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 (Results 1-25 of 98 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-82600	10-in.	3/26/1934	Hitting the numbers	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-82601	10-in.	3/26/1934	It's done gone wet	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-82602	10-in.	3/26/1934	Pencil won't write no more	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-82603	10-in.	3/26/1934	I am the devil	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-82604	10-in.	3/26/1934	Baby please make a change	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-82605	10-in.	3/26/1934	She's got something crazy	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-82606	10-in.	3/26/1934	You'll work down to me someday	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-82607	10-in.	3/26/1934	Somebody's got to help me	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-82608	10-in.	3/26/1934	Good-morning blues	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-82609	10-in.	3/26/1934	Blues on my mind	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-82632	10-in.	3/27/1934	Lonesome grave took my baby	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-82633	10-in.	3/27/1934	Pop skull blues	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-82634	10-in.	3/27/1934	Sweet Maggie	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal duet, with violin and 2 guitars	Musical group
Victor	BVE-82635	10-in.	3/27/1934	Sales tax	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal duet, with violin, 2 guitars, and talk	Musical group
Victor	BVE-87628	10-in.	1/19/1935	It's backfiring now	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-87629	10-in.	1/19/1935	Lean to one woman	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-87630	10-in.	1/19/1935	The world round-up	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-87631	10-in.	1/19/1935	Do right blues	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-87632	10-in.	1/19/1935	I can't go wrong	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-87633	10-in.	1/19/1935	Dead wagon blues	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin, guitar, and talk	Musical group
Victor	BVE-87634	10-in.	1/19/1935	She's going to her lonesome grave	Mississippi Sheiks	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	Musical group
Victor	BVE-87635	10-in.	1/19/1935	Fingering with your fingers	Mississippi Sheiks	Violin and 2 guitars	Musical group
Columbia	W152412	10-in.	6/20/1933	She's got something crazy	Mississippi Sheiks	Violin and 2 guitars	Musical group
Columbia	W152413	10-in.	6/20/1933	Kitty cat blues	Mississippi Sheiks	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	Musical group
Columbia	W152414	10-in.	6/20/1933	Show me what you got	Mississippi Sheiks	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	Musical group

(Results 1-25 of 98 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mississippi Sheiks," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109115.

Mississippi Sheiks. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109115.

"Mississippi Sheiks." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.

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