Sweet Georgia Brown

Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra · 1925 · version originale, n° 1 pendant cinq semaines

Context

Composed in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard with lyrics by Kenneth Casey, the song was recorded by Bernie's orchestra for Vocalion (15002) and stayed at the top of the sales charts for five weeks. It became a jazz standard, played in Paris in 1937 by Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter and Django Reinhardt, among others. The whistled version recorded in 1949 by Brother Bones and His Shadows became the Harlem Globetrotters' theme in 1952.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras. Among the origins and influences of Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras: Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Dixieland (ODJB, 1917), Third stream.

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Sep 30, 2026: Sweet Georgia Brown - en jazz et en os (Anatomie d'un titre, TSF Jazz, in French)

Sources

• EN: Sweet Georgia Brown
• EN: Ben Bernie

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