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I'm Sitting on Top of the World
| Artist | Song | |
| Al Jolson | I'm Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Les Paul & Mary Ford | I'm Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Beale Street Rounders | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Bill Monroe | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Wayne Perry (solo fiddle) | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Dan & Bob Paisley | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Doc Watson | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Bob Wills | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Frank Crumit | I'm Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Jack Cooper | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Mississippi Sheiks | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Jack Hylton | I'm Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Arthur Hall, w/ Sam Lanin | I'm Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Nashville Bluegrass Band | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Jack White | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Sleepy LaBeef | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Stanley Brothers | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Taj Mahal | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Cream | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| Richard Shindell | Sitting on Top of the World | |
| the Pogues | Sitting on Top of the World | |
Comment:
This has that "too much of a good thing" look to it, doesn't it? And, maybe so, but what we have here are actually 3 separate songs which play off each other in an intriguing way, I think.
First there was the 1925 Al Jolson "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" which is a straightforward happy-I-got-the-girl catchy bouncy pop cheerful number.
But then about 5 years later the Mississippi Sheiks created a folk-blues song with a similar refrain (very likely having heard the pop hit) but a much more ambiguous tone, 'cause this guy didn't get the girl:
- - But now she's gone, & I don't worry
-- 'cause I'm sitting on top of the world.
And you can perform the Sheiks' song in various spirits, from the exuberant Bill Monroe to the sad sack Richard Shindell, depending just how you want to take it.
& then the Pogues re-used the title & refrain for a completely different song, which is completely Pogues of course.
So these 21 tracks actually make for a mixed-up interesting mix of varying moods styles & genres; you'd be surprised how listenable.
But according to Wikipedia I'm still missing quite a few versions, and in the quest for completitude I will happily trade all 21 of these to anyone who can help me fill in the gaps: versions of the Jolson "I'm Sitting" as done by Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie, & Jerry Lewis(!); versions of the Sheiks "Sitting" as done by Howlin Wolf, Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins, Willie Nelson, Ellen McIlwaine, Bob Dylan, too many to list. Can anyone help me out here?
Feedback:
It does have that look, but the Sheiks tune and all of its derivatives are fantastic, so I'm sure this is cool. Nice one, good sir.
Good project. E-mail me, I think I can help you out with Howlin Wolf, Ray Charles etc.
Yep - a fine project!
this looks like quite the labor of love - good stuff
Nice. I have an instrumental version by Bill Frisell, if that interests you.
I know the Al Jolson and Stanley versions. Great song, and a fine achievment Joey... That reminds me, where's Mixxer nowadays?
Cool themed mix and great execution on it!
I really like Harmonica Frank Floyd's version.Norman Blake does a good one to. but, i would love to here what this sounds like altogether.
This is pretty intriguing. I hadn't realized there were so many versions, by so many different artists. A pretty broad spectrum.
i actually considered this for a single song mix at one point. you've done much better than i would have. congratulations.
check out brandy & ma$e's hiphop take on this theme ("sittin' on top of the world"). really awesome bass line.
cool idea and intriguing-looking mix. I've got Sugarcubes covering the Carpenters 'Top of the World,' but that's about as close as I can come. not helpful at all, I'm afraid.
Hi Jeff, Looks amazing. I thought I had a few of the darker blues versions but I guess those were from cassette/lp days... You should have the Willie version in your mailbox.
Well...with mixes like yours, I can see why!
I really like Willie's version best, I hope you do a Volume 2. I sent you a couple things as well.
Wow! Great listen. In the long run apparently the "now she's gone" version has had more renditions than the happy Jolson original. I enjoyed the bluegrass ones a lot, like Bill Monroe, the Paisleys and the Stanley Brothers, and I must say the Bill Frisell instrumental version is awesome. The Pogues' outlier also kicks A, too bad about living on the pavement in a box. This mix proves that there is
never too much of a good thing.
never too much of a good thing.