<P> `` Sitting on Top of the World '' ( also `` Sittin ' on Top of the World '' ) is a country blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon . They were core members of the Mississippi Sheiks , who first recorded it in 1930 . Vinson claimed to have composed the song one morning after playing at a white dance in Greenwood , Mississippi . It became a popular crossover hit for the band , and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 . </P>
<P> `` Sitting on Top of the World '' ( also `` Sittin ' on Top of the World '' ) is a country blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon . They were core members of the Mississippi Sheiks , who first recorded it in 1930 . Vinson claimed to have composed the song one morning after playing at a white dance in Greenwood , Mississippi . It became a popular crossover hit for the band , and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 . </P>
who wrote i 'm sitting on top of the world
who wrote i 'm sitting on top of the world
Walter Vinson Lonnie Chatmon
Walter Vinson Lonnie Chatmon