- Aliases
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Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys
Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Boys
Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Quartet
Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys
Bill Monroe and The Bluegrass Boys
Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Quartet
Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Ramblers
Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys
- Personal name
- William Smith Monroe
- Born
- September 13, 1911
- Died
- September 9, 1996
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00087215761 31 works
00087215859 113 works
00243862168 2 works
00243862266 3 works
00243862364 2 works
00243862462 1 work
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
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“Father of bluegrass”, mandolin player, singer and songwriter. He was credited with developing and perfecting the bluegrass music form and taught it to many great names in the industry including his protégés Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs He is a descendant of the fifth president of the United States. Monroe began to concentrate on the mandolin at age nine because no family member played that instrument. In 2002, he was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.
- Member of
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Monroe Brothers
- Family
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Birch Monroe Brother
Charlie Monroe Brother
James Monroe Son
Melissa Monroe Daughter
- Related
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Bessie Mauldin
Bob Black Banjo in The Blue Grass Boys (1974-1976)
Buddy Pendleton Member of The Blue Grass Boys
Charlie Cline [US2] Fiddle in The Blue Grass Boys (1952-1955)
Jack Youngblood Member of The Blue Grass Boys (1954-1954)
Jim Shumate Fiddle in The Blue Grass Boys (1943-1945)
Joe Meadows
Joe Stuart Member of The Blue Grass Boys (1955-1973)
Kenny Baker [US2] Member of The Blue Grass Boys
Noah Crase Banjo in The Blue Grass Boys (1954-1956)
Pete Pyle Member of The Blue Grass Boys (1941-1942, 1953)
R.C. Harris Banjo in The Blue Grass Boys (1971 & 1981)
Rudy Lyle Member of The Blue Grass Boys (1949-1954)
Tom Ewing Member of The Blue Grass Boys (1986-1996)
Tommy Magness Fiddle for The Blue Grass Boys (1940-1943)
Vic Jordan Member of The Blue Grass Boys (1967-1969)
Wayne Lewis Guitar, vocals in The Blue Grass Boys (1976-1985)
- Ranking
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247th most covered composer/author
152nd most covered performer
913th most covering performer
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