Fred Hughes - Georgia On My Mind

From '' Baby Boy ''
Label: Brunswick ‎- BL 754157
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1969
Tracklist
A1 Oo Wee Baby I Love You
A2 The Son Of Hickory Hollow's Tramp
A3 In My Time Of Need
A4 Georgia On My Mind
A5 Baby Boy
B1 I Understand
B2 San Francisco Is A Lonely Town
B3 Don't Let This Happen To Us
B4 Who You Really Are
B5 People
Directed By - Willie Henderson
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"Georgia on My Mind" is a song by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, closely associated with the cover version by Ray Charles, a native of Georgia, who recorded it for his 1960 album The Genius Hits the Road.
It became the official state song of Georgia in 1979.
Original version
The song was written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics).
Carmichael wrote that the song was composed when bandleader Frankie Trumbauer suggested that he write about the state of Georgia.
According to Carmichael, Trumbauer also suggested the opening lyrics should be "Georgia, Georgia ...", with the remaining lyrics coming from Gorell.
The song was first recorded on September 15, 1930, in New York by Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke on muted cornet and Hoagy Carmichael on vocals.
It featured Eddie Lang on guitar.
The recording was part of Beiderbecke's last recording session.
The recording was released as Victor 2013 with "One Night in Havana".
In 2014, the recording was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Cover versions
The song has been covered by many artists, significant among them:
Ailee,
Richard Manuel,
Louis Armstrong,
Ethel Waters,
Frankie Laine,
Dean Martin,
Jerry Reed,
Glenn Miller,
Eddy Arnold,
The Anita Kerr Singers,
Brenda Lee,
Zac Brown Band,
Michael Bublé,
Michael Bolton,
Dave Brubeck,
Anita O'Day,
Mildred Bailey,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Rebecca Parris,
Gerald Albright,
Jo Stafford,
Gladys Knight,
Gene Krupa,
Grover Washington, Jr.,
James Brown,
Usher,
Fats Waller,
Billie Holiday,
Nat Gonella and The Georgians,
Django Reinhardt,
Khalil Fong,
Wes Montgomery,
Jerry Garcia,
John Scofield,
John Mayer,
Jerry Lee Lewis,
Little Willie Littlefield,
The Righteous Brothers,
Deep Purple,
Tom Jones,
Jackie Wilson,
Maceo Parker,
Crystal Gayle,
Van Morrison,
Ray Bryant,
Coldplay,
Annie Lennox,
The Joel Haynes Trio,
Spencer Davis Group (Steve Winwood),
Tony Rice,
Lou Rawls,
Arturo Sandoval,
Oscar Peterson
Al Hirt,
The Hi-Lo's & The Jerry Fielding Orchestra,
Bing Crosby.
Frankie Trumbauer had the first major hit recording in 1931, when his recording made the top ten on the charts.
The song was a standard at performances by Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks in the late 1950s and early 1960s, where it was sung by pianist Richard Manuel.
Ray Charles
It was not until Ray Charles' 1960 recording on The Genius Hits the Road, that the song became a major hit, reaching the number one spot for one week in November 1960 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. On March 7, 1979, in a mutual symbol of reconciliation after conflict over civil rights issues, he performed it before the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature).
After this performance, the connection to the state was firmly made, and the Assembly adopted it as the state song on April 24.
Jamie Foxx and Alicia Keys, backed by Quincy Jones and his Orchestra, performed a new arrangement in honor of Ray Charles at the 2005 Grammy Awards.
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson recorded "Georgia" on his 1978 album Stardust.
It was released as single, peaked at #1 for a single week and a total of 16 weeks on a country chart.
A year later, Nelson won a Grammy award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for his version of the song.
Cultural significance
In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine named "Georgia on My Mind" the 44th greatest song of all time.
The title of the song was used as the state of Georgia's license plate slogan exclusively from January 1997 through November 2003
The Beatles' song "Back in the U.S.S.R." contains an allusion to "Georgia on My Mind", in which Paul McCartney sings about the female population of the Soviet Republic of Georgia ("and Georgia's always on my mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mind") right after "the Ukraine girls" and "Moscow girls."
Brantley Gilbert referenced the song in his 2012 single "More Than Miles".
Vance Joy paid homage to the song in his 2015 single "Georgia".
It was the theme song for CBS show series, Designing Women (1986-1993).