Yusuf Performs For Jimmy Fallon - Noise11.com
Yusuf Islam - Image By Ros O'Gorman

Yusuf Islam Cat Stevens - Image By Ros O'Gorman

Yusuf Performs For Jimmy Fallon

by Roger Wink, VVN Music on December 15, 2014

in News

Yusuf, the former Cat Stevens, appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Friday night to sing a song from his latest album, Tell ‘Em I’m Gone.

Instead of choosing an original, Yusuf performed his rocked up cover of the 1939 song You Are My Sunshine.

Sunshine was written by country singer Jimmie Davis, who later served two stints as the governor of Louisiana, and Charles Mitchell and was recorded by Davis the following year. That version is enshrined in the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.

The song was covered the next year by Gene Autrey, Mississippi John Hurt, Bing Crosby and many others and, later, by the likes of Ike and Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin and Brian Wilson.

——————————————————————————————————————————————
Never miss a story! Get your free Noise11.com daily music news email alert. Subscribe to the Noise11 Music Newsletter here

Listen to the Noise11 Music News channel now at iHeartRadio

Follow Noise11.com on Facebook and Twitter

——————————————————————————————————————————————

more from vvnmusic.com

Related Posts

The Rolling Stones 2023 photo supplied Universal Music
The Rolling Stones Announce 2024 North American Hackney Diamonds Tour Dates

The Rolling Stones have announced 15 dates for a North America Hackney Diamonds tour of 2024.

7 days ago
Eric Clapton live at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne photo by Ros O'Gorman
Eric Clapton Guitar Sells for $1.27 million

Eric Clapton's 'The Fool' guitar has sold at auction for a whopping $1.27 million (£1.03 million).

November 22, 2023
The Rolling Stones 2023 photo supplied Universal Music
The Rolling Stones To Announce 2024 Touring Plans

The Rolling Stones have teased a huge 2024 world tour.

November 21, 2023
The Rolling Stones 2023 photo supplied Universal Music
Rolling Stones 2024 Rumoured Dates Published On IORR

Rumoured dates for a 2024 Rolling Stones North American tour have been published by Stones fan forum iorr.org.

November 18, 2023
Neil Young Before and After
Neil Young Previews Another Chunk of ‘Before And After’ Album

Neil Young has premiered another cluster of songs from the upcoming ‘Before and After’ album made up of newly recorded versions of songs performed on his recent ‘Coastal’ tour of the west coast USA.

November 18, 2023
Ray Davies - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Ray Davies Teases Possible New Kinks Music

The Kinks have around “20 songs” waiting to be worked on.

November 16, 2023
Ben Keith Christmas At The Ranch
Ben Keith Christmas Album Reissued for 2023

Ben Keith’s 1994 Christmas Album ‘Christmas At the Ranch’ has been reissued for the Christmas of 2023.

November 14, 2023