Sitting on Top of the World

~ Recording by Mississippi Sheiks

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Sitting on Top of the World3:05Mississippi SheiksSitting on Top of the World / Lonely One in This TownMississippi SheiksSingle
OKeh8784
1.6Sitting on Top of the World3:05Mississippi SheiksComplete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 17 February to 12 June 1930Mississippi SheiksAlbum + Compilation
  • AT1994-09-05
Document Records (AT / UK)DOCD-5083
1.7Sitting on Top of the World3:15Mississippi SheiksFolk, Gospel & Blues: Will the Circle Be UnbrokenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-10-12
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)J2K 65804
2.5Sitting on Top of the World?:??Mississippi SheiksThe Great Blues SingersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999
RedX EntertainmentRXBOX31074
1.2Sitting on Top of the World3:05Mississippi SheiksRoots of RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
ABM (imprint? of Audio Book & Music Company Limited)ABMMCD1253
6.12Sitting on Top of the World3:04Mississippi SheiksScreamin' and Hollerin' the BluesCharley PattonAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-10-23
RevenantRev 212
1.14Sitting on Top of the World3:06Mississippi SheiksSouthern Country Blues, Volume 2: Down in Boogie AlleyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1201 music7003-2
1.6Sitting on Top of the World3:18Mississippi SheiksThe Rough Guide to Delta Blues (first edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
World Music NetworkRGNET1087CD
7.3Sitting on Top of the World3:02Mississippi SheiksThe Ultimate 8 Blues CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Planet Media8X 8804-1, 8X 8804-2, 8X 8804-7
3.6Sitting on Top of the World3:18Mississippi SheiksThe Rough Guides: American Roots BoxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-08-26
World Music NetworkRGBOX3
1.24Sittin’ on Top of the World3:05Mississippi SheiksMartin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical JourneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-09-09
Hip‐O RecordsB0000393-02
1.24Sittin' on Top of the World3:05Mississippi SheiksMartin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical JourneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2003
Hip‐O RecordsCOL 512578 2
1.4Sitting on Top of the World3:03Mississippi SheiksHoney Babe Let the Deal Go Down: The Best of Mississippi SheiksMississippi SheiksAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-05-04
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 65709
1.11Sitting on Top of the World3:06Mississippi SheiksCentury of the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.14Sittin' on Top of the World3:06Mississippi SheiksBeginner's Guide to the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-09-26
NascenteNSBOX 018
2.9Sitting on Top of the World3:04Mississippi SheiksEssential Mississippi BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD459
1.7Sitting on Top of the World3:02Mississippi SheiksComplete Recorded Works Presented in Chronological Order, Volume 1The Mississippi SheiksAlbum + Compilation
Document Records (AT / UK), Third Man RecordsTMR156
1.25Sitting On Top Of The World3:04Mississippi SheiksThe OKeh Blues StoryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
One Day Music (a division of Not Now Music Ltd.)DAY2CD220
2.1Sitting on Top of the World?:??Mississippi SheiksThe Roots of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2015-04-27
Bear Family RecordsBCD 17229
1.7Sitting on Top of the World3:12Mississippi SheiksFolk, Gospel & Blues: Will the Circle Be UnbrokenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2016-08-16
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
3.4Sitting on Top of the World3:04Mississippi SheiksThe Many Faces of Eric ClaptonVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • MX2016-10-14
Music BrokersMBB7232
1.13Sitting on Top of the World3:15Mississippi SheiksThe Rough Guide to Country BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-06-28
World Music NetworkRGNET1388CD
1.13Sitting on Top of the World3:13Mississippi SheiksThe Rough Guide to Country BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2019-06-28
World Music NetworkRGNET1388DD
1.2Sitting on Top of the World3:02Mississippi SheiksCrossroad Blues, Volume 1: Birth of the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.7Sitting on Top of the World3:13Mississippi SheiksFolk, Gospel & Blues: Will the Circle Be UnbrokenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.7Sittin' on Top of the World3:04Mississippi SheiksThe Early Blues Roots of Bob DylanVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.5Sitting on Top of the World3:05Mississippi SheiksThe Great Blues SingersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.6Sitting on Top of the World3:18Mississippi SheiksThe Rough Guide to Delta BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
World Music NetworkRGNET1087CD
(unknown)
1.3Sitting On Top Of The World3:06Mississippi SheiksThe EssentialMississippi SheiksAlbum + Compilation
Classic BluesCBL 200030

Relationships

guitar:Walter Vinson (on 1930-02-17)
violin:Lonnie Chatmon (on 1930-02-17)
vocals:Walter Vinson (on 1930-02-17)
part of:Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009) (order: 58)
recording of:Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”) (on 1930-02-17)

Related works

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)