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title="Music of Alabama">AL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Arkansas" title="Music of Arkansas">AR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Samoa" title="Music of Samoa">AS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Arizona" title="Music of Arizona">AZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_California" title="Music of California">CA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Colorado" title="Music of Colorado">CO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Connecticut" title="Music of Connecticut">CT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Washington,_D.C." title="Music of Washington, D.C.">DC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Delaware" title="Music of Delaware">DE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Florida" title="Music of Florida">FL</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">GA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Guam" title="Music of Guam">GU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Hawaii" title="Music of Hawaii">HI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Iowa" title="Music of Iowa">IA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Idaho" title="Music of Idaho">ID</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Illinois" title="Music of Illinois">IL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Indiana" title="Music of Indiana">IN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kansas" title="Music of Kansas">KS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kentucky" title="Music of Kentucky">KY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Louisiana" title="Music of Louisiana">LA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Massachusetts" title="Music of Massachusetts">MA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Maryland" title="Music of Maryland">MD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Maine" title="Music of Maine">ME</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Michigan" title="Music of Michigan">MI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Minnesota" title="Music of Minnesota">MN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Missouri" title="Music of Missouri">MO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Music of the Northern Mariana Islands">MP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Mississippi" title="Music of Mississippi">MS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Montana" title="Music of Montana">MT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_North_Carolina" title="Music of North Carolina">NC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_North_Dakota" title="Music of North Dakota">ND</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Nebraska" title="Music of Nebraska">NE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_New_Hampshire" title="Music of New Hampshire">NH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_New_Mexico" title="Music of New Mexico">NM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Nevada" title="Music of Nevada">NV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_New_Jersey" title="Music of New Jersey">NJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_New_York_(state)" title="Music of New York (state)">NY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Ohio" title="Music of Ohio">OH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Oklahoma" title="Music of Oklahoma">OK</a></li> <li><a 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title="Music of Washington (state)">WA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Wisconsin" title="Music of Wisconsin">WI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_West_Virginia" title="Music of West Virginia">WV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Wyoming" title="Music of Wyoming">WY</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <table class="infobox" style="width: 100%; font-size: 100%; margin: 0; border-width: 1px 0 0 0;"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_songs" title="List of U.S. state songs">State song</a></th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/Georgia_on_My_Mind" title="Georgia on My Mind">Georgia on My Mind</a>"</td></tr></tbody></table></td> </tr></tbody></table><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Georgia_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Georgia_in_United_States.svg/260px-Georgia_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Georgia_in_United_States.svg/390px-Georgia_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Georgia_in_United_States.svg/520px-Georgia_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a><figcaption>Georgia in United States</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>'s musical history is diverse and substantial; the state's musicians include <a href="/wiki/Southern_rap" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern rap">Southern rap</a> groups such as <a href="/wiki/Outkast" title="Outkast">Outkast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Goodie_Mob" title="Goodie Mob">Goodie Mob</a>, as well as a wide variety of rock, pop, blues, and country artists such as the late <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Otis_Redding" title="Otis Redding">Otis Redding</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band" title="The Allman Brothers Band">The Allman Brothers Band</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Athens,_Georgia" title="Music of Athens, Georgia">music of Athens, Georgia</a> is especially well known for a kind of quirky <a href="/wiki/College_rock" title="College rock">college rock</a> that has included such well-known bands as <a href="/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_B-52%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="The B-52's">The B-52's</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pylon_(band)" title="Pylon (band)">Pylon</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_institutions">Music institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Music institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The state's official music museum is the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Georgia Music Hall of Fame">Georgia Music Hall of Fame</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Macon,_Georgia" title="Macon, Georgia">Macon, Georgia</a> from 1996 until it closed in 2011. Colleges such as the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">University of Georgia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Columbus_State_University" title="Columbus State University">Columbus State University</a> have extensive music departments. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indigenous_music">Indigenous music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Indigenous music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_music_of_North_America#Eastern_Woodlands" title="Indigenous music of North America">Indigenous music of North America § Eastern Woodlands</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Folk_music">Folk music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Folk music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Georgia's <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk musical</a> traditions include important contributions to the <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_blues" title="Piedmont blues">Piedmont blues</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shape_note" title="Shape note">shape note</a> singing, and <a href="/wiki/African-American_music" title="African-American music">African-American music</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="African_American_folk_music">African American folk music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: African American folk music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The "<a href="/wiki/Ring_shout" title="Ring shout">ring shout</a>" is an African American musical and dance tradition that is among the oldest surviving African American performance styles in North America. The ring shout tradition is rare in the modern Southern United States, but it still found in <a href="/wiki/McIntosh_County,_Georgia" title="McIntosh County, Georgia">McIntosh County, Georgia</a>, where black communities have kept the style alive. The McIntosh County ring shout is a counterclockwise ring dance featuring <a href="/wiki/Clapping" title="Clapping">clapping</a> and stick-beating percussion with <a href="/wiki/Call-and-response" class="mw-redirect" title="Call-and-response">call-and-response</a> vocals. The ring shout tradition is strongest in Boldon, Georgia (also known as <i>Briar Patch</i>), where it is traditionally performed on <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve" title="New Year's Eve">New Year's Eve</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ring_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ring-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Sea_Island_Singers" title="Georgia Sea Island Singers">Georgia Sea Island Singers</a> are an important group in modern African American folk music in Georgia. They perform worldwide the <a href="/wiki/Gullah" title="Gullah">Gullah/Geechee</a> music of the Georgia coast and <a href="/wiki/Sea_Islands" title="Sea Islands">Sea Islands</a>, and have been touring since the early 1900s; the folklorist and musicologist <a href="/wiki/Alan_Lomax" title="Alan Lomax">Alan Lomax</a> discovered the Singers on a 1959-60 collecting trip and helped to bring their music to new audiences. The Georgia Sea Island Singers have included <a href="/wiki/Bessie_Jones_(American_singer)" title="Bessie Jones (American singer)">Bessie Jones</a>, Emma Ramsey, John Davis, Mayble Hillery, and Peter Davis.