Sittin' On Top of the World

~ Recording by Lonnie Young, Ed Young & Lonnie Young, Jr.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Sittin' on Top of the World2:41Lonnie Young, Ed Young & Lonnie Young, Jr.The Blues Roll OnVarious ArtistsAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)SD-1352
1.4Sittin' on Top of the World2:41Lonnie YoungThe Blues Roll On (reissue)Various ArtistsAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)SD 1352
2.14Sittin' On Top of the World2:44Lonnie Young, Ed Young & Lonnie Young, Jr.Sounds of the South: A Musical Journey From the Georgia Sea Islands to the Mississippi Delta. Recorded in the Field by Alan LomaxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-07-20
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7-82496-2, 82496-2
2.9Sittin' on Top of the World2:43Ed Young, Lonnie Young & G.D. YoungDown Home Blues 1959Mississippi Fred McDowellAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-02-22
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)JSP4227

Relationships

recorded in:Como, Mississippi, United States (on 1959-09-21)
assistant recording engineer:Shirley Collins (British folk singer) (on 1959-09-21)
editor:Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
bass drum:Lonnie Young (Lonnie Young, Sr., 1950s fifer and drummer, and songwriter from North Mississippi)
fife:Ed Young
snare drum:Lonnie Young, Jr.
vocals:Lonnie Young (Lonnie Young, Sr., 1950s fifer and drummer, and songwriter from North Mississippi)
field recordings:Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1959-09-21)