I noticed next week's Tom Hanks show on Boss Radio 66 is on the theme of Georgia. I wonder if they will play this or more likely the Ray Charles version. Apparently the lyricist was referring to Hoagy's sister Georgia.
This original version of Hoagy’s ode to the Peach State was recorded at the final session to feature jazz legend Bix Beiderbecke, who died less than a year later. Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Jimmy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden, and Bud Freeman were among the other players that day at Victor’s 24th St. studio. Most familiar to later generations was the song’s best-selling 1960 treatment by Ray Charles (listen here: 
• 1960 HITS ARCHIVE: Georgia On My Mind - Ra... )