<sup id="cite_ref-seaisland_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seaisland-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Fife_and_drum_blues" title="Fife and drum blues">Fife and drum blues</a> has been documented in west central Georgia. </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Freedom_Singers" title="The Freedom Singers">The Freedom Singers</a> are a group that formed in 1962 in <a href="/wiki/Albany,_Georgia" title="Albany, Georgia">Albany</a> to educate communities about issues related to the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Rights Movement">Civil Rights Movement</a> through song. </p><p>Multi-instrumentalist <a href="/wiki/Abner_Jay" title="Abner Jay">Abner Jay</a>, born in <a href="/wiki/Fitzgerald,_Georgia" title="Fitzgerald, Georgia">Fitzgerald</a>, performed eccentric blues-infused folk music as a one-man band. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shape-note">Shape-note</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Shape-note"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Harp" title="Sacred Harp">Sacred Harp</a></i>, first published in 1844, was compiled and produced by Georgians <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_White" title="Benjamin Franklin White">Benjamin Franklin White</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elisha_J._King" title="Elisha J. King">Elisha J. King</a>. They helped establish a singing tradition also known as Sacred Harp, fasola, or shape note singing. The Sacred Harp system uses notes represented by different shapes according to scale degree, intended to make it easy for people to learn to sight-read music and perform complex pieces without a lot of training.<sup id="cite_ref-shapenote_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shapenote-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Established in 1933,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Sacred Harp Publishing Company, located in <a href="/wiki/Carrollton,_Georgia" title="Carrollton, Georgia">Carrollton, Georgia</a>, publishes the most widely used 1991 edition of <i>The Sacred Harp</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hugh_McGraw" title="Hugh McGraw">Hugh McGraw</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bremen,_Georgia" title="Bremen, Georgia">Bremen, Georgia</a>, served as the company's executive secretary from 1958 to 2002 and helped encourage Sacred Harp's recent <a href="/wiki/Sacred_harp#The_spread_of_Sacred_Harp_singing_in_modern_times" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred harp">resurgence in popularity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Georgia-based music label, <a href="/wiki/Bibletone_Records" title="Bibletone Records">Bibletone Records</a>, has reissued a 28-cut CD of Sacred Harp music originally released as LPs by the publishing company.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_folk_music_revival">American folk music revival</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: American folk music revival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">Folksinger</a>/<a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">songwriter</a> <a href="/wiki/Hedy_West" title="Hedy West">Hedy West</a>, active in the <a href="/wiki/American_folk_music_revival" title="American folk music revival">American folk music revival</a> and famous for her song "<a href="/wiki/500_Miles" title="500 Miles">500 Miles</a>", was born in <a href="/wiki/Cartersville,_Georgia" title="Cartersville, Georgia">Cartersville</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_music">Popular music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Popular music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Country">Country</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Country_music_in_Atlanta" title="Country music in Atlanta">Country music in Atlanta</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, on June 14, 1923, the <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> recording industry was launched when <a href="/wiki/Fiddlin%27_John_Carson" title="Fiddlin' John Carson">Fiddlin' John Carson</a> made his first phonograph record for <a href="/wiki/Okeh_Records" title="Okeh Records">Okeh Records</a> Company representative Polk C. Brockman. Carson's recordings of "<a href="/wiki/The_Little_Old_Log_Cabin_in_the_Lane" title="The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane">The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane</a>" and "The Old Hen Cackled and the Rooster's Going to Crow" sold over 500,000 copies and opened the eyes of record company executives to the market for "<a href="/wiki/Old-time_music" title="Old-time music">old-time</a>" country music. Along with Carson, <a href="/wiki/Gid_Tanner" title="Gid Tanner">Gid Tanner</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Skillet_Lickers" title="Skillet Lickers">Skillet Lickers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Yellow_Hammers" title="Georgia Yellow Hammers">Georgia Yellow Hammers</a> made Atlanta and <a href="/wiki/North_Georgia" title="North Georgia">North Georgia</a> an early center of old-time <a href="/wiki/String_band" title="String band">string band</a> music. </p><p>In the 1960s, guitarist <a href="/wiki/Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a>, born in <a href="/wiki/Luttrell,_Tennessee" title="Luttrell, Tennessee">Luttrell, Tennessee</a> but raised in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Georgia" title="Hamilton, Georgia">Hamilton, Georgia</a>, drew on <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> and pop music to help create the smoother country music style known as the <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Sound" class="mw-redirect" title="Nashville Sound">Nashville Sound</a>, expanding country music's appeal to adult pop fans. Country music superstars <a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trisha_Yearwood" title="Trisha Yearwood">Trisha Yearwood</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Travis_Tritt" title="Travis Tritt">Travis Tritt</a> are natives of Georgia. Other successful country music acts from Georgia include <a href="/wiki/Norman_Blake_(American_musician)" title="Norman Blake (American musician)">Norman Blake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Reed" title="Jerry Reed">Jerry Reed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brenda_Lee" title="Brenda Lee">Brenda Lee</a> (who had two #1 Hot 100 hits with "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Sorry_(Brenda_Lee_song)" title="I'm Sorry (Brenda Lee song)">I'm Sorry</a>" in 1960 and "<a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_Around_the_Christmas_Tree" title="Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree">Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree</a>"), <a href="/wiki/Billy_Currington" title="Billy Currington">Billy Currington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Thomson" title="Cyndi Thomson">Cyndi Thomson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Nettles" title="Jennifer Nettles">Jennifer Nettles</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sugarland_(duo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugarland (duo)">Sugarland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daryle_Singletary" title="Daryle Singletary">Daryle Singletary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doug_Stone" title="Doug Stone">Doug Stone</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Berry_(country_singer)" title="John Berry (country singer)">John Berry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhett_Akins" title="Rhett Akins">Rhett Akins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Wills" title="Mark Wills">Mark Wills</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lady_Antebellum" class="mw-redirect" title="Lady Antebellum">Lady Antebellum</a>, as well as up and coming stars <a href="/wiki/Jason_Aldean" title="Jason Aldean">Jason Aldean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Antopolsky" title="Daniel Antopolsky">Daniel Antopolsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brantley_Gilbert" title="Brantley Gilbert">Brantley Gilbert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rhett" title="Thomas Rhett">Thomas Rhett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cole_Swindell" title="Cole Swindell">Cole Swindell</a> (attended <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_University" title="Georgia Southern University">Georgia Southern University</a>), <a href="/wiki/Kip_Moore" title="Kip Moore">Kip Moore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Alaina" title="Lauren Alaina">Lauren Alaina</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jessie_James" class="mw-redirect" title="Jessie James">Jessie James</a>. Other notable country musicians from Georgia include <a href="/wiki/Corey_Smith_(musician)" title="Corey Smith (musician)">Corey Smith</a> (graduated from UGA) and Tabby Crabb from Sumter Co., who worked with the original Urban Cowboy Band, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Howard_(country_singer)" title="Randy