Georgia on My Mind

E29317
jazz standard popular song song torch song

"Georgia on My Mind" is a classic American song, most famously performed by Ray Charles, that has become closely associated with the U.S. state of Georgia and its cultural identity.

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Georgia on My Mind canonical 9
Georgia on My Mind is the official state song of Georgia, performed famously by Ray Charles 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
popular song ⓘ
song ⓘ
torch song ⓘ
associatedWith U.S. state of Georgia ⓘ
bestKnownVersionBy Ray Charles ⓘ
billboardHot100PeakPosition 1 ⓘ
billboardHot100PeakYear 1960 ⓘ
chartAchievement Billboard Hot 100 number-one single ⓘ
composer Hoagy Carmichael ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance anthem associated with the state of Georgia ⓘ
firstRecordingArtist Hoagy Carmichael ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
pop ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
grammyAward Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ⓘ
grammyAwardYear 1961 ⓘ
hasMusicalForm ballad ⓘ
includedInRegistry United States National Recording Registry ⓘ
surface form: National Recording Registry
influenced American popular music ⓘ
keyThemesInLyrics emotional attachment to a place ⓘ
memories of Georgia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Stuart Gorrell ⓘ
mostFamousRecordingArtist Ray Charles ⓘ
mostFamousRecordingYear 1960 ⓘ
notablePerformer Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Hoagy Carmichael ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Ray Charles ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
officialDesignation official state song of Georgia ⓘ
recordLabelOfFamousVersion ABC-Paramount ⓘ
registryMaintainedBy Library of Congress ⓘ
stateSongOf Georgia ⓘ
subjectOf numerous cover versions ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme longing ⓘ
love ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
title Georgia on My Mind self-link ⓘ
usedAs symbol of Georgia’s cultural identity ⓘ
yearBecameStateSong 1979 ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1930 ⓘ
yearOfFirstRecording 1930 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. state of Georgia → stateSong → Georgia on My Mind ⓘ
subject surface form: Georgia
Georgia → stateSong → Georgia on My Mind ⓘ
Georgia on My Mind → title → Georgia on My Mind self-link ⓘ
Ray Charles → notableWork → Georgia on My Mind ⓘ
Ray Charles → hasSignatureSong → Georgia on My Mind ⓘ
Ray Charles → stateSongOf → Georgia on My Mind ⓘ
this entity surface form: Georgia on My Mind is the official state song of Georgia, performed famously by Ray Charles
Hoagy Carmichael → notableWork → Georgia on My Mind ⓘ
Stuart Gorrell → notableWork → Georgia on My Mind ⓘ
Stuart Gorrell → wroteLyricsFor → Georgia on My Mind ⓘ
Night Train → hasTrack → Georgia on My Mind ⓘ