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 51-75 of 98 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
OKeh	W404145	10-in.	6/12/1930	Jail bird love song	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal duet, with violin and 2 guitars	Musical group
OKeh	W404146	10-in.	6/12/1930	Yodeling fiddling blues	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo and yodeling, with violin and 2 guitars	Musical group
OKeh	W404147	10-in.	6/12/1930	Baby keeps stealing lovin' on me	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and 2 guitars	Musical group
OKeh	W404148	10-in.	6/12/1930	River bottom blues	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin, 2 guitars, and talk	Musical group
OKeh	W404149	10-in.	6/12/1930	Bootleggers' blues	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W404150	10-in.	6/12/1930	Loose like that	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo and dialogue, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W404709	10-in.	12/15/1930	Sitting on top of the world no. 2	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W404710	10-in.	12/15/1930	Your good man caught the train and gone	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W404711	10-in.	12/15/1930	Times done got hard	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W404712	10-in.	12/15/1930	Unhappy blues	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W404713	10-in.	12/15/1930	Still I'm traveling on	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W404714	10-in.	12/15/1930	Jackson stomp	Mississippi Mud Steppers	2 guitars and mandolin	Musical group
OKeh	W404715	10-in.	12/15/1930	Farewell waltz	Mississippi Mud Steppers	2 guitars and mandolin	Musical group
OKeh	W404716	10-in.	12/15/1930	Vicksburg stomp	Mississippi Mud Steppers	2 guitars and mandolin	Musical group
OKeh	W404717	10-in.	12/15/1930	Morning glory waltz	Mississippi Mud Steppers	2 guitars and mandolin	Musical group
OKeh	W404718	10-in.	12/15/1930	Sunset waltz	Mississippi Mud Steppers	Violin, guitar, and mandolin	Musical group
OKeh	W404719	10-in.	12/15/1930	Alma waltz	Mississippi Mud Steppers	Violin, guitar, and mandolin	Musical group
OKeh	W404782	10-in.	12/19/1930	Honey babe, let the deal go down	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W404783	10-in.	12/19/1930	She ain't no good	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W404784	10-in.	12/19/1930	Ramrod blues	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W404785	10-in.	12/19/1930	Stop and listen blues no. 2	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W404786	10-in.	12/19/1930	Church bells blues	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W405006	10-in.	10/24/1931	Please don't wake it up	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W405007	10-in.	10/24/1931	Please baby	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
OKeh	W405008	10-in.	10/24/1931	Things about comin' my way	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group

(Results 51-75 of 98 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mississippi Sheiks," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109115.

Mississippi Sheiks. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109115.

"Mississippi Sheiks." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.

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