Howard (country singer)">Randy Howard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Cochran" title="Hank Cochran">Hank Cochran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a>, and many others in the Nashville style. Georgia country music superstars with a #1 album on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a> chart include Atlanta-area musicians <a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> with 3 #1 albums like <i><a href="/wiki/Drive_(Alan_Jackson_album)" title="Drive (Alan Jackson album)">Drive</a></i> in 2002, and <a href="/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a> with 3 like <i><a href="/wiki/You_Get_What_You_Give_(album)" title="You Get What You Give (album)">You Get What You Give</a></i> in 2010 (Zac Brown attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_West_Georgia" title="University of West Georgia">University of West Georgia</a>); <a href="/wiki/Jason_Aldean" title="Jason Aldean">Jason Aldean</a> with 4 consecutive #1 albums on the Billboard 200 like the country rock <i><a href="/wiki/Night_Train_(Jason_Aldean_album)" title="Night Train (Jason Aldean album)">Night Train</a></i> in 2012 to 2018 (Aldean also had a #1 Hot 100 song "<a href="/wiki/Try_That_in_a_Small_Town" title="Try That in a Small Town">Try That in a Small Town</a>" in 2023, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (from south Georgia, he attended <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_University" title="Georgia Southern University">Georgia Southern University</a>) with 3 like <i><a href="/wiki/Crash_My_Party" title="Crash My Party">Crash My Party</a></i> in 2013, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rhett" title="Thomas Rhett">Thomas Rhett</a> with 2 like <i><a href="/wiki/Life_Changes_(Thomas_Rhett_album)" title="Life Changes (Thomas Rhett album)">Life Changes</a></i> in 2017, and <a href="/wiki/Sugarland" title="Sugarland">Sugarland</a> with 2 #1 albums like <i><a href="/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine_(album)" title="The Incredible Machine (album)">The Incredible Machine</a></i> in 2010. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blues">Blues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Blues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_blues" title="Atlanta blues">Atlanta blues</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ma_Rainey" title="Ma Rainey">Ma Rainey</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Georgia" title="Columbus, Georgia">Columbus</a>, was among the earliest professional <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> singers and one of the first generation of such singers to record. <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_blues" title="Piedmont blues">Piedmont blues</a> artist <a href="/wiki/Blind_Willie_McTell" title="Blind Willie McTell">Blind Willie McTell</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Thomson,_Georgia" title="Thomson, Georgia">Thomson</a>. <a href="/wiki/Country_blues" title="Country blues">Country blues</a> singer and guitarist <a href="/wiki/Peg_Leg_Howell" title="Peg Leg Howell">Peg Leg Howell</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Eatonton,_Georgia" title="Eatonton, Georgia">Eatonton</a>. Singer <a href="/wiki/Ida_Cox" title="Ida Cox">Ida Cox</a> was from <a href="/wiki/Toccoa,_Georgia" title="Toccoa, Georgia">Toccoa</a>. Singer and guitarist <a href="/wiki/Kokomo_Arnold" title="Kokomo Arnold">Kokomo Arnold</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Lovejoy%27s_Station,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lovejoy's Station, Georgia">Lovejoy's Station</a>. Singer <a href="/wiki/Lucille_Hegamin" title="Lucille Hegamin">Lucille Hegamin</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Macon,_Georgia" title="Macon, Georgia">Macon</a>. Singer <a href="/wiki/Trixie_Smith" title="Trixie Smith">Trixie Smith</a> was born in Atlanta. Blues pianists from Georgia include <a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Dorsey" title="Thomas A. Dorsey">Thomas A. Dorsey</a>, born in <a href="/wiki/Villa_Rica,_Georgia" title="Villa Rica, Georgia">Villa Rica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Maceo_Merriweather" title="Big Maceo Merriweather">Big Maceo Merriweather</a>, born in Atlanta, and <a href="/wiki/Piano_Red" title="Piano Red">Piano Red</a>, born near <a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Georgia" title="Hampton, Georgia">Hampton</a>. <a href="/wiki/Barbeque_Bob" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbeque Bob">Barbeque Bob</a> was from <a href="/wiki/Walnut_Grove,_Georgia" title="Walnut Grove, Georgia">Walnut Grove</a>. Singer and guitarist <a href="/wiki/Curley_Weaver" title="Curley Weaver">Curley Weaver</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Covington,_Georgia" title="Covington, Georgia">Covington</a>. <a href="/wiki/Charley_Lincoln" title="Charley Lincoln">Charley Lincoln</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Lithonia,_Georgia" title="Lithonia, Georgia">Lithonia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Harmonicist" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmonicist">Harmonicist</a> <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mapp" title="Eddie Mapp">Eddie Mapp</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Social_Circle,_Georgia" title="Social Circle, Georgia">Social Circle</a>. Harmonicist <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Terry" title="Sonny Terry">Sonny Terry</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_Georgia" title="Greensboro, Georgia">Greesboro</a>. <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Moss" title="Buddy Moss">Buddy Moss</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Jewell,_Georgia" title="Jewell, Georgia">Jewell</a>. Singer and guitarist <a href="/wiki/Blind_Simmie_Dooley" title="Blind Simmie Dooley">Blind Simmie Dooley</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Hartwell,_Georgia" title="Hartwell, Georgia">Hartwell</a>. Songwriter and <a href="/wiki/One-man_band" title="One-man band">one-man band</a> <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Fuller" title="Jesse Fuller">Jesse Fuller</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Jonesboro,_Georgia" title="Jonesboro, Georgia">Jonesboro</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bumble_Bee_Slim" title="Bumble Bee Slim">Bumble Bee Slim</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Brunswick,_Georgia" title="Brunswick, Georgia">Brunswick</a>. Country blues artist <a href="/wiki/Precious_Bryant" title="Precious Bryant">Precious Bryant</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Talbot_County,_Georgia" title="Talbot County, Georgia">Talbot County</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jump_blues" title="Jump blues">Jump blues</a> singer and musician <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wright_(musician)" title="Billy Wright (musician)">Billy Wright</a> was born in Atlanta. Singer and guitarist <a href="/wiki/Robert_Cray" title="Robert Cray">Robert Cray</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Georgia" title="Columbus, Georgia">Columbus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Singer and guitarist Cecil Barfield was born in <a href="/wiki/Bronwood,_Georgia" title="Bronwood, Georgia">Bronwood</a>. <a href="/wiki/Macon,_Georgia" title="Macon, Georgia">Macon, Georgia</a> street performer <a href="/wiki/Pearly_Brown" title="Pearly Brown">Pearly Brown</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Wilcox_County,_Georgia" title="Wilcox County, Georgia">Wilcox County, Georgia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jazz">Jazz</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Jazz"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Big_band" title="Big band">Big band</a> <a href="/wiki/Swing_(genre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Swing (genre)">swing</a> bandleader and pianist <a href="/wiki/Fletcher_Henderson" title="Fletcher Henderson">Fletcher Henderson</a> and his younger brother arranger <a href="/wiki/Horace_Henderson" title="Horace Henderson">Horace Henderson</a> were born in <a href="/wiki/Cuthbert,_Georgia" title="Cuthbert, Georgia">Cuthbert</a>. <a href="/wiki/Stride_pianist" class="mw-redirect" title="Stride pianist">Stride pianist</a> and composer <a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_Williams" title="Mary Lou Williams">Mary Lou Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Avant-garde_jazz" title="Avant-garde jazz">avant-garde jazz</a> alto saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Marion_Brown" title="Marion Brown">Marion Brown</a>, and singer <a href="/wiki/Jean_Carne" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean Carne">Jean Carne</a> were born in Atlanta. Big band bandleader and trumpet player <a href="/wiki/Harry_James" title="Harry James">Harry James</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Albany,_Georgia" title="Albany, Georgia">Albany</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bebop" title="Bebop">Bebop</a> saxophonist <a href="/wiki/James_Moody_(saxophonist)" title="James Moody (saxophonist)">James Moody</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hard_bop" title="Hard bop">hard bop</a> saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Sahib_Shihab" title="Sahib Shihab">Sahib Shihab</a>, and singer <a href="/wiki/Irene_Reid" title="Irene Reid">Irene Reid</a> were born in <a