Sweet Georgia Brown's
Piano bar in Savannah, Georgia
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Sweet Georgia Brown's was a piano bar in Savannah, Georgia.[1] Located at 312 West St. Julian Street, on Franklin Square in Savannah's City Market,[2] the bar was co-owned by musicians Joe Odom[3] and Nancy Hillis,[4][5][6] real-life characters in John Berendt's book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1994).[7][8] "For over two years, it was the place everyone wanted to be in Savannah and everyone partied there until the wee hours," said Kathryn Gifford, a Savannah tour guide in 1997.[7] Emma Kelly, dubbed the "Lady of 6,000 Songs" by Johnny Mercer, regularly played at the bar.
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| Location | Savannah, Georgia, U.S., 312 West St. Julian Street |
| Coordinates | 32.0810°N 81.0952°W |
The bar, which opened in 1988,[9] was named for "Sweet Georgia Brown", a song released in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard, with lyrics by Kenneth Casey.
A branch of Savannah's Candy Kitchen occupies the bar's former location today.