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Georgia on My Mind

from 21 Songs Live (2023) by Matthew Embry

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Music by Hoagy Carmichael, lyrics by Stuart Gorrell (1930), this song became the official state song of Georgia in 1979. Hoagy's recording in 1930 included Bix Beiderbeck on horn. Even though Gorrell's name didn't appear on the copyright, Carmichael routinely sent him royalty checks. It remains possible that Gorrell's lyrics were mistakenly written with Hoagy's sister in mind but that's not been verified. Ray Charles, born in Georgia, did the definitive recording in 1960, making the song his own on the album The Genius On The Road. It went into the Grammy Hall of Fame twice, once in 1993 with Ray Charles' 1960 version and again in 2014 for Hoagy Carmichael's 1930 recording with his orchestra. The song has remained a major piece of The Great American Songbook.
   
photo of Ray Charles + Willie Nelson.

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from 21 Songs Live (2023), released August 6, 2023

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