href="/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trombonist <a href="/wiki/J.C._Higginbotham" class="mw-redirect" title="J.C. Higginbotham">J.C. Higginbotham</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Social_Circle,_Georgia" title="Social Circle, Georgia">Social Circle</a>. Tenor saxophonist and arranger <a href="/wiki/Teddy_McRae" title="Teddy McRae">Teddy McRae</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Waycross,_Georgia" title="Waycross, Georgia">Waycross</a>. <a href="/wiki/George_Adams_(musician)" title="George Adams (musician)">George Adams</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Covington,_Georgia" title="Covington, Georgia">Covington</a>. Singer <a href="/wiki/Joe_Williams_(jazz_singer)" title="Joe Williams (jazz singer)">Joe Williams</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Cordele,_Georgia" title="Cordele, Georgia">Cordele</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bebop saxophonist for <a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Jazz_Messengers" title="The Jazz Messengers">The Jazz Messengers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Mobley" title="Hank Mobley">Hank Mobley</a> was born in Eastman. Jazz bassist <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Garrison" title="Jimmy Garrison">Jimmy Garrison</a> who performed with <a href="/wiki/John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alice_Coltrane" title="Alice Coltrane">Alice Coltrane</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ornette_Coleman" title="Ornette Coleman">Ornette Coleman</a> was born in Americus. The jazz fusion group <a href="/wiki/Aquarium_Rescue_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Aquarium Rescue Unit">Aquarium Rescue Unit</a> founded by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Hampton" title="Bruce Hampton">Bruce Hampton</a> was started in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rhythm_and_blues">Rhythm and blues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Rhythm and blues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Georgia" title="Augusta, Georgia">Augusta</a> native James Brown (d.2006) and <a href="/wiki/Macon,_Georgia" title="Macon, Georgia">Macon</a> native <a href="/wiki/Little_Richard" title="Little Richard">Little Richard</a> (d.2020) "The Architect of Rock and Roll" started performing in Georgia clubs on the <a href="/wiki/Chitlin%27_Circuit" title="Chitlin' Circuit">Chitlin' Circuit</a>, fused <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a> with <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boogie-woogie" title="Boogie-woogie">boogie-woogie</a> to lay the foundations for <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rock & roll</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul music</a>, and rank among the most iconic musicians of the 20th century. <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a> was also born in Georgia; Charles helped to invent the soul genre by borrowing elements of <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a>, <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a>. Ray Charles (d. 2004) had 3 #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including "<a href="/wiki/Georgia_on_My_Mind" title="Georgia on My Mind">Georgia on My Mind</a>" in 1960 (which is the official state song of Georgia). Ray Charles won another Grammy for Album of the Year for his 2004 <i><a href="/wiki/Genius_Loves_Company" title="Genius Loves Company">Genius Loves Company</a></i>. Atlanta native <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Willis" title="Chuck Willis">Chuck Willis</a> was a blues, R&B, and rock and roll singer and songwriter active from 1950 to 1958. In the 1960s, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> native <a href="/wiki/Gladys_Knight" title="Gladys Knight">Gladys Knight</a> proved one of the most popular <a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Motown</a> recording artists, while <a href="/wiki/Otis_Redding" title="Otis Redding">Otis Redding</a>, born in the small town of <a href="/wiki/Dawson,_Georgia" title="Dawson, Georgia">Dawson</a> but raised in <a href="/wiki/Macon,_Georgia" title="Macon, Georgia">Macon</a>, defined the grittier <a href="/wiki/Southern_soul" title="Southern soul">Southern soul</a> sound of <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Stax_Records" title="Stax Records">Stax Records</a>. Gladys Knight "The Empress of Soul" had a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with "<a href="/wiki/Midnight_Train_to_Georgia" title="Midnight Train to Georgia">Midnight Train to Georgia</a>" in 1973. Otis Redding (d. 1967, buried near Macon) had a #1 hit on the Hot 100 with "<a href="/wiki/(Sittin%27_on)_the_Dock_of_the_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay">(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay</a>" in 1968. <a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Motown</a> producer and <a href="/wiki/Disco" title="Disco">disco</a> artist <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Bohannon" title="Hamilton Bohannon">Hamilton Bohannon</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Newnan,_Georgia" title="Newnan, Georgia">Newnan, Georgia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Dave_Prater" title="Dave Prater">Dave Prater</a> of the soul duo <a href="/wiki/Sam_%26_Dave" title="Sam & Dave">Sam & Dave</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Ocilla,_Georgia" title="Ocilla, Georgia">Ocilla, Georgia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rock">Rock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Rock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:R.E.M._in_2008_at_the_Albert_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/R.E.M._in_2008_at_the_Albert_Hall.jpg/220px-R.E.M._in_2008_at_the_Albert_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/R.E.M._in_2008_at_the_Albert_Hall.jpg/330px-R.E.M._in_2008_at_the_Albert_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/R.E.M._in_2008_at_the_Albert_Hall.jpg/440px-R.E.M._in_2008_at_the_Albert_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="649" data-file-height="433" /></a><figcaption>Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees <a href="/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pylon_at_AthFest_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Pylon_at_AthFest_2005.jpg/220px-Pylon_at_AthFest_2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Pylon_at_AthFest_2005.jpg/330px-Pylon_at_AthFest_2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Pylon_at_AthFest_2005.jpg/440px-Pylon_at_AthFest_2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1832" data-file-height="1320" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pylon_(band)" title="Pylon (band)">Pylon</a> at <a href="/wiki/Athfest" title="Athfest">Athfest</a> 2005</figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest Atlanta-based music maven, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lowery_(record_producer)" title="Bill Lowery (record producer)">Bill Lowery</a>, started the careers of Ray Stevens, Joe South, Jerry Reed, and countless others, and created the first Georgia-based springboard for such talent, <a href="/wiki/National_Recording_Corporation" title="National Recording Corporation">National Recording Corporation</a>, sporting not only a record label, but a recording studio and pressing plant. Lowery would later work with the likes of Billy Joe Royal, Mac Davis, Dennis Yost & The Classics IV, and The Atlanta Rhythm Section, giving Atlanta national relevance with his Lowery Music group of publishing companies, one of the world's biggest music publishers. Noted session and touring drummer, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Huey" title="Michael Huey">Michael Huey</a>, started his career at Bill Lowery studios. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Roe" title="Tommy Roe">Tommy Roe</a>, from Atlanta, had 2 #1 Hot 100 hits, including "<a href="/wiki/Dizzy_(Tommy_Roe_song)" title="Dizzy (Tommy Roe song)">Dizzy</a>" in 1969. </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band" title="The Allman Brothers Band">The Allman Brothers Band</a>, founded in <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a>, moved to <a href="/wiki/Macon,_Georgia" title="Macon, Georgia">Macon</a> at the urging of their manager, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Walden" title="Phil Walden">Phil Walden</a>, who had previously managed <a href="/wiki/Otis_Redding" title="Otis Redding">Otis Redding</a>. The Allman Brothers had a #2 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with "<a href="/wiki/Ramblin%27_Man_(The_Allman_Brothers_Band_song)" title="Ramblin' Man (The Allman Brothers Band song)">Ramblin' Man</a>" in 1973. Their album <a href="/wiki/Brothers_and_Sisters_(album)" title="Brothers and Sisters (album)">Brothers and Sisters</a> went to #1 on the Billboard 200. <a href="/wiki/Gregg_Allman" title="Gregg Allman">Gregg Allman</a> (d. 2017), his brother <a href="/wiki/Duane_Allman" title="Duane Allman">Duane Allman</a> (d. 1971), and <a href="/wiki/Berry_Oakley" title="Berry Oakley">Berry Oakley</a> (d. 1972) are buried in Macon. Walden's Macon-based <a href="/wiki/Capricorn_Records" title="Capricorn Records">Capricorn Records</a>, spearheaded the rise of <a href="/wiki/Southern_rock" title="Southern rock">Southern rock</a>, and the success of the Allman Brothers paved the way for other <a href="/wiki/Southern_rock" title="Southern