I love Hoagy Carmichael... although he didn't play this song in the movie depicted here "To Have and Have Not"... there are limited selections available for his music in this day... but he was so good. I have one tape... cassette at that. Can't even find a CD remake...lol
Thank you, I was reading about this song and did not know Carmichael and Gorrell had written this. Thank you for posting this. I loved Hoagy Carmichael...
Hoagy Carmichael, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in the movie "To Have and Have Not". A really great Movie, if you like Classic Movies as I do anyway........
I've read a few accounts of how and why this song was written, and they suggested it was about the state, and not a girl. Yet in this version, he sings, "Each day, Georgia my honey..." Interesting. I always thought it was a girl and just made more sense that way.
I got to stop listening to so much Hoagy Carmichael. I for some reason close my eyes for the entire duration of a song but then open them 3 songs later. I got stuff to do, no thanks Hoagy
As so many have pointed out this isn't in To Have and Have Not. It is from an LP "Hoagy Sings Carmichael" which was reissued as a CD in, I think, the nineties and which has again been reissued and is currently available. Carmichael sings in the company of such greats as Harry "Sweets" Edison and Art Pepper.
Oh boy I think I could play this well if only Lauren was standing at my side. No wonder Slate Shannon kept "Sailor" around for all those years on The Bold Venture. I knew she was a knock out, but she rates an 11+ from this cat. Lucky in Love Humphrey. :)
Most associated with Brother Ray (and justifiably so), it's a treat to finally hear it by the genius that wrote it.
Thankyouthankyouthankyou.
(His descending vocal phrase at the end has perfectly in-tune half-steps, except for one or two perfectly-executed QUARTER TONES, where he needs an additional eighth-note to make the phrase-length work. This is astonishing.)
Barbera Paterson: Carmichael recorded "Georgia on My Mind" with Bix Beiderbecke on cornet[4] Eddie Lang on guitar, Joe Venuti on violin, Jimmy Dorsey on clarinet, and Charles Winters on double bass in September 15, 1930, in New York City. This was part of Beiderbecke's last recording session. From Wikipedia