Georgy Girl The Seekers. A single release of the song (with somewhat different lyrics) topped the singles chart in Australia, and was a top-ten hit in both the UK and the US (#2 for two weeks). It was the 56th biggest British hit of 1967, and the 57th biggest American hit of 1967. It became a gold record, and was also nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Song from a Motion Picture category. The film was the basis for an unsuccessful musical stage adaptation called simply "Georgy". It was adapted for BBC Radio 4 in 2013 by Rhiannon Tise.
Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish Ala Bahma. Both cartoons are now in the public domain. In 1960 the song was recorded in 1960 by lounge artist Martin Denny. In 1962 country guitarist Chet Atkins released a Nashville Sound instrumental version. Susannah McCorkle recorded it in 1976 for her first album "The Music of Harry Warren". Bette Midler sang the song in the 1991 film, "For The Boys". Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish "(The) Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish" was a novelty song written by Harry Warren, Al Dubin, and Johnny Mercer. In an Orientalist jazz musical style and with a Turquesque confusion of