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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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Songs written by Bill Monroe

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Along About Daybreak Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys October 28, 1947 Covered by (2 artists)
Ashland Breakdown Bill Monroe Bill Monroe March 10, 1975 Covered by (5 artists)
A Voice from on High Bill Monroe, Bessie Mauldin The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys November 25, 1953 Covered by (8 artists)
Big Mon Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys December 1, 1958 Covered by (17 artists)
Blue Grass Breakdown Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys October 27, 1947 Covered by (21 artists)
Blue Grass Part One [Blue Grass Twist] Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys December 3, 1960 Covered by (2 artists)
Blue Grass Special Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys February 13, 1945 Covered by (2 artists)
Blue Grass Stomp Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys October 22, 1949 Covered by (5 artists)
Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys September 16, 1946 Covered by (196 artists)
Bluest Man in Town Bill Monroe Del McCoury & The Dixie Pals August 9, 1971 Covered by (3 artists)
Boat of Love Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys April 8, 1950 Covered by (7 artists)
Brown County Breakdown Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys September 16, 1955 Covered by (8 artists)
Can't You Hear Me Callin' Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys March 1950 Covered by (21 artists)
Cheap Love Affair Bill Monroe, Chuck Carson Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys April 25, 1962 Covered by (3 artists)
Cheyenne Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys December 31, 1954 Covered by (15 artists)
Close By Bill Monroe, Robert Van Winkle Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys June 26, 1954 Covered by (7 artists)
Come Back to Me in My Dreams Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys May 15, 1957 Covered by (4 artists)
Crossing the Cumberlands Bill Monroe Bill Monroe November 14, 1968 Covered by (7 artists)
Dark as the Night, Blue as the Day Bill Monroe Bill Monroe January 30, 1959 Covered by (5 artists)
Days Gone By Bill Monroe, Tom Ewing Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys January 12, 1988 Covered by Big Country Bluegrass
Don't Put Off 'Til Tomorrow Bill Monroe, Pete Pyle Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys July 18, 1952 Covered by The Wayfaring Strangers
Farewell to Long Hollow Bill Monroe Covered by (2 artists)
Fiddler's Pastime Bill Monroe Kenny Baker [US2] March 1976 Covered by Noam Pikelny
Get Down on Your Knees and Pray Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys July 6, 1951 Covered by (6 artists)
Get Up John Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys May 31, 1954 Covered by (9 artists)
Goin' Up Caney Bill Monroe Bill Monroe December 3, 1970 Covered by (3 artists)
Heavy Traffic Ahead Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys September 16, 1946 Covered by (6 artists)
Highway of Sorrow Bill Monroe, Pete Pyle Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys April 23, 1951 Covered by (8 artists)
I Believed in You Darling Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys January 7, 1954 Covered by (4 artists)
I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys October 27, 1947 Covered by (9 artists)
I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys April 8, 1950 Covered by (12 artists)
I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome Hank Williams, Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys February 3, 1950 Covered by (22 artists)
I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys October 27, 1947 Covered by (17 artists)
I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus Bill Monroe, Frankie Adams Little Brenda Lee July 31, 1956 Covered by (2 artists)
I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys February 3, 1950 Covered by (9 artists)
In Despair Bill Monroe, Juanita Pennington Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys May 15, 1957 Covered by (27 artists)
It's Mighty Dark to Travel Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys October 27, 1947 Covered by (20 artists)
I Was Left on the Street Bill Monroe, Chuck Carson Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys April 25, 1962 Covered by (4 artists)
Jerusalem Ridge Bill Monroe Bill Monroe March 10, 1975 Covered by (24 artists)
Kentucky Mandolin Bill Monroe Bill Monroe November 9, 1967 Covered by (7 artists)
Kentucky Waltz Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys February 13, 1945 Covered by (66 artists)
Lee Weddin' Tune Bill Monroe Bill Monroe November 25, 1969 Covered by The Price Sisters
Letter from My Darling Bill Monroe Bill Monroe January 20, 1951 Covered by (7 artists)
Little Cabin Home on the Hill Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys 1948 Covered by (37 artists)
Little Community Church Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Quartet October 28, 1947 Covered by (6 artists)
