Georgy Girl (song) number 98 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and number 14 on the easy listening chart. The New Seekers, a later reorganized group from 1969 with guitarist Keith Potger, released a version on the album "We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing". In 1970, the film Georgy Girl was adapted for a short-lived Broadway musical, "Georgy". The tune was adapted as a commercial jingle for New York City metropolitan area's White Rock Beverages in 1966, and for Barbie dolls in the early 1980s. A German version was released by German singer Cornelia Froboess for her 1967 album "Die
Jim Dale American market (for which he received two Grammy Awards out of six nominations) and the ABC series "Pushing Daisies" (2007–2009); he also starred in the Disney film "Pete's Dragon" (1977). He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for portraying a young Spike Milligan in "" (1973). As a lyricist, Dale was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for the song "Georgy Girl", the theme for the 1966 film of the same name. Dale was born James Smith to William Henry and Miriam Jean (née Wells) Smith in Rothwell, Northamptonshire. He was educated at Kettering Grammar School.