Guess the 1960s song lyrics #275

*First line is the artist name. This song was first recorded in 1930. This artist recorded it in 1960 and took it to #1. He was a native of the state the song is about. The string intro was copied by the Eagles for their piano intro to Desperado. In 1979, this song was made the state song of this state and the artist performed the song at the capital. An instrumental version of this song was the theme of Designing Women.