rock">Southern rock</a> bands, including <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Rhythm_Section" title="Atlanta Rhythm Section">Atlanta Rhythm Section</a>, South Carolina-based <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Tucker_Band" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshall Tucker Band">Marshall Tucker Band</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>, also founded in Jacksonville. Georgia has also produced a number of Southern rock groups throughout the last three decades, including the <a href="/wiki/Black_Crowes" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Crowes">Black Crowes</a> (who had a #1 album on the Billboard 200 in 1992), <a href="/wiki/The_Georgia_Satellites" title="The Georgia Satellites">The Georgia Satellites</a> (had a #2 Hot 100 hit with <a href="/wiki/Keep_Your_Hands_to_Yourself" title="Keep Your Hands to Yourself">Keep Your Hands to Yourself</a> in '87), <a href="/wiki/Blackberry_Smoke" title="Blackberry Smoke">Blackberry Smoke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Confederate_Railroad" title="Confederate Railroad">Confederate Railroad</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Drivin_N_Cryin" title="Drivin N Cryin">Drivin' 'N' Cryin'</a>. </p><p>The city of <a href="/wiki/Athens,_Georgia" title="Athens, Georgia">Athens, Georgia</a>, home to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">University of Georgia</a>, has been a fertile field for <a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">alternative rock</a> bands since the late 1970s. Notable bands from Athens include <a href="/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_B-52%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="The B-52's">The B-52's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Widespread_Panic" title="Widespread Panic">Widespread Panic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drive-By_Truckers" title="Drive-By Truckers">Drive-By Truckers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cartel_(band)" title="Cartel (band)">Cartel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Of_Montreal" title="Of Montreal">Of Montreal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dead_Confederate" title="Dead Confederate">Dead Confederate</a>. Athens is also home to the <a href="/wiki/Elephant_6_Recording_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Elephant 6 Recording Company">Elephant 6 Recording Company</a>, an indie collective whose members include <a href="/wiki/The_Apples_in_Stereo" title="The Apples in Stereo">The Apples in Stereo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neutral_Milk_Hotel" title="Neutral Milk Hotel">Neutral Milk Hotel</a>. <a href="/wiki/R.E.M." title="R.E.M.">R.E.M.</a> had 2 #1 albums on the Billboard 200: <i><a href="/wiki/Out_of_Time_(album)" title="Out of Time (album)">Out of Time</a></i> in 1991 and <i><a href="/wiki/Monster_(R.E.M._album)" title="Monster (R.E.M. album)">Monster</a></i> in 1994. R.E.M. had 6 #1 songs on the <a href="/wiki/Alternative_Songs" class="mw-redirect" title="Alternative Songs">Alternative Songs</a> chart in the late 80s and 90s. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Stipe" title="Michael Stipe">Michael Stipe</a> attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">University of Georgia</a>. </p><p>Acoustic rock/folk duo the <a href="/wiki/Indigo_Girls" title="Indigo Girls">Indigo Girls</a> got their start in Decatur (they both attended <a href="/wiki/Emory_University" title="Emory University">Emory University</a> in Atlanta, and alternative rock bands <a href="/wiki/Collective_Soul" title="Collective Soul">Collective Soul</a> (had 7 #1 songs on the <a href="/wiki/Mainstream_Rock_chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainstream Rock chart">Mainstream Rock chart</a> in the 90s) and <a href="/wiki/September_Hase" title="September Hase">September Hase</a> began in <a href="/wiki/Stockbridge,_Georgia" title="Stockbridge, Georgia">Stockbridge</a> and Tifton, respectively. Rock pianist <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> spends some time living in Atlanta, and singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/John_Mayer" title="John Mayer">John Mayer</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Why_Georgia" title="Why Georgia">Why Georgia</a>") lived in Atlanta after dropping out of the <a href="/wiki/Berklee_School_of_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Berklee School of Music">Berklee School of Music</a> in 1998. Indie rock and hard rock band <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Orchestra" title="Manchester Orchestra">Manchester Orchestra</a> had a #13 album on the Billboard 200 in 2014 with <i><a href="/wiki/Cope_(Manchester_Orchestra_album)" title="Cope (Manchester Orchestra album)">Cope</a></i>. </p><p>Georgia has contributed to the <a href="/wiki/Ska" title="Ska">ska</a> scene with the bands Treephort, 50:50 Shot, and The Taj Motel Trio. <a href="/wiki/Ska_punk" title="Ska punk">Ska punk</a> has seen a recent revival in Georgia with the regional ska festival, the Mass Ska Raid, taking place for the first time in 2008. </p><p>Along with <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> and the rest of the Southern area, there is a strong <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal music</a> scene in Georgia, with bands such as <a href="/wiki/Mastodon_(band)" title="Mastodon (band)">Mastodon</a> (had a #6 album on the Billboard 200 in 2014), <a href="/wiki/Baroness_(band)" title="Baroness (band)">Baroness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Collective_Soul" title="Collective Soul">Collective Soul</a>, Royal Thunder, <a href="/wiki/Black_Tusk_(band)" title="Black Tusk (band)">Black Tusk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kylesa" title="Kylesa">Kylesa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Withered" title="Withered">Withered</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sevendust" title="Sevendust">Sevendust</a>, <a href="/wiki/Issues_(band)" title="Issues (band)">ISSUES</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norma_Jean_(band)" title="Norma Jean (band)">Norma Jean</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Attila_(metalcore_band)" title="Attila (metalcore band)">Attila</a>. <a href="/wiki/Thrash_metal" title="Thrash metal">Thrash metal</a> band <a href="/wiki/Tetrarch_(band)" title="Tetrarch (band)">Tetrarch</a> are from Atlanta, as is <a href="/wiki/Black_metal" title="Black metal">black metal</a> band Cloak. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Neon_Christ" title="Neon Christ">Neon Christ</a> are a notable band from the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_punk" title="Hardcore punk">Hardcore</a> scene. </p><p>Several <a href="/wiki/Christian_rock" title="Christian rock">Christian rock</a> musicians have come out of Georgia, including <a href="/wiki/Amy_Grant" title="Amy Grant">Amy Grant</a>, who was born in Augusta, <a href="/wiki/Third_Day" title="Third Day">Third Day</a> (had a #6 album on the Billboard 200 in 2008), <a href="/wiki/Casting_Crowns" title="Casting Crowns">Casting Crowns</a> (had 2 #2 albums on the Billboard 200, in 2007 and 2011), <a href="/wiki/Bebo_Norman" title="Bebo Norman">Bebo Norman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Family_Force_5" title="Family Force 5">Family Force 5</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cat_Power" title="Cat Power">Cat Power</a> (Chan Marshall) was born in Atlanta and got her start there. </p><p>The 2000s saw the rise of Atlanta <a href="/wiki/Indie_rock" title="Indie rock">indie rock</a> bands <a href="/wiki/The_Black_Lips" class="mw-redirect" title="The Black Lips">The Black Lips</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deerhunter" title="Deerhunter">Deerhunter</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Coathangers" title="The Coathangers">The Coathangers</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">Pop rock</a> singer songwriter <a href="/wiki/Phillip_Phillips" title="Phillip Phillips">Phillip Phillips</a>, who won the eleventh season of <i><a href="/wiki/American_Idol" title="American Idol">American Idol</a></i> in 2012, was born in <a href="/wiki/Albany,_Georgia" title="Albany, Georgia">Albany</a>. He had a #4 album on the Billboard 200 in 2012. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_International_Pop_Festival_(1970)" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970)">Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970)</a> involved Macon's <a href="/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band" title="The Allman Brothers Band">The Allman Brothers Band</a>.In later decades, Atlanta has hosted the annual 2-day <a href="/wiki/Music_Midtown" title="Music Midtown">Music Midtown</a> festival since 1994 (Atlanta's <a href="/wiki/Collective_Soul" title="Collective Soul">Collective Soul</a> played there in 2000 and 2017, Atlanta's <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Orchestra" title="Manchester Orchestra">Manchester Orchestra</a> in 2011, and Atlanta's <a href="/wiki/Ludacris" title="Ludacris">Ludacris</a> in 2001 and 2012), <a href="/wiki/Shaky_Beats_Music_Festival" title="Shaky Beats Music Festival">Shaky Beats Music Festival</a> (an EDM festival since 2016) and <a href="/wiki/Shaky_Knees_Music_Festival" title="Shaky Knees Music Festival">Shaky Knees Music Festival</a> (a 3-day rock festival since 2013), as well as hosting the <a href="/wiki/TomorrowWorld" title="TomorrowWorld">TomorrowWorld</a> EDM music festival from 2013 to 2015. The city also hosts the EDM Imagine Festival at Atlanta Speedway, as well as the <a href="/wiki/SweetWater_420_Fest" title="SweetWater 420 Fest">SweetWater 420 Fest</a> in Centennial Olympic Park. