Name Brother Bones | Role Musical Artist | |
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Similar People Brother & Bones, Georgia Brown, Bones, Count Gabba, Tobi Gmur | ||
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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 as well as "Whistling Sam".
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- Red wing brother bones his shadows 1948
- Sweet georgia brown brother bones harlem globetrotters theme song
- Early life
- Career
- Death
- Popular culture
- References
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Early life
Freeman Davis was born in Montgomery, Alabama.
Career
Davis is best remembered for his 1949 recording of the 1925 standard "Sweet Georgia Brown". The recording 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 more prominently featured on the B side of the record. Despite the success of this record, Brother Bones himself remained relatively unknown.
Death
Davis died in June 1974, in Long Beach, California, at the age of 71. Davis was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Compton, Los Angeles County, California.
Popular culture
His song, "Black Eyed Susan Brown", was sampled in the De La Soul song, "Pease Porridge", on their 1991 album, De La Soul is Dead.
"Sweet Georgia Brown" was used in the Vauxhall Meriva television advertisement in the UK.