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 | Audio |
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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 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mississippi Sheiks," accessed October 14, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109115.
Mississippi Sheiks. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 14, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109115.
"Mississippi Sheiks." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 14 October 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Mississippi Sheiks
Discogs: Mississippi Sheiks
Allmusic: Mississippi Sheiks
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Mississippi Sheiks - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91012464
Wikidata: Mississippi Sheiks - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q938570
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/144530582
MusicBrainz: Mississippi Sheiks - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/159f73c7-74f3-40d9-8937-ee90fdae4d67
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