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hip_hop">Hip hop</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Hip hop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_hip_hop" title="Atlanta hip hop">Atlanta hip hop</a></div> <p>Atlanta-based <a href="/wiki/OutKast" class="mw-redirect" title="OutKast">OutKast</a> proved one of the first commercially successful hip hop groups from outside of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a> or <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>. In the 1990s and 2000s, Atlanta became a leading center of urban music. Artists like <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_(singer)" title="Lloyd (singer)">Lloyd</a> (had a #2 album on Billboard 200 in 2007), <a href="/wiki/T.I." title="T.I.">T.I.</a>, <a href="/wiki/TLC_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="TLC (band)">TLC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monica_(singer)" title="Monica (singer)">Monica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Usher_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Usher (entertainer)">Usher</a>, <a href="/wiki/112_(band)" title="112 (band)">112</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ludacris" title="Ludacris">Ludacris</a>, <a href="/wiki/YoungBloodZ" title="YoungBloodZ">YoungBloodZ</a>, <a href="/wiki/OutKast" class="mw-redirect" title="OutKast">OutKast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goodie_Mob" title="Goodie Mob">Goodie Mob</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley" title="Gnarls Barkley">Gnarls Barkley</a> with <a href="/wiki/CeeLo_Green" title="CeeLo Green">CeeLo Green</a> had a #4 album on Billboard 200 in 2006), and producers such as <a href="/wiki/Organized_Noize" title="Organized Noize">Organized Noize</a>, <a href="/wiki/L.A._Reid" title="L.A. Reid">L.A. Reid</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_Dupri" title="Jermaine Dupri">Jermaine Dupri</a>, the last of whom founded the successful record labels <a href="/wiki/LaFace" class="mw-redirect" title="LaFace">LaFace</a> and <a href="/wiki/So_So_Def_Recordings" title="So So Def Recordings">So So Def</a>, have blurred musical boundaries by blending R&B singing with hip hop production. More recently, Atlanta is also known as a center of <a href="/wiki/Crunk" title="Crunk">crunk</a> music, an electric bass-driven club music whose most visible practitioner has been Atlanta-based producer/hype man/rapper <a href="/wiki/Lil_Jon" title="Lil Jon">Lil Jon</a>. </p><p>There have been several Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles in the genre: <a href="/wiki/Kris_Kross" title="Kris Kross">Kris Kross</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Jump_(Kris_Kross_song)" title="Jump (Kris Kross song)">Jump</a>" in 1992), <a href="/wiki/TLC_(group)" title="TLC (group)">TLC</a> (4 #1s on the Billboard Hot 100, such as "<a href="/wiki/Waterfalls_(TLC_song)" title="Waterfalls (TLC song)">Waterfalls</a>" in 1995), <a href="/wiki/Silk_(group)" title="Silk (group)">Silk</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Freak_Me" title="Freak Me">Freak Me</a>"), <a href="/wiki/Monica_(singer)" title="Monica (singer)">Monica</a> (3 #1s, such as "<a href="/wiki/Angel_of_Mine" title="Angel of Mine">Angel of Mine</a>" in 1999), <a href="/wiki/Usher_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Usher (entertainer)">Usher</a> (9 #1s), <a href="/wiki/Outkast" title="Outkast">Outkast</a> (3 #1s), <a href="/wiki/Ludacris" title="Ludacris">Ludacris</a> (5 #1s, including "<a href="/wiki/Stand_Up_(Ludacris_song)" title="Stand Up (Ludacris song)">Stand Up</a>" in 2003), <a href="/wiki/Ciara" title="Ciara">Ciara</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Goodies_(song)" title="Goodies (song)">Goodies</a>" in 2004), <a href="/wiki/D4L" title="D4L">D4L</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Laffy_Taffy_(song)" title="Laffy Taffy (song)">Laffy Taffy</a>" in 2005), <a href="/wiki/Soulja_Boy" title="Soulja Boy">Soulja Boy</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Crank_That_(Soulja_Boy)" title="Crank That (Soulja Boy)">Crank That (Soulja Boy)</a>" in 2007), <a href="/wiki/T.I." title="T.I.">T.I.</a> (3 #1s, including "<a href="/wiki/Whatever_You_Like" title="Whatever You Like">Whatever You Like</a>" in 2008), <a href="/wiki/B.o.B." class="mw-redirect" title="B.o.B.">B.o.B.</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Nothin%27_on_You" title="Nothin' on You">Nothin' on You</a>" in 2009), <a href="/wiki/Migos" title="Migos">Migos</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Bad_and_Boujee" title="Bad and Boujee">Bad and Boujee</a>" in 2016), <a href="/wiki/Childish_Gambino" class="mw-redirect" title="Childish Gambino">Childish Gambino</a> ("<a href="/wiki/This_Is_America_(Childish_Gambino_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="This Is America (Childish Gambino song)">This Is America</a>" in 2018), and <a href="/wiki/Lil_Nas_X" title="Lil Nas X">Lil Nas X</a> (3 #1s like "<a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Road" title="Old Town Road">Old Town Road</a>" in 2019, the longest running #1 song of all time). Usher also had 4 consecutive #1 albums on the Billboard 200 from <i><a href="/wiki/Confessions_(Usher_album)" title="Confessions (Usher album)">Confessions</a></i> in 2004 to <i><a href="/wiki/Looking_4_Myself" title="Looking 4 Myself">Looking 4 Myself</a></i>. The R&B group <a href="/wiki/112_(band)" title="112 (band)">112</a> were featured on Puff Daddy's #1 Hot 100 song "<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Missing_You" title="I'll Be Missing You">I'll Be Missing You</a>" in 1997. Rapper <a href="/wiki/Yung_Joc" title="Yung Joc">Yung Joc</a> was featured on <a href="/wiki/T-Pain" title="T-Pain">T-Pain</a>'s #1 Hot 100 song "<a href="/wiki/Buy_U_a_Drank" class="mw-redirect" title="Buy U a Drank">Buy U a Drank</a>". R&B singer <a href="/wiki/Sleepy_Brown" title="Sleepy Brown">Sleepy Brown</a> from <a href="/wiki/Savannah,_GA" class="mw-redirect" title="Savannah, GA">Savannah</a> was featured on Outkast's #1 Hot 100 song "<a href="/wiki/The_Way_You_Move" title="The Way You Move">The Way You Move</a>" in 2004. <a href="/wiki/Young_Thug" title="Young Thug">Young Thug</a> was featured on Camila Cabello's #1 Hot 100 song "<a href="/wiki/Havana_(Camila_Cabello_song)" title="Havana (Camila Cabello song)">Havana</a>" in 2018. In addition, Atlanta rapper <a href="/wiki/2_Chainz" title="2 Chainz">2 Chainz</a> had a #1 album on the Billboard 200 in 2012: <i><a href="/wiki/Based_on_a_T.R.U._Story" title="Based on a T.R.U. Story">Based on a T.R.U. Story</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Future_(rapper)" title="Future (rapper)">Future</a> has had 7 consecutive #1 albums on the Billboard 200 including the <a href="/wiki/Trap_music_(hip_hop)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trap music (hip hop)">trap music</a> album <i><a href="/wiki/DS2_(album)" title="DS2 (album)">DS2</a></i> in 2015. <a href="/wiki/21_Savage" title="21 Savage">21 Savage</a> from <a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Georgia" title="DeKalb County, Georgia">DeKalb County</a> has had 2 #1 albums, including one in 2019. <a href="/wiki/Lil_Baby" title="Lil Baby">Lil Baby</a> has had 2 #1 albums like in 2020. R&B singer <a href="/wiki/Summer_Walker" title="Summer Walker">Summer Walker</a> had a #1 album in 2021. </p><p>Additional notable musicians from Georgia include: "<a href="/wiki/What_Kind_of_Fool_(Do_You_Think_I_Am)" title="What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)">What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)</a>" from 1964 by R&B group <a href="/wiki/The_Tams" title="The Tams">The Tams</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Take_Your_Time_(Do_It_Right)" title="Take Your Time (Do It Right)">Take Your Time (Do It Right)</a>" '80 by Post-disco group <a href="/wiki/The_S.O.S._Band" title="The S.O.S. Band">The S.O.S. Band</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Mr._Wendal" title="Mr. Wendal">Mr. Wendal</a>" '92 by <a href="/wiki/Arrested_Development_(group)" title="Arrested Development (group)">Arrested Development (group)</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Whoomp!