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chameleon1 Member Posts: 261 From: Camdenton,Missouri, USA Registered: Sep 2004 |
posted 01-21-2005 12:38
   
Seems like I remember reading somewhere, maybe liner notes, that Sam Chatmon is Bo Carter's brother. Bo was a member of the Sheiks. So, if Bo or the Sheiks wrote it, I could imagine Sam taking some credit for it. IP: Logged |
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Shuggie New Member Posts: 1 From: Seattle, WA Registered: Jan 2006 |
posted 01-30-2006 14:46
My attention was drawn to this discussion when I was searching the web for variations on the lyrics to Sittin' On Top Of The World -- of which there are a multitude. I thought the topic had been done to death too, but I did find another useful link: http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/master/imsittin8.html According to the above-site, the first recorded version was in 1925 by Art Gillham (Oct. 24, 1925, New York: 141190-2). My hunch, though it is just a hunch, is that the song existed in some form as a "Traditional" tune before it was recorded. At least the structure and basic melody, if not the lyrics on the chorus. If I have any luck tracking down some more info on the history of the song, I'll post it. I like this game. What song should we do next? ~ Shuggie IP: Logged |
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eskimo Member Posts: 3519 From: Midwest Registered: Feb 2004 |
posted 01-30-2006 14:58
Along with this subject, if anyone knows where I can get a copy of this CD : http://www.mymusic.com/product.asp?myptr=froogle&curr=0&muzenbr=461679 I would really appreciate it. It is back-ordered or out-of-print everywhere (including where I just linked you to). IP: Logged |
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bighollowtwang Member Posts: 617 From: Montreal, Canada Registered: Jan 2005 |
posted 01-30-2006 14:59
quote: Odd that they include Patton's "Some Summer Day" but not other songs (like Tampa Red's "Things About Coming My Way" for example) that use the exact same melody line and different lyrics. IP: Logged |
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mr mando Member Posts: 1026 From: Heart of the Alps Registered: Apr 2001 |
posted 01-30-2006 15:44
quote: eskimo, have you tried to buy it directly from document?? http://www.document-records.com/fulldetails.asp?ProdID=CBL-200030 IP: Logged |
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Cascade Slim Member Posts: 47 From: Portland OR 97202 Registered: Sep 2005 |
posted 01-30-2006 20:42
Sorry, had to add one more- Climbing on Top of the Hill by Sonny and Brownie. IP: Logged |
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Iain P Member Posts: 28 From: West Kirby, Wirral, Uk Registered: Jul 2001 |
posted 01-31-2006 09:19
Eskimo Redlick Records in the UK have it listed. Try them at http://www.redlickrecords.co.uk/
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crossrdblue Member  Posts: 1078 From: Denver, CO Registered: Feb 2001 |
posted 01-31-2006 09:27
Quite a few years ago I "learned" a really nice version of this song from John Cephus at Augusta, but when I got home it was not on my MDs and I only had scribbles and scratches on my notes! Have any of you also learned John's version that you could share with me? IP: Logged |
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Adrian Freed Member  Posts: 2360 From: Berkeley, CA, USA Registered: Oct 2000 |
posted 01-31-2006 23:27
eskimo, eMusic has the document release: http://www.emusic.com/album/10887/10887872.html IP: Logged |
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Adrian Freed Member Posts: 2360 From: Berkeley, CA, USA Registered: Oct 2000 |
posted 03-01-2007 08:15
I just noticed that Big Bill Broonzy's Banker's Blues is in this song family. IP: Logged |
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Nick Munger New Member Posts: 1 From: Crozet, Virginia USA Registered: Apr 2007 |
posted 04-30-2007 08:54
Richard Shindell's new CD has an excellent version of "Sittin' On Top Of the World". In fact, I got to this thread because I was hoping someone may have posted a link to the tab for his version. IP: Logged |
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rrb New Member Posts: 1 From: USA Registered: May 2007 |
posted 05-28-2007 13:10
I found this forum while trying to track down the version of Sitting On Top of the World found in Kazan's 1957 movie `A Face in the Crowd'. Turns out to have been Brownie McGhee, who also appeared in the movie, at least according to: http://imdb.com/title/tt0050371/board/nest/38984006 IP: Logged |
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Black&Blue Member Posts: 58 From: Melbourne, Victoria,Australia Registered: May 2007 |
posted 05-29-2007 16:28
I have a fingerstyle book by Tom Ball that credits a version to Mance Lipscombe. IP: Logged |
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Mark McDonald Member Posts: 151 From: Santa Rosa, CA. U.S.A. Registered: Sep 2004 |
posted 05-29-2007 18:20
This is my favorite version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DmsqXMGRZs Mark IP: Logged |
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augi New Member Posts: 1 From: Olive Branch, MS, USA Registered: Sep 2007 |
posted 09-05-2007 16:09
I realize this is a little late in posting, but I had the fortune to know Sam Chapmon in his latter days.I was raised in the Mississippi Delta from the early 60's. He died in Darlove, Mississippi in the 1980's. From discussions I had with him, he said he had written Sittin on Top of the World, back in the days of the MS Sheiks. He said some "white man" had recorded him during the 20's in Misssissippi and that was the last he heard of it until he saw that someone else received credit for the song. At his funeral, a young lady played Sittin on Top of the World on his 1910 Martin guitar. Her last lyrics were "You know Sam's gone, and he ain't worried, cause he's sittin on top of the world." Hope the may be of some use to someone. IP: Logged |
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