Bill Monroe

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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	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	Alabama Waltz REL	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	May 6, 1950	(9 artists) Originally by Hank Williams REC
	A Lonesome Road (To Travel)	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 1958	(2 artists)
	Along About Daybreak	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	July 18, 1949	(2 artists)
	Angels Rock Me to Sleep	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 16, 1951	(6 artists)
i	Ashland Breakdown	Bill Monroe	January 1976	(5 artists)
i	Big Mon	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 14, 1965	(17 artists)
i	Blue Grass Breakdown	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	March 14, 1949	(21 artists)
i	Blue Grass Part One	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	May 29, 1961	(2 artists)
i	Blue Grass Special	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	November 3, 1947	(2 artists)
i	Blue Grass Stomp	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	December 12, 1949	(5 artists)
	Blue Moon of Kentucky	Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys	September 22, 1947	(196 artists)
	Boat of Love	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	August 5, 1950	(7 artists)
	Brand New Shoes	Bill Monroe	May 1958	(4 artists)
i	Brown County Breakdown	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 14, 1965	(8 artists)
	Can't You Hear Me Callin'	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	March 1950	(21 artists)
	Cheap Love Affair	Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys	June 17, 1963	(3 artists)
i	Cheyenne	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	February 7, 1955	(15 artists)
	Christmas Time's A-Coming	Bill Monroe	November 24, 1951	(32 artists)
	Close By	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	October 4, 1954	(7 artists)
	Come Back to Me in My Dreams	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 1958	(4 artists)
i	Crossing the Cumberlands	Bill Monroe	May 19, 1969	(7 artists)
	Dark as the Night Blue as the Day	Bill Monroe	October 1959	(5 artists)
	Dog House Blues	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	1941	(3 artists)
	Don't Put Off 'Til Tomorrow	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	June 3, 1969	The Wayfaring Strangers
	Get Down on Your Knees and Pray	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	August 25, 1951	(6 artists)
i	Get Up John	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	May 31, 1954	(9 artists)
	Going Home	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 1964	(5 artists)
	Goin' Up Caney	Bill Monroe	May 3, 1971	(3 artists)
	Heavy Traffic Ahead	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	July 18, 1949	(6 artists)
	He'll Take You In	Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys	1991	(2 artists)
	Highway of Sorrow	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	October 13, 1951	(8 artists)
	How Will I Explain About You	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	November 3, 1947	(4 artists)
	I Believed in You Darling	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	April 30, 1956	(4 artists)
	I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	1948	(9 artists)
	I Hope You Have Learned	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	March 8, 1954	(5 artists)
	I Live in the Past	Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys	December 13, 1965	(2 artists)
	I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	August 25, 1951	(12 artists)
	I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	August 5, 1950	(22 artists)
	I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	September 12, 1949	(17 artists)
	I'm on My Way to the Old Home	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	March 31, 1952	(9 artists)
	In Despair	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 1958	(27 artists)
	Is the Blue Moon Still Shining?	Bill Monroe	January 1, 1968	(5 artists)
	It's Mighty Dark to Travel	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	December 27, 1948	(20 artists)
	I Was Left on the Street	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 17, 1963	(4 artists)
i	Jerusalem Ridge	Bill Monroe	January 1976	(24 artists)
i	Kentucky Mandolin	Bill Monroe	July 1, 1970	(7 artists)
	Kentucky Waltz	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	January 14, 1946	(66 artists)
i	Lee Weddin' Tune	Bill Monroe	1972	The Price Sisters
	Let Me Rest at the End of My Journey	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 1964	(5 artists)
	Letter from My Darling	Bill Monroe	January 19, 1952	(7 artists)
	Let the Light Shine Down on Me	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Quartet	February 28, 1955	(7 artists)
	Little Cabin Home on the Hill	Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys	1948	(38 artists)
	Little Community Church	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Quartet	October 25, 1948	(6 artists)
i	Lonesome Moonlight Waltz	Bill Monroe	May 15, 1972	(11 artists)
	Lord Protect My Soul	Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Quartet	April 21, 1951	(4 artists)
i	Louisville Breakdown	Bill Monroe	February 24, 1969	(2 artists)
	Mansions for Me	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	March 24, 1947	(9 artists)
	Memories of Mother and Dad	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	August 1966	(7 artists)
	Memories of You	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	October 14, 1950	(5 artists)
i	Methodist Preacher	Bill Monroe	1972	(3 artists)
i	Monroe's Blues	Bill Monroe	January 1977	Bob Black
i	Monroe's Hornpipe	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 14, 1965	(12 artists)
