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Ralph Stanley

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Aliases
Dr. Ralph Stanley
Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Ralph Stanley & Friends
Ralph Stanley and His Clinch Mountain Boys
Real name
Ralph Edmond Stanley
Born
February 25, 1927
Died
June 23, 2016
Country
United States
IPI
00029449169 52 works
00141747774 7 works
Affiliation
ASCAP, BMI, PRS
Comments
Bluegrass singer and banjo player, who was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1992.
Member of
The Stanley Brothers
Family
Carter Stanley Brother
Ralph Stanley II Son
Kristi Stanley Daughter-in-law
Peggy Stanley Wife
Nathan Stanley Grandson
Jeanie Stanley Niece
Related
John Rigsby Member of The Clinch Mountain Boys
Jack Cooke Member of The Clinch Mountain Boys
Ricky Lee Lead guitar for Clinch Mountain Boys
Related labels
Third Generation Records   founder of
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Covers by Ralph Stanley

Title Performer Release date Originally by
Act Naturally Ralph Stanley & Friends 1983 Unverified
October 8, 1996 G. B. Grayson - Henry Whitter
November 1973 The Stanley Brothers with The Clinch Mountain Boys
1997 The Stanley Brothers
1971 Stonewall Jackson
December 1972 Keith Whitley & Rick Skaggs
January 4, 1993 Keith Whitley & Rick Skaggs
1988 Keith Whitley & Rick Skaggs
July 8, 2003 Fred and Gertrude Gossett
1971 Fred and Gertrude Gossett
January 4, 1993 Fred and Gertrude Gossett
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers
1977 (unknown), (unknown), The Original Sacred Harp Choir
1973 Dixie Sacred Singers
September 25, 2001 Dixie Sacred Singers
May 19, 1998 Hobo Jack and His Kentucky Pals
1986 Hobo Jack and His Kentucky Pals
May 19, 1998 Carl Story and His Ramblin' Mountaineers
  September 25, 2001 Fred Walz PRF, L. K. Reeder REC,REL
February 18, 2014 Ernest Tubb
April 19, 2011 Ben Jarrell - Acc. by Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters
1971 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1986 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
June 21, 2005 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
January 4, 1993 Piedmont Log Rollers - Vocal by Mr. Patterson
1975 Jeannie C. Riley
i 1983 (unknown)
May 19, 1998 John Daniel Quartet
2008 The Jenkins Family
i 1992 (unknown)
i 1968 (unknown)
October 7, 2008 Gid Tanner and George Riley Puckett
i 1991 Curley Fox
1988 The Stanley Brothers
1971 Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys
May 7, 2002 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
1977 The Kentucky Gentlemen
1971 (unknown)
1971 Jesse Winchester
January 19, 2015 Jesse Winchester
1971 (unknown)
May 19, 1998 (unknown)
1989 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
i 1968 Fiddlin' John Carson
1988 The Country Gentlemen
June 11, 2002 Hank Williams and The Country Boys
February 18, 2014 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
i 1968 American Standard Orchestra
1975 Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers
November 1993 Bill Monroe
i 1971 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
i 1971 (unknown)
April 19, 2011 The Stanley Brothers
September 21, 2006 Dykes' Magic City Trio
1976 Dykes' Magic City Trio
June 4, 1981 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
i 1971 (unknown)
1971 The Masters Family
2007 The Masters Family
1991 The Masters Family
November 1973 Bailes Brothers
1969 Buell Kazee, Bill Browning and His Echo Valley Boys
December 1, 1980 Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys
February 18, 2014 (unknown)
1971 Simmons Sacred Singers
1977 The Kelleys
i 1986 Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
May 30, 2006 The Carter Family
1986 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
December 1, 1980 Roy Hall and His Blue Ridge Entertainers
1983 The Stanley Brothers
February 18, 2014 The Stanley Brothers
  1978 Bill Clifton REC, Pete Goble - Billy Gill with The Kentucky Rebels REL
  January 4, 1993 Bill Clifton REC, Pete Goble - Billy Gill with The Kentucky Rebels REL
i September 21, 2006 The Peerless Quartet
1978 Vernon Dalhart
2008 Carolina Gospel Singers
1968 Buell Kazee
October 10, 1994 Buell Kazee
May 30, 2006 (unknown)
i September 21, 2006 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
June 11, 2002 Dock Boggs acc. by Emry Arthur
September 25, 2001 J. H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies
1988 The Stanley Brothers with The Clinch Mountain Boys
1973 The Stanley Brothers
August 28, 2012 Link Wray
i September 21, 2006 (unknown)
i 1997 Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
  1978 Witty Watty Walton PRF, Dave Walker REC,REL
  December 1, 1980 Witty Watty Walton PRF, Dave Walker REC,REL
May 19, 1998 Maddox Brothers and Rose
June 11, 2002 The Carter Family
February 1972 The Carter Family
1971 (unknown)
2008 (unknown)
May 30, 2006 Carter Family
December 1972 The Stanley Brothers
December 1, 1980 The Stanley Brothers
Go Down Moses Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys 1980 Unverified
October 14, 1992 (unknown)
1968 Henry Whitter, Emry Arthur
1974 The Carter Family
