Sweet Georgia Brown's

Sweet Georgia Brown's was a piano bar in Savannah, Georgia. Located at 312 West St. Julian Street, on Franklin Square in Savannah's City Market, the bar was co-owned by musicians Joe Odom and Nancy Hillis, real-life characters in John Berendt's book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1994). "For over two years, it was the place everyone wanted to be in Savannah and everyone partied there until the wee hours," said Kathryn Gifford, a Savannah tour guide in 1997. Emma Kelly, dubbed the "Lady of 6,000 Songs" by Johnny Mercer, regularly played at the bar.

The bar was named for "Sweet Georgia Brown", a song released in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard, with lyrics by Kenneth Casey.

A branch of Savannah's Candy Kitchen occupies the bar's former location today.

References

1. Sweet Georgia Brown
2. The Fabulous Moolah
3. Pomade
4. Harlem Globetrotters
5. Georgia Brown (English singer)
6. Sweet and Lowdown
7. Georgia Brown
8. The Beatles' First
9. Billy Tipton
10. Sweet Earth Flying
11. Joe Odom (attorney)
12. Brother Bones
13. The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire
14. Bass saxophone
15. Nobody's Child (Hank Snow song)
16. My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean
17. Ducktail
18. Jacqueline Moore
19. Ya Ya
20. Ain't She Sweet (album)