Hoagy Carmichael - Georgia on My Mind

© Written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics) ©

Gorrell wrote the lyrics for Hoagy's sister, Georgia Carmichael. However, the lyrics of the song are ambiguous enough to refer either to the state or to a woman named "Georgia".

Carmichael's 1965 autobiography, "Sometimes I Wonder", records the origin: a friend, saxophonist and bandleader Frankie Trumbauer, suggested: "Why don't you write a song called 'Georgia'? Nobody lost much writing about the South." Thus, the song is universally believed to have been written about the state.

(The photo has very little to do with the song. look for "To Have And Have Not". Brilliant Piece)