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Bill Monroe

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Aliases
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
Real name
William Smith Monroe
Born
September 13, 1911
Died
September 9, 1996
Country
United States
IPI
00024908879 2 works
00040567398 1 work
00087215761 29 works
00087215859 113 works
00243862168 2 works
00243862266 3 works
00243862364 2 works
00243862462 1 work
Affiliation
ASCAP, BMI
Comments
“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
Monroe Brothers
Family
James Monroe Son
Charlie Monroe Brother
Melissa Monroe Daughter
Birch Monroe Brother
Related
Kenny Baker [US2] Member of The Blue Grass Boys
Pete Pyle Member of The Blue Grass Boys (1941-1942, 1953)
Bessie Mauldin
Joe Stuart Member of The Blue Grass Boys (1955-1973)
Tom Ewing Member of The Blue Grass Boys (1986-1996)
Rudy Lyle Member of The Blue Grass Boys (1949-1954)
Charlie Cline [US2] Fiddle in The Blue Grass Boys (1952-1955)
Tommy Magness Fiddle for The Blue Grass Boys (1940-1943)
Vic Jordan Member of The Blue Grass Boys (1967-1969)
Buddy Pendleton Member of The Blue Grass Boys
R.C. Harris Banjo in The Blue Grass Boys (1971 & 1981)
Noah Crase Banjo in The Blue Grass Boys (1954-1956)
Joe Meadows
Bob Black Banjo in The Blue Grass Boys (1974-1976)
Jim Shumate Fiddle in The Blue Grass Boys (1943-1945)
Wayne Lewis Guitar, vocals in The Blue Grass Boys (1976-1985)
Jack Youngblood Member of The Blue Grass Boys (1954-1954)
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Covers by Bill Monroe

