Mississippi Sheiks

The Mississippi Sheiks were a popular and influential American guitar and fiddle group of the 1930s. They were notable mostly for playing country blues but were adept at many styles of popular music of the time. They recorded around 70 tracks, primarily in the first half of the 1930s. In 2004, they were inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Their 1930 blues single "Sitting on Top of the World" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant".

Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1926, Died Ceased 1936

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1935

Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 76-98 of 98 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
OKeh	W405009	10-in.	10/24/1931	The world is going wrong	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W405010	10-in.	10/24/1931	She's a bad girl	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W405011	10-in.	10/24/1931	Tell me what the cats fight about	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W405012	10-in.	10/24/1931	Kind treatment	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W405013	10-in.	10/24/1931	Livin' in a strain	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W405014	10-in.	10/24/1931	Lazy, lazy river	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W405015	10-in.	10/24/1931	Too long	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W405020	10-in.	10/25/1931	Shake hands and tell me goodbye	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W405021	10-in.	10/25/1931	Bed spring poker	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W405022	10-in.	10/25/1931	When you're sick with the blues	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W405023	10-in.	10/25/1931	I've got blood in my eyes for you	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Decca	L 1544	10-in.	July 1932	Shooting high dice-1	Mississippi Sheiks		Musical group
Decca	L 1545	10-in.	July 1932	Isn't a pain to me-1	Mississippi Sheiks		Musical group
Decca	L 1548	10-in.	July 1932	She's crazy about her lovin'-1	Mississippi Sheiks		Musical group
Decca	L 1550	10-in.	July 1932	Tell me to do right-1	Mississippi Sheiks		Musical group
Decca	L 1551	10-in.	July 1932	New stop and listen-1	Mississippi Sheiks		Musical group
Decca	L 1554	10-in.	July 1932	Go 'way woman-1	Mississippi Sheiks		Musical group
Decca	L 1555	10-in.	July 1932	New shake that thing-1	Mississippi Sheiks		Musical group
Decca	L 1556	10-in.	July 1932	The new sittin' on top of the world-1	Mississippi Sheiks		Musical group
Decca	L 1557	10-in.	July 1932	He calls that religion-1	Mississippi Sheiks		Musical group
Decca	L 1560	10-in.	July 1932	Don't wake it up-1	Mississippi Sheiks		Musical group
Decca	L 1562	10-in.	July 1932	Please baby-1	Mississippi Sheiks		Musical group
Decca	L 1565	10-in.	July 1932	I'll be gone, long gone	Mississippi Sheiks		Musical group

(Results 76-98 of 98 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mississippi Sheiks," accessed May 20, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109115.

Mississippi Sheiks. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 20, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109115.

"Mississippi Sheiks." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 20 May 2024.

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