Ray Charles - Chicago (A Great Big Town) Lyrics






There's a great big town
On a great big lake
Called Chicago.
When the sun goes down
It is wide awake.
Take your ma and your pa,
Go to Chicago.
Boston is England
N'Orleans is France,
New York is anyone's
For ten cents a dance
But This great big town
On a great big lake
Is America's first
And Americans make
Chicago.
Hi ya boys.





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  1. L.... M....

    Thank you murakami

  2. B.... S....

    For music will never be the same, we will never have this simple storytelling, yet soul moving melody that takes you to a simple time in life. So all these oldies must be treasured, for unfortunately the most of people these days will not be able to enjoy a moment without a picture.

  3. A.... K....

    Always.On.My.Mind

  4. I.... V....

    Giorgia o Giorgio

  5. S.... M....

    I just so much love jazz and also other afro-american music! It's so great, that this kind of music exists!

  6. P.... L....

    Couldn't sleep so I watched Ray the movie. Now it's 7am and I'm here listening to this masterpiece

  7. W.... ....

    The hodgetwins brought me here

    W.... ....

    Wyn same here

  8. B.... H....

    Takes me back to Macon...

  9. c.... r....

    say no more ..........

  10. N.... N....

    Who's with me 2020 Ray Charles Georgia ❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗😘😘

  11. D.... W....

    ist scheiß geh sterben

  12. N.... ....

    Wish this version was on Spotify 😑

  13. A.... T....

    Georgia is on my mind!tsse1990002/9£Elohim.nm

  14. B.... D....

    Oh how that fiddle cuts deep

  15. M.... M....

    Ray was a genius

  16. M.... ....

    Is no one gunna mention how the poster spelt album?

  17. A.... L....

    I had to listen to this as it's been compared as being similar to The Beatles song "Yesterday" - I can't see the similarity myself.

  18. L.... S....

    😍😍😍

  19. A.... R....

    My mother would play "Georgia on my Mind" over and over on Sunday mornings.(her only day off). It is so soulful ! This song was written by Hoagy Carmichael, who wasn't from Georgia...maybe he has some fond memory of it.

  20. A.... L....

    ❤️💕❤️💕❤️

  21. r.... ....

    Pretty pitiful discription

  22. R.... X....

    Aqui estamos em 2020, ouvindo essa música que fala de saudade.
    Perfeito!!!
    Um abraço a todos os ouvintes dessa canção maravilhosa!!😘

  23. T.... ....

    4.9k dislikes are all people with confederate flags in their rooms

    T.... ....

    Bless your heart. Pas vrai, mon ami. I have one in front of my house.

  24. j.... V....

    Who’s here from the Masters commercial?

    j.... V....

    Augusta coming soon

  25. Z.... M....

    Brings back old summer day memories. Going to Stone Mountain on weekends and waiting for the light show and this song playing at the end of the night. 4th of July at the lake and just making those summer nights last.

  26. T.... c....

    Coming here from the masters commercial

  27. S.... L....

    2020 R.I.P RAY

  28. C.... D....

    Arranger/Conductor on this date was Ralph Burns. Look him up, he did tons of stuff over many decades, worked with the top names in music.

  29. A.... ....

    Wake up in the morning I got Georgia on my mind AK 47 Mac 11s glocks and 9s didn’t even mean to shoot em he just caught me in back in Georgia yellow tape around his body it was a homicide in Georgia dropped him in a fire and burned em

  30. J.... H....

    Still here 2020

  31. A.... M....

    Amo!!!!!

  32. S.... G....

    Ray Charles will continue to serenade me throughout 2020!

  33. a.... b....

    Starting off the decade right

  34. L.... L....

    PURE....Can't be sanitized-deodorized-sterilized...

  35. D.... S....

    Happy New Years

  36. E.... K....

    Any1 listening to this in 2020???

  37. c.... b....

    Is Georgia a woman?

    c.... b....

    It's a state

    c.... b....

    Composer Hoagy Carmichael had a sister named Georgia. So very possibly. Stuart Gorrell wrote the lyrics, all Hoagy wrote lyically was "Georgia, Georgia...."

  38. M.... S....

    2020 still listening!

  39. C.... ....

    Just wonderful. I never tire of listening.

  40. T.... S....

    A man who overcame both a disability and second-class citizenship to not only perform all over the world, but whose rendition made it his hometown's state song! Yes, everyone knows, but repeats are well-worth it!

  41. D.... S....

    What an amazing musical genius. Still listening in Dec 31 2019

    D.... S....

    Everyday I play it for the older folk at the bar i work at along with Johnny cash amd June Carter

  42. T.... A....

    Hodge twins... yeeeaahhhhh

  43. N.... L....

    Who still listing in 2020

    N.... L....

    I am. I’m from Georgia too. This song is also on the 2020 Masters commercial on ESPN.

    N.... L....

    I hear this and I want to take my ass back to the most beautiful city in the great U S. Of A Savannah 😍

    N.... L....

    The old classics are my new classics!!!!

    N.... L....

    They can’t seem to write music like this anymore.

  44. D.... T....

    My Dad loved this tune

    D.... T....

    Derrick Tetzman ❤️❤️❤️

  45. D.... ....

    I can't decide which is better state song this or rocky Top

  46. M.... H....

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤

  47. i.... w....

    This man's music will always remain truly timeless.

  48. H.... F....

    LOVE THIS SONG!! LOVE RAY!!

  49. j.... f....

