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"'''I'm Sitting on Top of the World'''" is a [[popular music|popular]] [[song]] with music written by [[Ray Henderson]] and lyrics by [[Sam M. Lewis]] and [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]]. It was published in [[1925 in music|1925]]. It is now in the [[Public_domain_in_the_United_States|public domain]].
The song was most likely first recorded by Art Gillham (‘the Whispering Pianist’), who recorded ‘I'm Sitting on Top of the World’ on 24 October 1925. [[Al Jolson]]'s recording was made on December 21, 1925.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goldman |first1=Herbert G. |title=Jolson - The Legend Comes to Life |url=https://archive.org/details/jolsonlegendcome0000gold |url-access=limited |date=1988 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0-19-506329-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/jolsonlegendcome0000gold/page/386 386]}}</ref> Jolson sang it in the 1928 [[part-talkie]] film ''[[The Singing Fool]]'' and in his biographical movie ''[[The Jolson Story]]'' in 1946, where it was lip-synced by actor Larry Parks. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zXvblRPFmw</ref>
Popular recordings in 1926 were by Jolson, [[Roger Wolfe Kahn]] and His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra, and by [[Frank Crumit]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/524 524]|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/524}}</ref>
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