Sweet Georgia Brown

"Sweet Georgia Brown"
Music by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard
Lyrics by Kenneth Casey
Written 1925
Original artist Ben Bernie
Recorded by Brother Bones et al

"Sweet Georgia Brown" is a jazz standard and pop tune written in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard (music) and Kenneth Casey (lyrics).

The tune was first recorded on March 19, 1925 by bandleader Ben Bernie, resulting in a five-week No. 1 for Ben Bernie and his Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra.[1] As Bernie's then nationally famous orchestra featuring the number did much to popularize the number, Pinkard cut Bernie in for a share of the tune's royalties by giving him a co-writer credit to the song..

It is widely known as the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.

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Notable versions

In animated cartoons

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Notes and references

  1. ^ CD liner notes: Chart-Toppers of the Twenties, 1998 ASV Ltd.
  2. ^ “” (2006-11-23). "Anita O'Day". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuzWegDm2HY. Retrieved 2010-08-27. 
  3. ^ Craig Cross, Beatles-Discography.com, iUniverse, 2004, p. 46. ISBN 9780595314874.
  4. ^ "Polydor NH 52-906". Dmbeatles.com. http://www.dmbeatles.com/disk.php?disk=86. Retrieved 2010-08-27. 

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