Question: Who is the writer of such songs as "New Orleans" and "Georgia on my Mind"?
Context: Samuel J. Cook, III (born November 12, 1983) is an African-American playwright, journalist, educator and writer currently serving as director of the 7th Ward Neighborhood Center in New Orleans, a non-profit organization designed to improve quality of life conditions for residents of New Orleans' historic 7th Ward.  His one-act play "Barren Fields" won an NAACP ACT-SO medal in 2002.  Also an educator, he formerly worked with at-risk youth at Walter L. Cohen Senior High in New Orleans.  He was born in Toledo, Ohio. "Georgia on My Mind" is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell and first recorded that year.  It has often been associated with Ray Charles, a native of Georgia who recorded it for his 1960 album "The Genius Hits the Road".  In 1979 Georgia designated this as the official state song. Constance is an annual arts and literature journal based in New Orleans, Louisiana, founded in 2006 by graphic designer Erik Kiesewetter and writer/editor Patrick Strange, who is also the ex-managing editor of Los Angeles-based "Filter".  Exploring the "fragmentary life that is New Orleans," "Constance" publishes many forms of visual art and creative writing with a focus on New Orleans and the ongoing crisis following Hurricane Katrina. Andrew Nelson is a writer and professor living in New Orleans.  He worked as a senior producer of Britannica.com, a creative director for Cyberflix, a visiting professor at Loyola University New Orleans, and a Public Relations and Social Media Account professional at Peter A. Mayer Advertising in New Orleans.  Two computer games he developed for CyberFlix – "" (1996) and "" (1995) – were bestselling PC game and Macintosh Games of the Year.  In 2007 he was awarded a Lowell Thomas Award for his work with the Society.  He is a writer-at-large for Salon, "National Geographic Traveler", "ReadyMade", "New York Times", "Via" magazine, "Weekend Sherpa" and "San Francisco Magazine" (which featured Nelson’s monthly history column). New Orleans Records was a United States–based record label from circa 1949 – 1978 that specialized in New Orleans jazz.  It was owned and operated by New Orleans, Louisiana record store owner/music writer Orin Blackstone. "New Orleans" is a 1932 popular song written by Hoagy Carmichael.  The song is now considered a jazz standard, along with several other Carmichael compositions such as "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind" and "Lazy River". Flow Tribe is an American funk rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana.  The group contains six members who are all natives of New Orleans.  The band was founded in 2004, and was featured on Episode 11 of MTV's "", which aired September 8, 2010.  Sahar Dika, a member of "The Real World: New Orleans" cast, sang three songs with the band at a concert at Tipitina's.  Flow Tribe continues to be a festival favorite playing The Voodoo Music Experience several times including the massive Main Stage.  Flow Tribe has played the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 5 years running including the Acura Main Stage in 2014 and 2015.  The band also plays several festivals all over the US and tours nationally.  Flow Tribe, known for their high energy live show brings their traveling street parade with them to every concert.  Relix Magazine called Flow Tribe “bizarrely irresistible.” Big Easy Fantasy is an album by Willy DeVille and the Mink DeVille Band.  It was released in Europe on the French New Rose label in 1995.  The album is a mixture of studio tracks and concert recordings made in New York and Paris.  The "big easy" of the album's title refers to New Orleans.  As the album cover says, the inspiration for the album was "Jump City, the Crescent City, the city that care forgot, New Orleans...The Big Easy!"  All songs on the album are standards by New Orleans musicians or are original compositions by Willy DeVille about some aspect of New Orleans. Edmond "Doc" Souchon (October 25, 1897, New Orleans – August 24, 1968, New Orleans) was an American jazz guitarist and writer on music.  He was a pivotal figure in the historical preservation of New Orleans jazz in the middle of the 20th century. Matthew Randazzo V (born March 13, 1984) is an American true crime writer and historian originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, who currently lives on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington.  Randazzo is of Sicilian-American, Isleño, and Cajun descent.  He is the author of 2008's "Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit & The Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry", co-author of 2009's Phoenix Books release "Breakshot: A Life in the 21st Century American Mafia" with Kenny "Kenji" Gallo, and author of 2010's "Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend" with gangster Frenchy Brouillette, which claims to be the first book to ever break the code of secrecy in the New Orleans Mafia family.  "Breakshot" was republished in 2010 by Simon & Schuster imprint PocketBooks.
Answer: Hoagy Carmichael