Ethel Waters - Georgia On My Mind (1939) video free download

orchardist1965

Pure Class. Thank you.

Chane Garcia

¡Esta canción hace que se me erice los pelos de las partes que no puedo nombrar! jejeje... ¡Es bella esta canción!... Una pregunta: ¿Existen adaptaciones de este tema, pero en español?, es español debe ser un temazo ¡Eh!.

john e Lawler

I sang this but not in million years in her class, & I as good

Robert Beauchamp

Une magnifique découverte. Merci!

john e Lawler

one quite fancyable lady

FreddyG58

I deeply respect Ethel Waters for bringing Georgia on my mind to us and I enjoyed her style of singing. A cover is much more than just singing the same song. It's a unique musical art opportunity for the musician who weaves in their own expressive style. For me, Ray Charles greatly enhanced the song with his rich soulful jazzy style. 

ConcreteRose85'

this is type of music i absolutely love and dont really know y

Giovannifrancesco Biosa

Ethel Waters - Georgia On My Mind

liz Dawson

They play the instrumental as the theme song for the 1990's show Designining Women.

Barry I. Grauman

Recorded on September 22, 1939.

Spyros Pope

just amazing...

Gregory Ford

Wow, the thought of Miss Waters doing "songbooks" just made me think of what a loss it is that it didn't happen.

direfranchement

If you have ever heard Billie's first recording, "My Mother's Son-in-Law", you'll know that one of her earliest inspirations was Ethel Waters. I don't think Waters ever recorded that particular tune, but if you listen to Billie's reading of it, she sounds like a carbon copy of Waters, with the older diva's perfect, somewhat exaggerated diction. Billie would, of course, quickly drop that as she eased into her own individual style later on.

Sascha Högger

At her time, it was very common to cover songs. They didn't put out song after song like pop factories today and covering a song was considered a compliment. I love to hear the same song in different styles and voices =)

Ellenie Ash

Loved this. Great to hear her again in her prime. Thanks for this. It is one of my favorites to sing. I like her style. About the pic of the guy and his guitar... Who was that? There is nothing to tell you how this pic relates to this song. Did he play for it. I don't think he was Hoagy Carmichael cause I have seen pics of him before.

Cakalene

Such a pleasure to understand every word the lady sings; A great interpretation of a great song. Beautiful.

PacificRose

I love the group photo that starts at 58 seconds... I see her telltale glass of milk on the table. Love, love, love!

Teresa Baker

where did you get the photo's for this video? Really nice.

William Lang

I remember listening to this when I was young with my grandmother. It was great then and it still is. Thank you.

direfranchement

@thelonelyslayer Many people have covered this song--it is an American standard. Ray Charles, however, did something with the song that had never been done before, and in that sense, his is original. The first recorded version was by Hoagy Carmichael himself in 1930. Ethel Waters, along with Mabel Mercer to some degree, was the prototype for all jazz chanteuses of consequence that came after her. Alas, if only she had recorded "songbooks" ala Ella Fitzgerald when she was in prime voice!

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