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"Can You Do Sweet Georgia Brown?"
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| Artist | Song | |
| Anita O'Day |
Sweet Georgia Brown 
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| Count Basie | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| Cab Calloway | Sweet Georgia Brown (1931) | |
| Coleman Hawkins | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| Acker Bilk | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| Bing Crosby | Sweet Georgia Brown (1932 #2) | |
| Gene Krupa & His Orchestra | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| The Three Flames | Sweet Georgia Brown | |
| Nat King Cole Trio | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | Sweet Georgia Brown | |
| Benny Goodman | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) (1938) | |
| Django Reinhardt | Sweet Georgia Brown (Swing Instrumental) (1937) | |
| Muggsy Spanier & his Dixieland Band | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| Benko Dixieland Band | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| Chris Barber | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| Bob Wills | Sweet Georgia Brown | |
| Dick Hyman Group (howard alden) | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| Django Reinhardt | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| Ethel Waters | Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) | |
| Harry James | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| Tony Sheridan with the Beatles (backing vocals) | Sweet Georgia Brown (1964) | |
| Willie Nelson | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| Dave Van Ronk | Sweet Georgia Brown | |
| Jamey Aebersold | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| Stephane Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin | Sweet Georgia Brown (Instrumental) | |
| Ray Charles | Sweet Georgia Brown (1960) | |
Comment:
I Don't do many mixes like this; only when I come across a song that is so good that you can hear it 26 times in a row and still love it.This mix has 16 strictly instrumental tunes plus 10 with vocals. One indication of the quality of this song is how many big name musicians have performed it.Two songs not included were on previous mixes of mine (My 1925 mix of a few days ago and my Whistlers Welcome mix of 1/21/2005), namely the 1925 original by Ben Bernie in 1925 and the Globetrotter's theme song by Brother Bones in 1949. Anyway, the variety of styles and singing on this mix should hopefully be enough for you to enjoy it all the way through! Oh, and if anybody knows which group is performing with Django Reinhardt on track 13, please let me know!My apologies to the first few who may have downloaded my mix with track 5 as Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band. I decided that the violin was just not in tune with the great trumpet solo and cut it from the mix and replaced it with what is now track 14. For those who might want the original mix, it can be accessed by the link on the second song title.Feedback:
Hooray! I added this to the Exhibit Never Too Much of a Good Thing. There is a limit of 2 per mixer so it was bye bye Perdido, but this is worth it.
Excellent! What a lineup. I have the Harry James (King James "live" version).
Am I allowed in if I can do the sweet Leroy Brown?
Interesting array, my friend.
Interesting array, my friend.
This is hip and that ain't no jive.
I've played this tune with a 21 piece orchestra, a 9 piece Jazz Band, (3) different Dixieland Quartets and as a duet with a 12-String Player. Thanks for the link, lots of versions I don't know here.
Wow, amazing work.
Sweet! Starting out with Anita O'Day was a good move, that lets you know right away you're not going to be listening to 26 standard Dixieland treatments - - and ending up with Ray Charles closes out on a fine "play it again" note. Also I must say the mix of eras and the interspersing of vocals with instrumentals is thoughtful & effective. Masterpiece!