May 19, 1998 The Carter Family
1988 The Country Gentlemen REL, The Stanley Brothers REC, Stanley Brothers
January 4, 1993 Larry Sparks
February 1972 Larry Sparks and The Lonesome Ramblers
October 8, 1996 (unknown)
i 1971 Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1991 Johnny Fuller
April 15, 1995 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
2008 (unknown)
September 21, 2006 Delmore Brothers
June 11, 2002 Dick Justice
October 8, 1996 G. B. Grayson - Henry Whitter
April 19, 2011 Nathan Stanley & Ralph Stanley
1985 Smith's Sacred Singers
February 1972 Stamps Quartet
March 30, 1982 The Stanley Brothers with The Clinch Mountain Boys
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1971 Stanley Brothers
2008 (unknown), Bill Carle with Ralph Carmichael Orchestra and Chorus
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1971 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
June 21, 2005 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
January 19, 2015 Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1977 The Country Gentlemen
1985 Lyric Quartet
May 19, 1998 Charlie Poole and His North Carolina Ramblers, The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1977 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1988 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
2007 Brown's Ferry Four
1971 (unknown)
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1977 Larry Sparks and The Lonesome Ramblers
1976 Stanley Brothers
June 7, 2005 Rev. J.M. Gates
September 25, 2001 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1988 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
January 4, 1993 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
December 1972 Betsy Lane Shepherd
1989 Betsy Lane Shepherd
September 25, 2001 Betsy Lane Shepherd
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1997 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
April 30, 1980 Central Mississippi Quartet
1997 The Stanley Brothers
December 1, 1980 Henry Whitter
1973 (unknown)
1976 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
September 25, 2001 The Stanley Brothers with The Clinch Mountain Boys
May 30, 2006 Vernon Dalhart, Carter Family
1986 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
January 4, 1993 Carter Family
November 1973 The Stanley Brothers with The Clinch Mountain Boys
1988 The Shenandoah Valley Quartet with Jim Eanes
2007 The Shenandoah Valley Quartet with Jim Eanes
December 1, 1980 "Dock" Walsh
December 1, 1980 Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys
May 19, 1998 Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys
January 19, 2015 Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys
  1971 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys REC, Clyde Grubb and His Tennessee Valley Boys - Vocal refrain by Leonard Dabney and Clarence Harrell REL
  2008 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys REC, Clyde Grubb and His Tennessee Valley Boys - Vocal refrain by Leonard Dabney and Clarence Harrell REL
2007 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1988 Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1986 Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
October 8, 1996 Grayson and Whitter
March 30, 1982 The Rocky Mountain Boys
May 19, 1998 Larry Sparks and The Lonesome Ramblers
February 18, 2014 B.F. Shelton, (unknown)
March 1973 Paul Reimers
1988 Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
April 15, 1995 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
September 14, 1999 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1989 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
February 1, 2011 (unknown)
July 1, 1997 (unknown)
1977 (unknown)
June 4, 1981 (unknown), The Carter Family
1968 Fiddlin' John Carson
April 19, 2011 Blind Willie Johnson, The Legendary Son House
October 8, 1996 G. B. Grayson - Henry Whitter
i 1983 (unknown)
1971 Eamon O'Shea
1991 Eamon O'Shea
i September 21, 2006 (unknown)
May 30, 2006 Howard Haney
1968 Arthur Tanner
November 1973 (unknown)
2008 (unknown)
i 1971 Uncle "Am" Stuart
1986 The Stanley Brothers
May 19, 1998 Stanley Brothers
1997 Stanley Brothers
1991 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
November 1973 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1989 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
January 4, 1993 Bill Monroe
i September 21, 2006 Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen
June 11, 2002 Washington Phillips
i 1971 John Yorke Atlee
January 4, 1993 (unknown)
1971 John Hammond [US2]
i 1983 (unknown)
1991 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
1997 The Stanley Brothers
1971 (unknown)
1991 (unknown)
June 11, 2002 (unknown)
May 30, 2006 (unknown)
1986 (unknown)
September 25, 2001 (unknown)
i September 21, 2006 Bill Monroe
1974 The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys
October 1968 Henry Whitter
1977 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1986 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1991 Don Reno, Red Smiley and The Tennessee Cutups
May 30, 2006 A. P. Carter and Family
1968 (unknown), (unknown)
2008 (unknown)
