Sitting on Top of the World 

• 1930 
• 78-rpm 8784 
• Mississippi Sheiks, The 
• Chatman, Lonnie 

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  Chatmon, ArmentorVinson, Walter

Songs recorded on February 17, 1930 in Shreveport, Louisiana Matrix A Kant 403805 Matrix B Kant 403807 Released in 1930, Sitting on Top of the World quickly became popular and covered by both blues and country artists such as Charley Patton "Some summer day" Bob Wills (western Swing) and in 1957 Howlin' Wolf, which again became the example for The Cream, Bob Dylan and many others. This guitar fiddle group was one of the few black crossover artists whose records were bought by both white and black Americans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqeW7-tmVU4 joe

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