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Brother Bones And His Shadows

Brother Bones And His Shadows has been played on NTS in shows including Diddy Wah, featured first on 19 February 2018. Songs played include Sweet Georgia Brown.

Freeman Davis (October 4, 1902 – June 14, 1974) was an American whistling and bone playing recording artist best known by his stage name Brother Bones.

Davis, born in Montgomery, Alabama, is best rememberd for his 1949 recording of the 1925 standard "Sweet Georgia Brown". It became internationally famous after being adopted as the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team in 1952. Notably, the bass line for this track uses the Novachord, a very early electronic synthesizer…

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Sweet Georgia Brown
Brother Bones And His Shadows
Oriole1952
Sweet Georgia Brown
Brother Bones And His ShadowsOriole1952
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