Georgia White
Georgia White (9 March 1903 – c.1980) was an American blues singer, most prolific in the 1930s and 1940s. Little is known of her early life, but it has been suggested that she was born in Sandersville, Georgia. By the late 1920s she was singing in clubs in Chicago. She made her first recording, "When You're Smiling, the Whole World Smiles With You," with Jimmie Noone's orchestra in 1930. She returned to the studio in 1935, and over the next six years recorded over 100 tracks for Decca Records, usually accompanied by the pianist Richard M. Jones and also, in the late 1930s, by the guitarist Lonnie Johnson. She also recorded under the name Georgia Lawson. Her tracks included "I'll Keep Sitting on It," "Take Me for a Buggy Ride," "Mama Knows What Papa Wants When Papa's Feeling Blue," and "Hot Nuts." Her best-known song was "You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now" (1935). White formed an all-female band in the 1940s. She also performed with Bumble Bee Slim and Gassy Slaps. She joined Big Bill Broonzy's Laughing Trio in 1949 as pianist. "She was very easy to get along with," said Broonzy, "real friendly." She was a club singer in the 1950s, finally performing in 1959 in Chicago. She then resumed performing on weekends at the Blue Pub, a bar on Irving Park Road near the Kennedy Expressway, where she quickly won a loyal following. She sang many of her famous songs, including "Maybe I'm Wrong Again," a ballad from an early Bing Crosby movie. One of her songs, "Alley Boogie" (recorded in 1937), was used as the theme music for the British romantic comedy drama series, Love Soup. White's version of "Hot Nuts" was featured in the 2022 film, Jackass Forever. |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 9, 1903 (Sandersville), Died 1980
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, piano
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 99 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 65600 | 10-in. | 5/18/1939 | Fire in the mountain | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 65601 | 10-in. | 5/18/1939 | When the red sun turns to gray (I'll be back) | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 65652 | 10-in. | 5/26/1939 | Hydrant love | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 65653 | 10-in. | 5/26/1939 | Do it again | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 65654 | 10-in. | 5/26/1939 | Beggin' my Daddy | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 65655 | 10-in. | 5/26/1939 | What have you done to me | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 65656 | 10-in. | 5/26/1939 | Take me for a buggy ride | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 67563 | 10-in. | 4/18/1940 | Jazzin' babies blues | Georgia White | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 67564 | 10-in. | 4/18/1940 | Papa pleaser | Georgia White | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 67575 | 10-in. | 4/18/1940 | Sensation blues | Georgia White | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 67576 | 10-in. | 4/18/1940 | Late hour blues | Georgia White | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 67577 | 10-in. | 4/18/1940 | Panama limited blues | Georgia White | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 67578 | 10-in. | 4/18/1940 | You ought to be ashamed of yourself | Georgia White | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90154 | 10-in. | 7/15/1935 | Honey dripper blues | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 90155 | 10-in. | 7/15/1935 | Freddie blues | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 90156 | 10-in. | 7/15/1935 | Easy rider blues | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 90157 | 10-in. | 7/15/1935 | Graveyard blues | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 90309 | 10-in. | 9/7/1935 | Your worries ain't like mine No.2 | Georgia White | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90310 | 10-in. | 9/7/1935 | You done lost your good thing now No.2 | Georgia White | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90715 | 10-in. | 5/11/1936 | New Dupree blues | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 90716 | 10-in. | 5/11/1936 | Daddy let me lay it on you | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 90717 | 10-in. | 5/11/1936 | New hot nuts | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 90718 | 10-in. | 5/11/1936 | It must be love | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 90719 | 10-in. | 5/12/1936 | I just want your stingaree | Georgia White | vocalist | ||
Decca | 90720 | 10-in. | 5/12/1936 | Black rider | Georgia White | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "White, Georgia," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110377.
White, Georgia. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110377.
"White, Georgia." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: White, Georgia, 1903-1980 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96059104
Wikidata: Georgia White - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q531439
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/14960662
MusicBrainz: Georgia White - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/baa93085-4b0c-4528-bf6b-52f27fff0162
ISNI: 0000 0000 4556 7538 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000045567538
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