – 1964 ).

Jimmie Foxx was the first player to win multiple times ; 9 players have won three times, and 19 have won twice.

Cowboy defensive lineman Jimmie Jones made two key plays, however ; a second down tackle on Thomas for a one yard loss and a 13-yard sack on third down ; to push the ball back to the 22-yard line and force Buffalo to punt ; a poor, 29 yard kick which the Cowboys recovered at their own 49 yard line.

At the time of his retirement, Williams ranked third all-time in home runs ( behind Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx ), seventh in RBIs ( after Ruth, Cap Anson, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Foxx, and Mel Ott ; Stan Musial passed Williams in 1962 ), and seventh in batting average ( behind Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Lefty O ' Doul, Ed Delahanty and Tris Speaker ).

* Jimmie Angel lands his plane on top of Devil's Mountain ; however, the plane gets damaged and he has to trek through the rainforest for help.

The first theme song used from 1966 to 1970 was an orchestration of " The Silly Song " by Jimmie Haskell ; however, the version used on the show is not the same one released on the LP ( Jimmie Haskell's French Horns, Vol.

" His father's record collection exposed him to various musical genres, such as the blues of Muddy Waters ; the gospel of Mahalia Jackson ; the jazz of Charlie Parker ; the folk music of Woody Guthrie ; and country music from Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers, while the first record he ever bought was by blues musician Sonny Terry.

He had one of the best-known bands in New Orleans in the 1910s, hiring many of the great jazz musicians of the city, including, cornetists Joe " King " Oliver, Mutt Carey, and Louis Armstrong ; and clarinetists Johnny Dodds and Jimmie Noone.

In addition to Mutt Carey and Ed Garland, trumpeters Alvin Alcorn and Teddy Buckner ; clarinetists Darnell Howard, Jimmie Noone, Albert Nicholas, Barney Bigard, and George Probert ; pianists Buster Wilson, Cedric Haywood, and Don Ewell ; and drummer Minor Hall were among his sidemen during this period.

Gene Palmer, Randle Walker ; 1971, Mike Buchanan, Lindsey Roberts ; 1972, Rueben Bussey, Bobby Price, Avery Downing ; 1973, Maurice Jones ; 1974, Coach Ben Pannel, Roy Green, Bobby Hunt, Stanley Lawrence ; 1975, James Brack, Bobby Mowrey, Jerry Malone ; 1976, Pres Young, Rex Scroggins, Dick Ford ; 1977, Robert Knight ; 1979, Jackie Walker, Gregg McNeal ; 1980, Windy Haggard, Syd Keasler, Zell Roberts, Wilber Ingram ; 1981, Kenny Rowe, Martin Luther King Jr, Danny Malone ; 1982, Jimmy Killion, Gene Grammer ; 1983, David Powell, Jerry Bunt ; 1984, Doug Floyd, Ken Jones ; 1985, Mike Trice, Scooter Taylor ; 1986, Brian Koechel, Bryon Lawrence ; 1987, Donald Taylor ; 1988, Jimmie Tallant ; 1989, Tommy Roberts ; 1990, Chris Shafer, Larry Gideon ; 1991, Randy Clark, Clifford Shaw ; 1992, Jimmy Lynn Grimes, Ricky Lawrence ; 1993, Linty Ingram ; 1995, Jeff Brownlee, Ron Gideon ; 1996, John Martin ; 1997, Rob Floyd ; 1998, Steve Green, Patrick Gill ; 1999, J. B. Rodgers ; 2000, Les Langley ; 2001, Rodney Flake ; 2002, Donnie Muckleroy