_(There_It_Is)" title="Whoomp! (There It Is)">Whoomp! (There It Is)</a>" '93 by hip hop and Miami bass duo <a href="/wiki/Tag_Team_(group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tag Team (group)">Tag Team</a>, "<a href="/wiki/My_Boo_(Ghost_Town_DJ%27s_song)" title="My Boo (Ghost Town DJ's song)">My Boo</a>" '96 by R&B and Miami bass group <a href="/wiki/Ghost_Town_DJs" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghost Town DJs">Ghost Town DJs</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Da%27_Dip" title="Da' Dip">Da' Dip</a>" '97 by hip hop and Miami bass rapper <a href="/wiki/Freak_Nasty" title="Freak Nasty">Freak Nasty</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Bring_It_All_to_Me" title="Bring It All to Me">Bring It All to Me</a>" '99 by R&B girl group <a href="/wiki/Blaque" title="Blaque">Blaque</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Think_I%27m_Not" title="Don't Think I'm Not">Don't Think I'm Not</a>" '00 by r&b singer <a href="/wiki/Kandi_Burruss" title="Kandi Burruss">Kandi</a> (who was in <a href="/wiki/Xscape_(vocal_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Xscape (vocal group)">Xscape</a>), "<a href="/wiki/Where_the_Party_At" title="Where the Party At">Where the Party At</a>" '01 by hip hop soul group <a href="/wiki/Jagged_Edge_(American_group)" title="Jagged Edge (American group)">Jagged Edge</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Mess_with_My_Man_(Nivea_song)" title="Don't Mess with My Man (Nivea song)">Don't Mess with My Man</a>" '02 by R&B singer <a href="/wiki/Nivea_(singer)" title="Nivea (singer)">Nivea</a> from Savannah, "<a href="/wiki/Georgia_(Field_Mob_and_Ludacris_song)" title="Georgia (Field Mob and Ludacris song)">Georgia</a>" '05 by Southern hip hop group <a href="/wiki/Field_Mob" title="Field Mob">Field Mob</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Watch_Me_(Whip/Nae_Nae)" title="Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)">Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Silento" class="mw-redirect" title="Silento">Silento</a> in 2015, "<a href="/wiki/Crush_(Jennifer_Paige_song)" title="Crush (Jennifer Paige song)">Crush</a>" '98 by pop singer <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Paige" title="Jennifer Paige">Jennifer Paige</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Lullaby_(Shawn_Mullins_song)" title="Lullaby (Shawn Mullins song)">Lullaby</a>" '98 by pop rock singer <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Mullins" title="Shawn Mullins">Shawn Mullins</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Crazy_for_This_Girl" title="Crazy for This Girl">Crazy for This Girl</a>" 2000 by pop rock twin brothers <a href="/wiki/Evan_and_Jaron" title="Evan and Jaron">Evan and Jaron</a>, "<a href="/wiki/People_Are_Crazy" title="People Are Crazy">People Are Crazy</a>" '09 by country singer <a href="/wiki/Billy_Currington" title="Billy Currington">Billy Currington</a> from Savannah, <i><a href="/wiki/Hey!_Album" title="Hey! Album">Hey! Album</a></i> "Freak of the Week" '98 by pop rock band <a href="/wiki/Marvelous_3" title="Marvelous 3">Marvelous 3</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Butch_Walker" title="Butch Walker">Butch Walker</a>), "<a href="/wiki/Not_an_Angel" title="Not an Angel">Not an Angel</a>" '07 by Post-hardcore band <a href="/wiki/City_Sleeps" title="City Sleeps">City Sleeps</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Bartender_Song_(Sittin%27_at_a_Bar)" title="Bartender Song (Sittin' at a Bar)">Bartender Song (Sittin' at a Bar)</a>" '08 by rap rock and country rock group <a href="/wiki/Rehab_(band)" title="Rehab (band)">Rehab</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sugar_(Dead_Confederate_album)" title="Sugar (Dead Confederate album)">Sugar</a></i> "Giving It All Away" 2010 by psychedelic rock band <a href="/wiki/Dead_Confederate" title="Dead Confederate">Dead Confederate</a> from Augusta, <i><a href="/wiki/Southern_Gothic_(album)" title="Southern Gothic (album)">Southern Gothic</a></i> "Felicia" from 2010 by psychedelic rock and hip hop band <a href="/wiki/The_Constellations" title="The Constellations">The Constellations</a>, and "<a href="/wiki/Lose_Control_(Teddy_Swims_song)" title="Lose Control (Teddy Swims song)">Lose Control</a>" (which went to #1 on Billboard Hot 100 in 2024) by <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Swims" title="Teddy Swims">Teddy Swims</a> from Conyers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classical">Classical</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Classical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Modernism_(music)" title="Modernism (music)">Modernist</a> composer <a href="/wiki/Wallingford_Riegger" title="Wallingford Riegger">Wallingford Riegger</a> was born in Albany.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Singer/composer <a href="/wiki/Roland_Hayes" title="Roland Hayes">Roland Hayes</a> was born in Curryville.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">Opera</a> singer <a href="/wiki/Mattiwilda_Dobbs" title="Mattiwilda Dobbs">Mattiwilda Dobbs</a> was born in Atlanta.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Opera singer <a href="/wiki/Jessye_Norman" title="Jessye Norman">Jessye Norman</a> is native to Augusta. Opera singer <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Barton_(singer)" title="Jamie Barton (singer)">Jamie Barton</a> is from Rome, GA.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Composer/arranger <a href="/wiki/Hall_Johnson" title="Hall Johnson">Hall Johnson</a> was born in Athens.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Composer <a href="/wiki/Lena_McLin" title="Lena McLin">Lena McLin</a> was born in Atlanta. Famous music director <a href="/wiki/Robert_Shaw_(conductor)" title="Robert Shaw (conductor)">Robert Shaw</a> spent much of his time living in Atlanta directing the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Symphony_Orchestra_and_Chorus" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus">Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus</a>. </p><p>Notable Georgian classical groups include the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Atlanta Symphony Orchestra">Atlanta Symphony Orchestra</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Chamber_Players" title="Atlanta Chamber Players">Atlanta Chamber Players</a>, the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Opera" title="Atlanta Opera">Atlanta Opera</a>, the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.georgiaboychoir.org/">Georgia Boy Choir</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Boy_Choir" title="Atlanta Boy Choir">Atlanta Boy Choir</a>, Georgia Symphony Orchestra, <a href="/wiki/New_Trinity_Baroque" title="New Trinity Baroque">New Trinity Baroque</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Symphony_Youth_Orchestra" title="Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra">Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra</a>, Atlanta Ballet, and the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre, as well as symphonies in the cities of Columbus, Macon, Augusta, and Savannah. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Great_American_Songbook">The Great American Songbook</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: The Great American Songbook"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lyricist" title="Lyricist">Lyricist</a> <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mercer" title="Johnny Mercer">Johnny Mercer</a>, whose works include the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Academy Award for Best Original Song">Academy Award</a>-winning song "<a href="/wiki/On_the_Atchison,_Topeka_and_the_Santa_Fe" title="On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe">On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe</a>" and other entries in the <a href="/wiki/Great_American_Songbook" title="Great American Songbook">Great American Songbook</a> of pop music (like "<a href="/wiki/Moon_River" title="Moon River">Moon River</a>") <a href="/wiki/Pop_standards" class="mw-redirect" title="Pop standards">standards</a>, is a native of <a href="/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah</a> and buried there. Mercer co-founded <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Atlanta" title="Music of Atlanta">Music of Atlanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_about_Atlanta" title="List of songs about Atlanta">List of songs about Atlanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blind_Tom_Wiggins" title="Blind Tom Wiggins">Blind Tom Wiggins</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/Folklife/FolkSongsandTales&id=h-549">"The Sacred Harp"</a>. <i>New Georgia Encyclopedia</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2015-10-26</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=About+the+Company+%26%23124%3B+The+Sacred+Harp+Publishing+Company&rft.pub=Originalsacredharp.com&rft.date=2015-05-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Foriginalsacredharp.com%2Fabout%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMusic+of+Georgia+%28U.S.+state%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Bealle, <i>Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and American Folksong</i> (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1997), 194–196.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bealle, <i>Public Worship, Private Faith</i>, 278.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/blues-music-overview">"Blues Music: Overview | New Georgia Encyclopedia"</a>. 