Sweet Georgia Brown - Green’s New Novelty Orchestra

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Sweet Georgia Brown - Green’s New Novelty Orchestra

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Thanks for sharing this. I hadn't heard it before. The verseless arrangement is very unusual.

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The Harlem Globe Trotters, use an instrumental version with a guy whistling. As their theme song.

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Yes, indeed. That's probably the association most folks today make with this tune.

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Yup!

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