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By 1935, he [Charles Seeger] was writing for a small Marxist journal called Music Vanguard that "fine art" music was the property of the dominant classes, for which it was made. Pop music was a bastardization of the "fine art" tradition; it was "crumbs from the table of the rich and powerful . . . combined with various story elements". But folk music was the music of the proletariat and, therefore, inherently progressive - from Woody Guthrie - A Life, by Joe Klein

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Author Topic: SOTM - Dec. 18, 2015 - Sittin' on Top of the World  (Read 4849 times)

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Offline annegarner

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Re: SOTM - Dec. 18, 2015 - Sittin' on Top of the World
« Reply #30 on: September 06, 2024, 08:52:24 AM »
Fiddlin' Charlie Thomas lists "Sittin' On Top of the World" as part of his usual repertoire on Dr. Tate's medicine show, a show he played in 1925 and 1926. Is it possible this song--composed by the Sheiks--was written by then?  Or is this more likely to be the Al Jolson song by the same name?  Thanks for any light you can shed on this.
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Re: SOTM - Dec. 18, 2015 - Sittin' on Top of the World
« Reply #31 on: September 07, 2024, 08:30:03 AM »
I would guess it would probably have been the pop tune version as it was published in 1925 and would have been a brand new song at the time (although it is usually titled I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World.) I believe the Sheiks tune was recorded by them in 1930.
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