Sweet Georgia Brown (The Mills Brothers)

The Mills Brothers · 1934 · Premier passage Decca, standard de 1925

Context

Cut for Decca on September 12, 1934, after their Brunswick period (until late 1934). A session that also produced "Old Fashioned Love" and "Miss Otis Regrets".

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

Cited in 1 radio episode

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

By the same artist

• Old Fashioned Love (The Mills Brothers) (1934)
• Rockin' Chair (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• Good-bye Blues (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• St. Louis Blues (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• I Can't Give You Anything but Love (The Mills Brothers) (1932)
• Tiger Rag (The Mills Brothers) (1931)

Sources

• adp.library.ucsb.edu
• EN: Mills Brothers discography

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