September 21, 2006 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
i September 21, 2006 Henry Whitter
i 1983 Wade Mainer and Sons of the Mountaineers
1971 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
2016 Carter Family
March 1973 Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1986 Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
September 25, 2001 Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
August 19, 2014 Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
i September 21, 2006 (unknown), Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
July 8, 2003 Emry Arthur
1971 Emry Arthur
1991 Emry Arthur
1999 (unknown)
December 1972 (unknown)
1988 (unknown)
October 7, 2008 Luke Baldwin (Bill Cox)
November 1973 Maddox Brothers and Rose
i 1983 Tom T. Hall
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1971 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
i 1968 The Hill Billies [US]
May 26, 1983 (unknown)
1989 Carver Boys, Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
May 30, 2006 Blind Willie Johnson
1989 The Stanley Brothers
1988 J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers
1971 Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Lulu Belle and Scotty
July 21, 1986 York Brothers
1977 The Stanley Brothers
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers
November 1973 Hank Williams
My Main Trial Is Yet to Come Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley with Ralph Stanley (Ricky Skaggs, Keith Whitley, Ralph Stanley) 2004 Unverified
1991 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
2009 Baldwin's Cadet Band, (unknown), (unknown)
2007 The Jenkins Family
1983 Clyde Moody
October 8, 1996 Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters (The Hill Billies [US])
October 8, 1996 Kelly Harrell with Virginia String Band
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1986 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1991 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
April 30, 1980 Reno and Harrell
1977 Pace Jubilee Singers
September 25, 2001 Pace Jubilee Singers
  1971 "T" Texas Tyler - The Man with a Million Friends REL, King's Sacred Quartet REC
May 19, 1998 Joe Maphis & Rose Lee
May 30, 2006 The Carter Family
October 8, 1996 Grayson and Whitter
i   September 21, 2006 Russel Wise and Mr. White, Walter Hurdt and His Singing Cowboys REL, Roy Hall and His Blue Ridge Entertainers REC
i   1971 Russel Wise and Mr. White, Walter Hurdt and His Singing Cowboys REL, Roy Hall and His Blue Ridge Entertainers REC
1986 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
2008 (unknown)
1977 (unknown)
2011 (unknown)
i March 30, 1982 Arthur Smith and His Dixie Liners
January 19, 2015 Arthur Smith Trio
May 19, 1998 Arthur Smith Trio
1991 Arthur Smith Trio
i   1989 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys REL, Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys REC
1986 Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1968 Henry Whitter
May 30, 2006 The Carter Family
May 19, 1998 Cousin Emmy
May 19, 1998 (unknown)
1971 (unknown)
1975 Cowboy Copas
April 15, 1995 Cowboy Copas
  1978 Henry Whitter REL, Riley Puckett REC
December 1, 1980 (unknown)
1997 The Charles River Valley Boys, John Hammond [US2], Samantha Bumgarner
September 25, 2001 The Stanley Brothers
May 3, 2013 The Stanley Brothers
1971 The Stanley Brothers
1991 The Stanley Brothers
Red Wicked Wine Ralph Stanley with Elvis Costello (Ralph Stanley, Elvis Costello) January 19, 2015 Unverified
September 25, 2001 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1971 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1988 Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1974 The Charles River Valley Boys
December 1, 1980 Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters (The Hill Billies [US]), (unknown), (unknown)
1973 Ernest C. Martin
October 8, 1996 (unknown), Grayson and Whitter
i October 1968 A.C. (Eck) Robertson
i September 21, 2006 A.C. (Eck) Robertson
1997 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
January 4, 1993 The Sloas Brothers
October 7, 2008 (unknown)
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1989 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
October 8, 1996 Burnett and Rutherford
January 19, 2015 Burnett and Rutherford
November 1973 The Stanley Brothers with George Shuffler
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers with George Shuffler
i 1974 Samantha Bumgarner
October 8, 1996 Samantha Bumgarner
1971 Mississippi Sheiks
February 18, 2014 Marlow and Young (Leonard Rutherford, John D. Foster)
1971 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
July 21, 1986 Morris Brothers (Wiley and Zeke)
2008 John Reedy and His Stone Mtn. Hillbillys
i   1971 Uncle "Am" Stuart REC, Fiddlin' Powers and Family REL
1977 John Daniel Quartet
December 1, 1980 The Stanley Brothers
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers
1976 The Stanley Brothers
May 30, 2006 The Carter Family
1989 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
August 28, 2012 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
October 1968 The Stanley Bros.