Title Performer Release date Originally by
October 1958 Smith's Sacred Singers
August 18, 1952 Jeri Southern with Victor Young and His Orchestra
1991 Jim & Jesse and The Virginia Boys
December 5, 1954 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
March 1, 1973 Piedmont Log Rollers - Vocal by Mr. Patterson
1975 Piedmont Log Rollers - Vocal by Mr. Patterson
May 29, 1961 Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
i April 29, 1963 Tommy Jackson
December 1983 Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys
June 12, 1967 Sam & Kirk McGee
January 1963 George Reneau
1987 Del McCoury & The Dixie Pals
listen on Internet Archive July 14, 1947 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
November 28, 1941 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
March 1, 1973 James Monroe
i June 1962 Friars Society Orchestra
July 13, 1953 The Shenandoah Valley Trio
June 17, 1963 (unknown), Riley Puckett
  February 1954 Patti Page with Orchestra conducted by Joe Reisman REC, Dinah Shore with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus REL
i October 8, 1993 American Standard Orchestra
June 12, 1965 Tuskegee Institute Singers, (unknown)
June 17, 1963 Darby and Tarlton
June 1978 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman, (unknown)
September 24, 1993 Dykes' Magic City Trio
June 1962 Leadbelly
June 1958 Jimmie Newman and His Rhythm Boys
January 1941 Norfolk Jubilee Quartette
June 1962 (unknown), Ernestine Schumann-Heink
April 9, 1964 Buell Kazee
i September 23, 1963 Victor Dance Orchestra
1975 Vernon Dalhart
i June 12, 1967 (unknown)
i October 8, 1993 The Hill Billies [US]
i 1981 De Ford Bailey
Covered by (6 artists)
June 1964 J. H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies
1975 Prairie Ramblers
October 6, 1969 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
i July 1, 1970 (unknown)
March 1, 1973 (unknown), Carter Family
October 8, 1993 (unknown), Carter Family
June 17, 1963 Jimmie Lawson
  October 1946 Witty Watty Walton PRF, Dave Walker REC,REL
May 13, 1957 Jim Reeves [US]
August 3, 2004 Bobby Helms
i 1975 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
i 1994 Uncle Dave Macon
September 22, 1947 Cliff Carlisle
June 1958 Hank Locklin
January 1959 (unknown), The Weavers
i November 1973 Uncle "Am" Stuart
1991 The Stanley Brothers
June 1978 Prairie Ramblers
1975 (unknown)
October 1958 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
October 1958 Norfolk Jubilee Quartet
May 19, 1969 Mel Tillis
October 1958 J. B. Whitmire Blue Sky Trio
June 1978 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
1976 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
November 4, 1957 Mississippi Sheiks
June 17, 1963 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
December 5, 1954 The Carter Family
June 10, 1974 Jenkins' Sacred Singers
November 28, 1941 "Dock" Walsh
August 19, 2014 "Dock" Walsh
  October 1958 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys REC, Clyde Grubb and His Tennessee Valley Boys - Vocal refrain by Leonard Dabney and Clarence Harrell REL
December 1983 Bill Monroe
December 1983 Johnny Cash
June 12, 1967 Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers - Vocal Chorus by Dickie McBride
October 1958 The Chuck Wagon Gang
June 12, 1967 Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
October 1958 Prairie Ramblers
June 12, 1965 (unknown), The Carter Family
i 1962 Eva Davis
1980 Stamps Quartet
i September 24, 1993 George Walburn and Emmett Hethcox
i 1941 (unknown)
December 1983 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
January 4, 1993 Bill Monroe
May 1988 Bobby Smith & The Boys from Shiloh
October 1958 Edward Allen and Charles Hart
February 1961 Carl Butler
May 29, 1961 (unknown)
June 1962 (unknown)
June 1962 Wiley & Gene
May 29, 1961 Henry Whitter
July 21, 1951 Bob Newman [US1]
December 1959 Wayne Raney
  October 1958 The Johnson Family Singers REC, Harmoneers Quartet REL
October 1958 The Chuck Wagon Gang
1980 Johnny Bond and His Red River Valley Boys
March 1, 1973 Leon Jackson & Johnny Bryant & The White Oak Mountain Boys
January 1976 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
October 8, 1993 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
June 12, 1967 (unknown), Erich Schrader, Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner
1975 (unknown), Erich Schrader, Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner
September 12, 1949 Carver Boys
Covered by (22 artists)
March 24, 1947 J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers
March 1, 1973 J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers
June 1978 The Seldom Scene
November 1940 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1980 Jenkins and Robison (Carson Robison, Andrew Jenkins)
December 1983 Bill Monroe
December 1983 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
December 1983 Bill Monroe
June 1962 Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters (The Hill Billies [US])
January 1941 Bill Carlisle and His Kentucky Home Boys
June 1964 Propes Quartet
  January 1942 Russel Wise and Mr. White, Walter Hurdt and His Singing Cowboys REL, Roy Hall and His Blue Ridge Entertainers REC
June 1958 Frank Jenkins of Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
i October 8, 1993 Patrick J. Gaffny
February 24, 1951 Johnnie and Jack and Their Tennessee Mountain Boys
  October 1958 Simmons Sacred Singers REL, Turkey Mountain Singers REC
June 12, 1967 Cousin Emmy
  October 17, 1955 Henry Whitter REL, Riley Puckett REC
February 1961 The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Vocal by Molly and Lynn
i 1975 Bill Monroe
June 12, 1967 Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters (The Hill Billies [US]), (unknown), (unknown)
June 2, 1952 Jimmie Rodgers with The Three Southerners
i April 9, 1964 Kessinger Brothers
May 29, 1961 Louvin Brothers
June 1962 (unknown)
March 9, 1995 (unknown)
June 1978 The Pinnacle Boys
May 29, 1961 Larry Cassidy [US]
i October 8, 1993 (unknown)
i November 1973 (unknown)
June 10, 1974 John Reedy and His Stone Mtn. Hillbillys
1987 High Country
October 13, 1951 Tex Williams and His Orchestra
March 1, 1973 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
June 16, 1951 Standard Quartette
December 12, 1949 (unknown), Cliff Carlisle
July 1, 1970 Lefty Frizzell
February 5, 1949 Monroe Brothers
Covered by (18 artists)
December 13, 1965 George Jones
December 1983 Bill Monroe
June 10, 1974 Stove Pipe No. 1 (Sam Jones)
May 29, 1961 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan
January 1, 1968 Fiddlin' John Carson, Grayson and Whitter
1975 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
i June 12, 1967 Billy Golden
i October 8, 1993 Billy Golden
September 1977 (unknown), Hugh Cross
February 28, 1955 Chester Smith
April 4, 1953 Kitty Cheatham
i September 24, 1993 Henry Whitter
i October 8, 1993 Bill Monroe
June 1964 Carl Story and His Ramblin' Mountaineers
October 1958 Vaughan's Texas Quartet
June 1964 Frank and James McCravy
June 10, 1974 (unknown)
March 28, 1942 (unknown)
1975 Mack Allen (Vernon Dalhart)
March 1, 1973 Monroe Brothers
October 8, 1993 Monroe Brothers
September 24, 1993 Johnnie and Jack - The Tennessee Mountain Boys
June 12, 1967 Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
June 17, 1963 Macdonough & Bieling & Hayden Quartet with Orchestra
June 2, 1952 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
March 1, 1973 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
May 31, 1954 Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers
June 1978 (unknown), Mc Cartt Brothers and Patterson
listen on Internet Archive October 4, 1948 Stoney Cooper and Wilma Lee
December 1983 Bill Monroe
February 1954 Arlie Duff
December 1956 Tennessee Ernie
1975 (unknown)
November 1973 (unknown)

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