The song was a standard at performances by Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks, where it was sung by pianist Richard Manuel after 1964. In 1962, famed jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald released a rendition of the song, produced by Norman Granz, on the album Ella Swings Gently with Nelson. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine named the Ray Charles version of "Georgia on My Mind" the 44th greatest song of all time. During the opening credits of the show's sixth season in 1991, Charles performed his version of the song live on piano while the show's cast looked as the opening credits.
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The TV series Designing Women used an instrumental version of "Georgia on My Mind" as its opening theme. In 1979, the song was designated the State Song of Georgia, and Charles was invited to perform it at the state capitol. President Jimmy Carter sings in Ray Charles' version of the song. In 1977, Robert Grossman, James Picker and Craig Whitaker created a clay animation short, Jimmy the C, in which U.S. It would also be the song most associated with his musical career. Charles' hit rendition would become the most widely-known version of the tune from this time on. In 1960, Ray Charles, a native of Georgia, recorded a version of the song that went to No. Ĭarmichael recorded "Georgia on My Mind", with Bix Beiderbecke on cornet, in New York City on September 15, 1930. Gorrell's name was absent from the copyright, but Carmichael sent him royalty checks anyway. He jokingly volunteered the first two words, "Georgia, Georgia.", which Carmichael ended up using while working on the song with his roommate, Stuart Gorrell, who wrote the lyrics. But Carmichael wrote in his second autobiography Sometimes I Wonder that saxophonist Frankie Trumbauer told him he should write a song about the state of Georgia. It has been asserted that Hoagy Carmichael wrote the song about his sister, Georgia. Stuart Gorrell's letter to the Bremen Enquirer, August 3, 1961 The song has become part of the Great American Songbook tradition. In 1979, the State of Georgia designated Ray Charles' version the official state song. state of Georgia and recorded it for his 1960 album The Genius Hits the Road. However, the song has been most often associated with soul singer Ray Charles, who was a native of the U.S. " Georgia on My Mind" is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell and first recorded that same year by Hoagy Carmichael.
Single by Hoagy Carmichael and his Orchestra Georgia on My Mindĭecember 22, 1930 92 years ago ( ) Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. For other uses, see Georgia on My Mind (disambiguation).
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