1997 The Stanley Bros.
January 19, 2015 The Stanley Brothers
1983 (unknown)
i 1983 Standard Quartette
July 1, 1997 The Stanley Brothers
2008 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
1992 Jimmie Driftwood
1988 Stanley Brothers
April 19, 2011 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1991 Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
June 21, 2005 Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
2007 Carl Smith with The Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle
November 1973 The Stanley Brothers with The Clinch Mountain Boys
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers with The Clinch Mountain Boys
1997 The Stanley Brothers with The Clinch Mountain Boys
October 14, 1992 (unknown)
June 11, 2002 Uncle Dave Macon - Guitar by Sam McGee
March 30, 1982 Ferlin Husky
May 26, 1983 The Louvin Brothers
June 21, 2005 The Stanley Brothers
1985 (unknown)
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys
June 21, 2005 The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys
1985 The Hotmud Family
March 30, 1982 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
September 25, 2001 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1997 The Stanley Brothers
1978 George Jones
1974 Riley Puckett
1988 Stanley Brothers
July 1, 1997 (unknown)
November 5, 2013 Mr. J. W. Myers
January 4, 1993 (unknown)
Covered by (2 artists)
1998 (unknown), Ralph Stanley, Tom T. Hall and Judy Marshall
May 19, 1998 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
May 19, 1998 George Jones
May 19, 1998 Redd Stewart and His Kentucky Colonels
1997 The Stanley Brothers
October 8, 1996 Fiddlin' John Carson, Grayson and Whitter
i 1974 Fiddlin' John Carson, Grayson and Whitter
2007 Molly O'Day and Lynn Davis
1977 Molly O'Day and Lynn Davis
September 25, 2001 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1986 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
June 11, 2002 (unknown)
January 19, 2015 Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1971 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
1985 (unknown)
February 1972 Vernon Dalhart
1971 (unknown)
March 30, 1982 Bill Monroe
May 30, 2006 The Carter Family
1991 Vern Gosdin
May 19, 1998 Vern Gosdin
September 25, 2001 Henry Whitter
October 1968 The Stanley Brothers
April 15, 1995 (unknown)
i 1983 J.J. Fisher
1968 J. D. Jarvis
2008 Monroe Brothers
2008 Johnnie and Jack - The Tennessee Mountain Boys
May 19, 1998 The Coffey Family
i 1983 (unknown)
1986 Roy McMillan & The High Country Boys
May 3, 2013 Harmoneers Quartet with Piano Accompaniment
January 19, 2015 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1971 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1976 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
June 21, 2005 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1989 Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers
August 28, 2012 The Velvet Underground
June 21, 2005 The Stanley Brothers
i 1983 Kris Kristofferson
February 18, 2014 Eva Davis
i 1991 (unknown)
June 2007 William McEwan, Carter Family
1971 Carter Family
September 25, 2001 Carter Family
i 1983 Ferlin Husky
November 1973 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
September 21, 2006 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
1991 (unknown)
November 1973 The Carter Family
May 30, 2006 (unknown), The Carter Family
November 1971 Lee Allen [US2]
1988 Lee Allen [US2]
1988 Lee Allen [US2]
October 1968 John's Country Quartet (The Stanley Brothers)
September 25, 2001 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys