Sweet Georgia Brown

Not to be confused with Sweet Georgia Brown's, a former piano bar in Savannah, Georgia.

"Sweet Georgia Brown"
Brown, circular label of a 'Custome Made Record' Co. 33RPM platter showing the "Sweet Georgia Bown" title
1949 version record label
Brother Bones and His Shadows
Single by Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
B-side"Yearning Just For You"
PublishedMarch 20, 1925 (1925-03-20) Jerome H. Remick & co., New York[1]
ReleasedJune 1925 (1925-06)
RecordedMarch 19, 1925 (1925-03-19), take 575W[2]
Studio799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 2, New York, New York City[2]
GenreJazz
Length2:57
LabelVocalion 15002[3]
Songwriter(s)Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey[2]
Producer(s)Arthur Lange, arranger
Performance by the Dixieland Band of the United States Army Field Band's Jazz Ambassadors from 2017

"Sweet Georgia Brown" is a jazz standard composed in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard, with lyrics by Kenneth Casey.

  1. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1925 Musical Compositions For the Year 1925 New Series Vol 20 Part 3. Library of Congress. Copyright Office. 1925.
  2. ^ a b c "Brunswick matrix 573W-576W. Sweet Georgia Brown / Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra -". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "Vocalion (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 15000 - 15499". 78 Discography. Retrieved March 24, 2022.