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Georgia On My Mind (ver. 1) by Hoagy Carmichael - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
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"Georgia on My Mind" is a song written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics). It is the official state song of the U.S. state of Georgia. Gorrell wrote the lyrics for Hoagy's sister, Georgia Carmichael . However, the lyrics of the song are ambiguous enough to refer either to the state or to a woman named "Georgia". Carmichael's 1965 autobiography, Sometimes I Wonder, records the origin: a friend, saxophonist and bandleader Frankie Trumbauer, suggested: "Why don't you write a song called 'Georgia?' Nobody lost much writing about the South." Thus, the song is universally believed to have been written about the state. 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. The recording was part of Bix Beiderbecke's last recording session. The recording was.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
Hoagland Howard -Hoagy- Carmichael (November 22; 1899 December 27; 1981) was an American composer; pianist; singer; actor; and bandleader. He is best known for writing the melody to -Stardust- (1927); one of the most-recorded American songs of all time. Carmichael always spelled it -Star Dust-; but the space is usually dispensed with.Alec Wilder; in his study of the American popular song; concluded that Hoagy Carmichael was the -most talented; inventive; sophisticated and jazz-oriented- of the hundreds of writers composing pop songs in the first half of the 20th century. "Georgia on My Mind" is a song written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics). It is the official state song of the U.S. state of Georgia. Gorrell wrote the lyrics for Hoagy's sister, Georgia Carmichael . However, the lyrics of the song are ambiguous enough to refer either to the state or to a woman named "Georgia". Carmichael's 1965 autobiography, Sometimes I Wonder, records the origin: a friend, saxophonist and bandleader Frankie Trumbauer, suggested: "Why don't you write a song called 'Georgia?' Nobody lost much writing about the South." Thus, the song is.
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