King, Bill Doggett, Golden " Big " Wheeler, Billy Branch, Bo Diddley, Bobby " Blue " Bland, Bobby Rush, Buckwheat Zydeco, Buddy Guy, Calvin Jones, Carey Bell, Carl Perkins, Chicago Blues Museum All Stars, Barrelhouse Chuck, Chuck Berry, Clarence " Gatemouth " Brown, Dave Myers, Dion Payton, Dr. John, Eddie Boyd, Eddie C. Campbell, Eddie Vinson, Eddy Clearwater, Etta James, Fenton Robinson, Floyd Jones, Fontella Bass, Hank Ballard, Henry Townsend, Homesick James, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Jerry Portnoy, Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmie Lee Robinson, Jody Williams, John Lee Hooker, Johnnie Taylor, John Brim, Johnny Shines, Johnny Winter, Junior Wells, Keith Richards, Koko Taylor, Little Milton, Little Willie Littlefield, Lonnie Brooks, Lowell Fulson, Louisiana Red, Luther Allison, Lurrie Bell, Magic Slim, Matt Murphy, Memphis Slim, Mick Taylor, The Neville Brothers, The Ice Cream Men, Otis Rush, Pee Wee Crayton, Pinetop Perkins, Ray Charles, Robert Cray Band, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Sam Lay, Otis " Big Smokey " Smothers, Snooky Pryor, Son Seals, Lacy Gibson, Staple Singers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sugar Blue, Sunnyland Slim, Taildragger, Taj Mahal, Willie Buck, Willie Dixon, Yank Rachell, Lil ' Ed Williams and the Blues Imperials, and Johnny B. Moore.

Early on the studio recorded Sam & Dave, Led Zeppelin, Isaac Hayes, Leon Russell and The Staples Singers, and in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s recorded James Taylor, ZZ Top, R. E. M., George Thorogood, The Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, and Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Over the years, country music greats such as Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells, Jimmie Davis, Will Strahan, Slim Whitman, Floyd Cramer, Sonny James, Hank Snow, Faron Young, Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, Claude King, Jimmy Martin, George Jones, John and The Three Wise Men, Johnny Cash, Frankie Miller, Tex Ritter, and Lefty Frizzell, among many others performed on Louisiana Hayride.

King formed his first band, the Every Hour Blues Boys, with guitarist Jimmie Lee Robinson and drummer Frank " Sonny " Scott.

Thomas Davis, an uncompromising Garrisonian ; ;

William Austin, Gary Hammond, and Ronnie Davis of South Oak Cliff ; ;

Jefferson Davis considered him the best general in the country ; this was two months before the emergence of Robert E. Lee as the pre-eminent general of the Confederacy.

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Early bassists for the group included Ron Crotty, Bob Bates, and Bob's brother Norman Bates ; Lloyd Davis and Joe Dodge held the drum chair.

Several races across the United States routinely draw several thousand attendees, including races in Buda, Texas ; Davis, California ; Phoenix, Arizona ; Los Alamitos, California ; Findlay, Ohio ; Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ; Kansas City, Kansas ; Palo Alto, California ; and Shakopee, Minnesota.

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

Garfield, the titular character, was based on the cats Davis was around growing up ; he took his name and personality from Davis's grandfather James A. Garfield Davis, who was, in Davis's words, " a large cantankerous man ".

To manage the merchandise, Davis founded Paws, Inc. By 2002, Garfield became the world's most syndicated strip, appearing in 2, 570 newspapers with 263 million readers worldwide ; by 2004, Garfield appeared in nearly 2, 600 newspapers and sold from $ 750 million to $ 1 billion worth of merchandise in 111 countries.

Fans connected with Jon's " loneliness and desperation " and found his " crazy antics " humorous ; Jim Davis himself called Walsh's strips an " inspired thing to do " and said that " some of strips work better the originals ".

The doughnut claim has since been repeated by media such as the BBC ( by Alistair Cooke in his Letter from America program ), The Guardian, MSNBC, CNN, Time magazine, and The New York Times ; mentioned in several books about Germany written by English-speaking authors, including Norman Davies and Kenneth C. Davis ; and used in the manual for the Speech Synthesis Markup Language.