Hamburg, Germany, using the original lyrics. This was released in Germany, on Sheridan's EP Ya Ya in 1962 and in Greece as the b-side of the single Skinny Minny. This recording was rereleased as a single in 1964 during the wave of Beatlemania with Sheridan having re-recorded the vocals with tamer lyrics and the additional verse: "In Liverpool she even dares/to criticize the Beatles' hair/With their whole fan-club standing there/oh Sweet Georgia Brown". This version can be heard on the German compilation album The Beatles' First! and its numerous reissues. The song was edited as a single for the American market with added guitar and drum parts. Nancy Sinatra, for the 1966 album Sugar Jerry Lee Lewis, for the 1970 album There Must Be More To Love Than This Rahsaan Roland Kirk, for the 1976 album The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man. Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and Ray Brown performed the song live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1977 Oscar Peterson, Live at the Blue Note, 1990 Roberta Flack recorded "Sweet Georgia Brown" for her 1994 album Roberta: as Flack feared the song might be perceived as demeaning to women her version featured newly-added lyrics - written by Flack with her producers Jerry Barnes and Katreese Barnes - meant to establish Georgia Brown as (Roberta Flack quote:) "a strong woman who is gorgeous, sexy, strong and intelligent" rather than a pass-around girl. "Sweet Georgia Brown" has become a staple of Flack's live shows, the singer having stated that the lyric changes (Roberta Flack quote:) "cost me $25,000 so I sing [the song] whenever I have the chance." The hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest sampled a 1976 cover by The Singers Unlimited for their penultimate album The Love Movement on the track "Start It Up". Denny Zeitlin, Slickrock, 2003 Mel Brooks used a Polish version of the song in his 1983 movie To Be or Not to Be. It is performed by himself and his wife Anne Bancroft. Take 6's version on the 2008 album The Standard features both whistling and vocals. Danny Gatton- Redneck Jazz Explosion Live in 1977 CD- The Humbler Stakes His Claim See also List of 1920s jazz standards Notes and references 1925 songs 1925 singles Basketball music The Beatles bootleg recordings Harlem Globetrotters 1920s jazz standards Ella Fitzgerald songs The Beatles with Tony Sheridan songs Harry Connick Jr. songs Trini Lopez songs