Georgia state song ray charles. It has often been associated with ray charles a native of the us. Over the next forty years this old sweet song remained his signature piece becoming georgias official state song in 1979. It is the official state song of the us.
Gorrell wrote the lyrics for hoagys sister georgia carmichaelhowever the lyrics of the song are ambiguous enough to refer either to the state or to a woman named georgia. Georgia on my mind is a song written in 1930 by hoagy carmichael music and stuart gorrell lyrics. The assembly made his version of the song georgia on my mind the official state song after he sang it.
Georgia georgia the whole day through the whole day through just an old sweet song keeps georgia on my mind georgia on my mind i said georgia georgia a song of you a song of you comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines other arms reach out to me other eyes smile tenderly still in peaceful dreams i see the road leads back. Hoagy carmichael stuart gorrell everytime i sing this song i sing for my georgiaoooo georgia the whole day through ju. State of georgia who recorded it for his 1960 album the genius hits the roadin 1979 the state of georgia designated ray charless version the official state song.
Stuart gorrell and music by mr. Originally created by hoagy carmichael and stuart gorrell in 1930 and best known for ray charles 1960 rendition it has been georgias official state song since the late 70s. Ray charles enjoys the ovation he received from a joint session of the georgia legislature.
Official state song of georgia georgia on my mind by stuart gorrell and hoagy carmichael was adopted as the official state song of georgia in 1979 replacing georgia by robert loveman and mrs. Born in georgia in 1930 he was one of the fi. Ray charles was one of the true pioneers of soul music.
In the popular imagination ray charles will probably always be linked with his rendition of georgia on my mind his number one pop hit of 1960.