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
Georgy (musical) Georgy (musical) Georgy is a musical with a book by Tom Mankiewicz, lyrics by Carole Bayer, and music by George Fischoff. Based on the Margaret Forster novel "Georgy Girl" and the subsequent 1966 film adaptation, it tells the story of awkward, overweight, dowdy music teacher Georgy; her beautiful, self-centered roommate Meredith; Meredith's ne'er-do-well boyfriend Jos; and widower James Leamington, Georgy's father's wealthy employer, who has a lustful eye on the full-figured girl. When Meredith becomes pregnant, an overjoyed Georgy prepares for the blessed event, and soon after finds herself the baby's caregiver when the irresponsible Meredith disappears with a new