"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine ... "

The song's been covered by Lawrence Welk and Cowboy Mouth, Mitch Miller and Mitch Ryder, Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and Bryan Ferry, to name just a few.

"You make me happy when skies are grey …”

A "sung to death...hackneyed" song, sniffed one critic, who clearly had attended one too many campfires.

"You'll never know dear, how much I love you …”

It's a pr...