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Georgia">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrow_County,_Georgia" title="Barrow County, Georgia">Barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartow_County,_Georgia" title="Bartow County, Georgia">Bartow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Hill_County,_Georgia" title="Ben Hill County, Georgia">Ben Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berrien_County,_Georgia" title="Berrien County, Georgia">Berrien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibb_County,_Georgia" title="Bibb County, Georgia">Bibb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bleckley_County,_Georgia" title="Bleckley County, Georgia">Bleckley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brantley_County,_Georgia" title="Brantley County, Georgia">Brantley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_County,_Georgia" title="Brooks County, Georgia">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_County,_Georgia" title="Bryan County, Georgia">Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulloch_County,_Georgia" title="Bulloch County, Georgia">Bulloch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burke_County,_Georgia" title="Burke County, Georgia">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butts_County,_Georgia" title="Butts County, Georgia">Butts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Georgia" title="Calhoun County, Georgia">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_County,_Georgia" title="Camden County, Georgia">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candler_County,_Georgia" title="Candler County, Georgia">Candler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Georgia" title="Carroll County, Georgia">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catoosa_County,_Georgia" title="Catoosa County, Georgia">Catoosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlton_County,_Georgia" title="Charlton County, Georgia">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_County,_Georgia" title="Chatham County, Georgia">Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chattahoochee_County,_Georgia" title="Chattahoochee County, Georgia">Chattahoochee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chattooga_County,_Georgia" title="Chattooga County, Georgia">Chattooga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_Georgia" title="Cherokee County, Georgia">Cherokee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Georgia" title="Clarke County, Georgia">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Georgia" title="Clay County, Georgia">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_County,_Georgia" title="Clayton County, Georgia">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinch_County,_Georgia" title="Clinch County, Georgia">Clinch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobb_County,_Georgia" title="Cobb County, Georgia">Cobb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_County,_Georgia" title="Coffee County, Georgia">Coffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colquitt_County,_Georgia" title="Colquitt County, Georgia">Colquitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_County,_Georgia" title="Columbia County, Georgia">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook_County,_Georgia" title="Cook County, Georgia">Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coweta_County,_Georgia" title="Coweta County, Georgia">Coweta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Georgia" title="Crawford County, Georgia">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crisp_County,_Georgia" title="Crisp County, Georgia">Crisp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dade_County,_Georgia" title="Dade County, Georgia">Dade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawson_County,_Georgia" title="Dawson County, Georgia">Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur_County,_Georgia" title="Decatur County, Georgia">Decatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Georgia" title="DeKalb County, Georgia">DeKalb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodge_County,_Georgia" title="Dodge County, Georgia">Dodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dooly_County,_Georgia" title="Dooly County, Georgia">Dooly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dougherty_County,_Georgia" title="Dougherty County, Georgia">Dougherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Georgia" title="Douglas County, Georgia">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_County,_Georgia" title="Early County, Georgia">Early</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Echols_County,_Georgia" title="Echols County, Georgia">Echols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effingham_County,_Georgia" title="Effingham County, Georgia">Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_County,_Georgia" title="Elbert County, Georgia">Elbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_County,_Georgia" title="Emanuel County, Georgia">Emanuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evans_County,_Georgia" title="Evans County, Georgia">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fannin_County,_Georgia" title="Fannin County, Georgia">Fannin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Georgia" title="Fayette County, Georgia">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Georgia" title="Floyd County, Georgia">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forsyth_County,_Georgia" title="Forsyth County, Georgia">Forsyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Georgia" title="Franklin County, Georgia">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Georgia" title="Fulton County, Georgia">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilmer_County,_Georgia" title="Gilmer County, Georgia">Gilmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glascock_County,_Georgia" title="Glascock County, Georgia">Glascock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glynn_County,_Georgia" title="Glynn County, Georgia">Glynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_County,_Georgia" title="Gordon County, Georgia">Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grady_County,_Georgia" title="Grady County, Georgia">Grady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Georgia" title="Greene County, Georgia">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwinnett_County,_Georgia" title="Gwinnett County, Georgia">Gwinnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habersham_County,_Georgia" title="Habersham County, Georgia">Habersham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hall_County,_Georgia" title="Hall County, Georgia">Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Georgia" title="Hancock County, Georgia">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haralson_County,_Georgia" title="Haralson County, Georgia">Haralson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_County,_Georgia" title="Harris County, Georgia">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hart_County,_Georgia" title="Hart County, Georgia">Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heard_County,_Georgia" title="Heard County, Georgia">Heard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Georgia" title="Henry County, Georgia">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Georgia" title="Houston County, Georgia">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irwin_County,_Georgia" title="Irwin County, Georgia">Irwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Georgia" title="Jackson County, Georgia">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_County,_Georgia" title="Jasper County, Georgia">Jasper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Davis_County,_Georgia" title="Jeff Davis County, Georgia">Jeff Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Georgia" title="Jefferson County, Georgia">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenkins_County,_Georgia" title="Jenkins County, Georgia">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Georgia" title="Johnson County, Georgia">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_Georgia" title="Jones County, Georgia">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_County,_Georgia" title="Lamar County, Georgia">Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanier_County,_Georgia" title="Lanier County, Georgia">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurens_County,_Georgia" title="Laurens County, Georgia">Laurens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Georgia" title="Lee County, Georgia">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_County,_Georgia" title="Liberty County, Georgia">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Georgia" title="Lincoln County, Georgia">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_County,_Georgia" title="Long County, Georgia">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowndes_County,_Georgia" title="Lowndes County, Georgia">Lowndes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumpkin_County,_Georgia" title="Lumpkin County, Georgia">Lumpkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_Georgia" title="Macon County, Georgia">Macon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Georgia" title="Madison County, Georgia">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Georgia" title="Marion County, Georgia">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDuffie_County,_Georgia" title="McDuffie County, Georgia">McDuffie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McIntosh_County,_Georgia" title="McIntosh County, Georgia">McIntosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meriwether_County,_Georgia" title="Meriwether County, Georgia">Meriwether</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miller_County,_Georgia" title="Miller County, Georgia">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_Georgia" title="Mitchell County, Georgia">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Georgia" title="Monroe County, Georgia">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Georgia" title="Montgomery County, Georgia">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a 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