	My Little Georgia Rose	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	March 1950	(18 artists)
	My Louisiana Love	Bill Monroe	January 1977	Bill Monroe with Mel Tillis
	My Old Kentucky and You	Bill Monroe	May 15, 1972	(2 artists)
	My Rose of Old Kentucky	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	April 12, 1948	(16 artists)
	My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin'	Bill Monroe	January 1977	(8 artists)
	Nobody Loves Me REC	Bill Monroe	1984	(4 artists) Originally by Zeke Clements and His Western Swing-Gang REL
	No One but My Darlin'	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	January 1959	The Nashville Bluegrass Band
i	Northern White Clouds	Bill Monroe	May 11, 1999	The Baylor Brothers
i	Old Dangerfield	Bill Monroe	1981	(6 artists)
i	Old Ebenezer Scrooge	Bill Monroe	1981	(3 artists)
	On and On	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	April 30, 1956	(11 artists)
	On the Old Kentucky Shore	Bill Monroe	February 24, 1951	(6 artists)
i	Panhandle Country	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	September 1958	(15 artists)
i	Pike County Breakdown REC	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	August 18, 1952	(15 artists) Originally by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys REL
i	Raw Hide	Bill Monroe	January 19, 1952	(31 artists)
	Remember the Cross	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Quartet	February 5, 1949	(3 artists)
	River of Death	Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Quartet	April 21, 1951	(6 artists)
	Roane County Prison	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 1958	(2 artists)
i	Roanoke	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	February 7, 1955	(20 artists)
	Rocky Road Blues	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	January 14, 1946	(31 artists)
	Rotation Blues REL	Bill Monroe	July 21, 1951	(2 artists) Originally by Elton Britt and The Skytoppers REC
i	Santa Claus	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 14, 1965	(4 artists)
i	Scotland	Bill Monroe	September 1958	(13 artists)
	Shake My Mother's Hand for Me	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	March 28, 1942	(11 artists)
i	Shenandoah Breakdown	Bill Monroe	September 1964	(12 artists)
	She's Young (And I'm Growing Old)	Bill Monroe	September 1977	The Johnson Mountain Boys
	Shine Hallelujah Shine	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Quartet	January 28, 1948	(7 artists)
	Sittin' Alone in the Moonlight	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	December 1956	(13 artists)
	Six White Horses	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	November 1940	(19 artists)
i	Southern Flavor	Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys	May 1988	(2 artists)
i	Stoney Lonesome	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 14, 1965	(4 artists)
	Summertime Is Past and Gone	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	October 4, 1948	(11 artists)
	Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	April 12, 1948	(12 artists)
i	Tallahassee	Bill Monroe	May 3, 1971	(3 artists)
	Tall Pines	Bill Monroe & James Monroe	March 1, 1973	(8 artists)
i	Tall Timber	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	June 14, 1965	(5 artists)
i	Tennessee Blues	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	August 1941	(7 artists)
	Thank God for Kentucky	Bill Monroe	January 1976	Billy & Terry Smith
	That Home Above	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Quartet	October 25, 1948	(2 artists)
	The Days Gone By	Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys	May 1988	Big Country Bluegrass
	The First Whippoorwill	Bill Monroe	November 24, 1951	(6 artists)
i	The Golden West	Bill Monroe	August 19, 1985	(2 artists)
i	The Gold Rush	Bill Monroe	October 28, 1968	(28 artists)
i	The Old Brown County Barn	Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Boys	1987	(2 artists)
i	The Old Gray Mare Came Tearing out of the Wildnerness	Bill Monroe	1972	(3 artists)
i	The Old Mountaineer	Bill Monroe	1980	(3 artists)
	The Shining Path	Bill Monroe and The Bluegrass Boys	1980	The Bluegrass Cardinals
	The Sunset Trail	Bill Monroe	September 1977	(2 artists)
	Those Memories of You	Bill & James Monroe	June 1978	(15 artists)
	(Tomorrow) I'll Be Gone	Bill Monroe	October 1959	(5 artists)
	Toy Heart	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys with Lester Flatt	March 14, 1949	(9 artists)
	Travellin' This Lonesome Road	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	March 1950	(11 artists)
	True Life Blues	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	October 1946	(14 artists)
	Uncle Pen	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	December 23, 1950	(55 artists)
	Used to Be	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	February 1964	(17 artists)
i	Virginia Darlin'	Bill Monroe	October 28, 1968	(5 artists)
	Walk Softly on My Heart	Bill Monroe	March 9, 1970	(11 artists)
	Walls of Time REC	Bill Monroe & James Monroe	March 1, 1973	(16 artists) Originally by Randall Collins & Curtis Blackwell and The Dixie Bluegrass Boys REL
i	Watson Blues	Bill Monroe	January 1976	(8 artists)
i	Wheel Hoss	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	October 17, 1955	(20 artists)
	When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	December 23, 1950	(8 artists)
	When You Are Lonely	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	December 27, 1948	(14 artists)
	Will You Be Loving Another Man	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	July 14, 1947	(13 artists)
	With Body and Soul	Bill Monroe	October 6, 1969	(11 artists)
	You Live in a World All Your Own	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	May 29, 1961	(3 artists)
	You're Drifting Away	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Quartet	April 4, 1953	(6 artists)

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