Sittin’ On Top of the World

~ Recording by Mississippi Sheiks

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
5.9Sittin’ On Top of the World3:16Mississippi SheiksAmerican EpicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2017-05-12
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Lo-Max, Third Man Records88875099692
1.4Sittin' On Top of the World3:16Mississippi SheiksAmerican Epic: The Best of BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2017-05-12
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)53965
5.9Sittin’ On Top of the World3:16Mississippi SheiksAmerican Epic: The CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2017-05-12
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)64178

Relationships

recorded in:Shreveport, Louisiana, United States (on 1930-02-17)
guitar:Walter Vinson (on 1930-02-17)
violin:Lonnie Chatmon (on 1930-02-17)
vocals:Walter Vinson (on 1930-02-17)
recording of:Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”) (on 1930-02-17)

Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)

writer:Lonnie Carter
Walter Vinson
publisher:Chappell Music Ltd.
E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.)
Mayfair Music Corp.
later versions:Sittin' on Top of the World (Bob Dylan arrangement)
Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett)