Georgia On My Mind

Sete
South of France

We were driving back to Paris with Shorena from the Republic of Georgia. She said that Ray Charles’ hit song Georgia On My Mind does not refer to the American State of Georgia but to her Georgia in Europe. I was taken by the melody, which made me do a little research and found out that this song was written by Carmichael and Gorrell in 1930, and in 1979 it became the official state song of Georgia in the United States. That means, Ray Charles neither wrote nor composed the song. Hmmm, Shorena….
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