Sittin’ on Top of the World
~ Recording by Van Morrison & Carl Perkins
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.7 | Sittin’ on Top of the World | 3:19 | Van Morrison & Carl Perkins | Good Rockin’ Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sire Records | 31165-2 |
| 2.15 | Sitting on Top of the World | 3:20 | Van Morrison with Carl Perkins | The Best of Van Morrison, Volume 3 | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 378 9682 |
| 2.15 | Sitting on Top of the World | 3:20 | Van Morrison with Carl Perkins | The Best of Van Morrison, Volume 3 | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Exile | 0946 378968 2 2, 378 9682 |
| 2.15 | Sitting on Top of the World | 3:21 | Van Morrison with Carl Perkins | The Best of Van Morrison, Volume 3 | Van Morrison | Album + Compilation |
| Exile | 0946 378968 2 2 |
| 2.12 | Sittin’ on Top of the World | 3:20 | Carl Perkins & Van Morrison | The Healing Game (deluxe edition) | Van Morrison | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985428402 |
| 2.12 | Sittin’ on Top of the World | 3:20 | Van Morrison & Carl Perkins | The Healing Game (deluxe edition) | Van Morrison | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Walter Samuel (engineer) (on 1996-03-27) |
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| producer: | Van Morrison |
| mixer: | Walter Samuel (engineer) |
| baritone saxophone: | Pee Wee Ellis (on 1996-03-27) |
| bass: | Greg Perkins (on 1996-03-27) |
| drums (drum set): | Stan Perkins (on 1996-03-27) |
| electric guitar: | Jerry Elston (worked with Carl Perkins) (on 1996-03-27) Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (on 1996-03-27) |
| piano: | Joe Schenk (pianist) (on 1996-03-27) |
| tenor saxophone: | Leo Green (on 1996-03-27) |
| vocals: | Van Morrison (on 1996-03-27) Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (on 1996-03-27) |
| arranger: | Van Morrison Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Exile Productions Ltd. (not for Label Release) (in 2001) |
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| recorded at: | The Wool Hall in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom (on 1996-03-27) |
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| recording of: | Sittin' on Top of the World (Van Morrison arrangement) (in 1996-03: cover) Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”) (on 1996-03-27: cover) |
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Related works
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
| writer: | Lonnie Carter Walter Vinson |
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| publisher: | Chappell Music Ltd. E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) Mayfair Music Corp. |
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| 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) |
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Sittin' on Top of the World (Van Morrison arrangement)
| lyricist and composer: | Howlin’ Wolf |
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| arranger: | Van Morrison |
| arrangement of: | Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett) |
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