    Georgia state wonderfull place ... brookhaven

  50. L.... ....

    you know what i am from georgia but not from georgia as you think

  51. M.... V....

    I wasn't living yet when this Incomparable, Grand classic came out, but it still gives me chills and brings tears to my eyes. Tears of joy, that is. My dad was a huge Ray Charles fan and so am I.

    M.... V....

    Love it. Ray Charles is one of the greatest musicians ever to live

    M.... V....

    Same admirations from here in Namibia...

    M.... V....

    Marion V. Brittain III ❤️❤️❤️

  52. J.... A....

    Rest in peace Pop...at home in that red Georgia clay

  53. D.... T....

    I miss old Ray

  54. j.... b....

    Ray Charles meets Hoagy Carmichael!

  55. G.... ....

    carai, essa musica é mto foda

    G.... ....

    GUSTAVTT neh

  56. R.... C....

    Greetings from Savannah 😉😉

  57. K.... S....

    Get out the bass guitar with good tabs and try playing along with the master of timing....

  58. L.... R....

    absolutely timeless classic

  59. L.... R....

    you see he said, Georgia on "my mind".....not that he wants to be there. lmfao -Roy Woods, Jr

  60. j.... e....

    I love Georgia I living in Norcross beautiful

  61. C.... C....

    Bill Burr was right.

  62. J.... C....

    Música maravilhosa ouvindo ela dezembro de 2019 ❤

    J.... C....

    👏👏👏

  63. L.... H....

    Bill Burr brought me here

  64. a.... ....

    Bill Burrs Monday Morning Podcast brought me here

    a.... ....

    alrk1 likewise lol

    a.... ....

    really lol, watch the podcast but didn't come from there xD

  65. b.... w....

    This song is written to the feminine

  66. A.... C....

    I used to live in Georgia fo 24 years. All it has Georgia has going for it is: -this song -CDC -Savannah is beautiful -hartsfield Jackson airport -decent rap scene in recent years from Atlanta. That's all I can think of there's a lot of garbage going on there as well

  67. e.... d....

    Bill Burr brought me here

  68. R.... D....

    Who’s here from walker texas ranger???

  69. c.... l....

    Me encanta!! (Diciembre 2019. Chile)

  70. p.... ....

    Great song, but avoid the 'biog' above. It's clueless.
    .. and 'Blue Hawaii' is an Elvis movie btw.

  71. O.... M....

    Lol thanks from Georgia (country in Caucasus)

  72. B.... S....

    I named my fish after this song 🤗

    B.... S....

    Brandie Shelby aweeee so cute hahaha

  73. N.... ....

    Ruined by that awful backing vocal.

  74. r.... t....

    Dude sold a lot of alboms

  75. R.... ....

    Not an American and I can say this song feels like home 😭❤️

    R.... ....

    Where u from

  76. s.... ....

    Forever ! I lived in Georgia, Atlanta. Just get rid of the spelling error, please !

  77. D.... ....

    The official song of the state of Georgia! I still remember hearing this each night when tv stations would sign off in Atlanta as a child.

  78. n.... k....

    Hard to stay away from this song.I guess I will come back even in 2020 and beyond

  79. J.... m....

    Everytime I hear this song I think of quantum leap and I get sad.

  80. M.... E....

    C'est de la musique classique ou rape par ce que parfois il chante avec d'autres voix

  81. m.... b....

    Aïe aï aïe Ta voix Ray, un cadeau.

  82. j.... p....

    Hoagie wrote it but Brother Ray gave it soulfulness

  83. d.... M....

    MISS YOU RAY.

  84. R.... M....

    Roads keep leading back

  85. M.... P....

    Love it makes me feel sad 50 and then some

  86. L.... ....

    keep the mobage coomers away from this excellent music

  87. i.... x....

    je n'avais jamais suivi cette chanson. je la decouvres en 2019. waouhhh love love love. that's my chrismas gift. waouhhh!!!

    i.... x....

    Alors, écoutez là encore et encore. Il coule de l'or dans sa voix. Bizzzzzzzzzzzzzz JOYEUX Noël

    i.... x....

    Mieux vaut tard que jamais! 😉

  88. B.... ....

    i'm itatly singer
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo4tMWSlrt0

  89. S.... D....

    I think that this song has multiple meanings and interpretations. The most obvious is Georgia the state, but the song can also refer to Georgia the country or even a lady with the name Georgia.

    S.... D....

    If anyone was wondering, I used to have a girlfriend who's name was Georgia and I would sing this song to her whenever we danced together.

  90. R.... P....

    My twin sister Connie RIP use to sing this song to my dad Rip daddy💔I miss you both. My dad’s anniversary is Dec 22 💔💔

    R.... P....

    Wtf my bday is on dec 22

  91. T.... O....

    Love this song, got me thinking of Georgia Fowler. 🌹💖

  92. p.... n....

    Definitely an all-time classic.

  93. M.... ....

    Fed.. stuffed chitlins stuffin in the the 13 star turkey. Slavem djangin in m. Bustin in 'm squirrel neck salt x li dj'eat yet y'amt tch... writ oc amendamus leviticus 25 shekal

  94. �.... ....

    Georgia country or state?💞🇬🇪

  95. P.... s....

    You know the song is about his mistress named Georgia

    P.... s....

    You do know the song is because he was banned from the state of Georgia from Racist reasons right?

    P.... s....

    Kent Dykema now it makes sense why he loved it soo much after being banned from his beloved city

  96. G.... P....

    I love hearing them sing my name <3 Parents have always brought me up with Midnight Train to Georgia, so happy to now add this gem !!

  97. V.... G....

    musica de qualidade.