Decca matrix NA 9817. I'm sitting on top of the world / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| I'm sitting on top of the world (Primary title) | Ruppli Decca |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys (Musical group) | |
| Tommy Jackson (instrumentalist : violin) | |
| Bessie Lee Mauldin (instrumentalist : string bass) | |
| Bill Monroe (vocalist) | |
| Bill Monroe (instrumentalist : mandolin) | |
| Allen Dale Potter (instrumentalist : violin) | |
| Lester Sandy (instrumentalist : guitar) | |
| Din Stover (instrumentalist : banjo) | |
| Gordon Terry (instrumentalist : violin) | |
| Bill Monroe (leader) |
| Notes |
|---|
| Master renumbered by Decca as 102735. |
| Ruppli session personnel note: Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin), Lester Sandy (guitar), Don Stover (banjo), Bessie Lee Mauldin (bass), Gordon Terry, Thomas "Tommy" Jackson, Dale Potter (fiddle). |
| Ruppli session note: All titles also issued on Vocalion VL7-3870, Coral CB-20077, CD Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15423/3. |
| Documentation of Decca Records derives from Michel Ruppli's "The Decca labels: a discography" (Greenwood Press, 1996). Data has not been systematically reviewed or edited by ADP staff, except as indicated. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/14/1957 Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Film & Recording Studio | [A] | Master | Decca 9-30486 | |
| 5/14/1957 Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Film & Recording Studio | [A] | Master | Decca DL-8731 | |
| 5/14/1957 Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Film & Recording Studio | [A] | Master | Coral CB-20077 | |
| 5/14/1957 Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Film & Recording Studio | [A] | Master | Vocalion VL7-3870 | |
| 5/14/1957 Nashville, Tennessee. Owen Bradley Film & Recording Studio | [A] | Master | Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15423/3 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix NA 9817. I'm sitting on top of the world / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys," accessed January 2, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000347903/NA_9817-Im_sitting_on_top_of_the_world.
Decca matrix NA 9817. I'm sitting on top of the world / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 2, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000347903/NA_9817-Im_sitting_on_top_of_the_world.
"Decca matrix NA 9817. I'm sitting on top of the world / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 2 January 2026.
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