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Bing Crosby recorded the song on April 23, 1932, with Isham Jones and his Orchestra [5] and it is assessed as reaching No. 2 in the charts of the day. [6] The version used by the Harlem Globetrotters is a 1949 instrumental by Brother Bones [7] and His Shadows with whistling and bones by Brother Bones. It was adopted as the Globetrotters theme ...
Harlem Globetrotters. (TV series) Harlem Globetrotters is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera and CBS Productions, featuring animated versions of players from the basketball team of the same name. [ 1] Broadcast from September 12, 1970, to October 16, 1971, on CBS Saturday Morning, repeated from September 10, 1972, to May 20 ...
The Harlem Globetrotters are an American exhibition basketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, entertainment, and comedy in their style of play. Over the years, they have played more than 26,000 exhibition games in 124 countries and territories, mostly against deliberately ineffective opponents, such as the Washington Generals (1953–1995, since 2015) and the New York Nationals (1995 ...
Harlem Globetrotters. Frederick "Curly" Neal (May 19, 1942 – March 26, 2020) was an American basketball player who played with the Harlem Globetrotters, instantly recognizable with his shaved bald head. Following in the footsteps of Marques Haynes, Neal became the Trotters' featured ballhandler, a key role in the team's exhibition act.
Years active. 1940s–1950s. Formerly of. Scatman Crothers, The Shadows. "Sweet Georgia Brown" on the Tempo (US) label, recorded by Brother Bones and His Shadows. Freeman Davis (October 4, 1902 – June 14, 1974 [1]) was an American whistling and bone playing recording artist best known by his stage names " Brother Bones " and " Whistling Sam ".
As the Harlem Globetrotters nears its centennial anniversary, the trick-shot exhibition team is revving up for all-new bilingual TV programming. In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month ...
Maceo Pinkard. Maceo Pinkard (June 27, 1897 – July 21, 1962) was an American composer, lyricist, and music publisher. Among his compositions is "Sweet Georgia Brown", a popular standard for decades after its composition and famous as the theme of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. Pinkard was inducted in the National Academy of Popular ...
The Generals played their last game against the Globetrotters on August 1, 2015, in Wildwood, New Jersey. [11] [9] Overall, the Generals had lost to the Globetrotters more than 16,000 times in their combined history [2] while winning a mere 3–6 games. [12] [13] From 2015 the Globetrotters' opposition was organised by their own management.