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Mississippi Sheiks | |
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| Origin | Bolton, Mississippi, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1930–1935 |
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The Mississippi Sheiks were a popular and influential American guitar and fiddle group of the 1930s. They were notable mostly for playing country blues[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4]
- ^ Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music. Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 1-904041-96-5.
- ^ Jeff Tamarkin (2009-10-20). "Things About Comin' My Way: A Tribute to the Music of the Mississippi Sheiks - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ [1] Archived February 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "National Recording Registry Reaches 500". Library of Congress. March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.