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz Bill Monroe Bill Monroe December 3, 1970 Covered by (11 artists)
Lord Protect My Soul Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Quartet October 15, 1950 Covered by (4 artists)
Louisville Breakdown Bill Monroe Bill Monroe April 9, 1964 Covered by (2 artists)
Mansions for Me Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys March 24, 1947 Covered by (9 artists)
Memories of Mother and Dad Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys August 1966 Covered by (7 artists)
Memories of You Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys February 3, 1950 Covered by (5 artists)
Methodist Preacher Bill Monroe Bill Monroe April 29, 1969 Covered by (3 artists)
Mississippi Waltz Bill Monroe Kenny Baker [US2] March 1976 Covered by (3 artists)
Monroe's Blues Bill Monroe Bill Monroe October 20, 1976 Covered by Bob Black
Monroe's Hornpipe Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys December 1, 1958 Covered by (12 artists)
Mother's Only Sleeping Bill Monroe J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers May 1946 Covered by (14 artists)
My Little Georgia Rose Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys February 3, 1950 Covered by (18 artists)
My Louisiana Love Bill Monroe Bill Monroe October 20, 1976 Covered by Bill Monroe with Mel Tillis
My Old Kentucky and You Bill Monroe Bill Monroe March 21, 1972 Covered by (2 artists)
My Rose of Old Kentucky Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys October 27, 1947 Covered by (16 artists)
My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin' Bill Monroe Bill Monroe October 20, 1976 Covered by (8 artists)
No One but My Darlin' Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys December 1, 1958 Covered by The Nashville Bluegrass Band
Northern White Clouds Bill Monroe Bill Monroe May 21, 1989 Covered by The Baylor Brothers
Old Dangerfield Bill Monroe Bill Monroe 1981 Covered by (6 artists)
Old Ebenezer Scrooge Bill Monroe Bill Monroe February 3, 1981 Covered by (3 artists)
On and On Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys April 30, 1956 Covered by (11 artists)
On the Old Kentucky Shore Bill Monroe Bill Monroe February 24, 1951 Covered by (6 artists)
Panhandle Country Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys April 8, 1958 Covered by (15 artists)
Pike County Breakdown Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys REC, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys REL July 26, 1952 Covered by (15 artists)
Raw Hide Bill Monroe Bill Monroe January 20, 1951 Covered by (31 artists)
Remember the Cross Bill Monroe, Howard Watts Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Quartet October 1947 Covered by (3 artists)
River of Death Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Quartet October 15, 1950 Covered by (6 artists)
Road to Columbus Bill Monroe Kenny Baker [US2] March 1976 Covered by (8 artists)
Roane County Prison Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys May 15, 1957 Covered by (2 artists)
Roanoke Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys December 31, 1954 Covered by (20 artists)
Rocky Road Blues Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys February 13, 1945 Covered by (31 artists)
Roxanna Waltz Bill Monroe Kenny Baker [US2] April 1972 Covered by (6 artists)
Santa Claus Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys March 27, 1963 Covered by (4 artists)
Scotland Bill Monroe Bill Monroe April 4, 1958 Covered by (13 artists)
Shenandoah Breakdown Bill Monroe Bill Monroe March 27, 1963 Covered by (12 artists)
She's Young and I'm Growing Old Bill Monroe Bill Monroe July 27, 1972 Covered by The Johnson Mountain Boys
Shine Hallelujah Shine Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Quartet October 28, 1947 Covered by (7 artists)
Shining Path Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and The Bluegrass Boys September 17, 1946 Covered by The Bluegrass Cardinals
Sittin' Alone in the Moonlight Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys December 1956 Covered by (13 artists)
Six Feet Under the Ground Bill Monroe The Pinnacle Boys 1974 Covered by (4 artists)
Southern Flavor Bill Monroe Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys January 4, 1988 Covered by (2 artists)
Stay Away from Me Bill Monroe High Country 1984 Covered by (4 artists)
Stoney Lonesome Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys January 30, 1959 Covered by (4 artists)
Summertime Is Past and Gone Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys September 16, 1946 Covered by (11 artists)
Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys October 27, 1947 Covered by (12 artists)
Tallahassee Bill Monroe Bill Monroe December 3, 1970 Covered by (3 artists)
Tall Timber Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys September 16, 1955 Covered by (5 artists)
Tanyards Bill Monroe Jim Moss 1983 Covered by (2 artists)
Tennessee Blues Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys October 7, 1940 Covered by (7 artists)
That Home Above Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Quartet October 28, 1947 Covered by (2 artists)
The First Whippoorwill Bill Monroe Bill Monroe October 28, 1951 Covered by (6 artists)
The Golden West Bill Monroe Bill Monroe June 17, 1985 Covered by (2 artists)
The Gold Rush Bill Monroe Bill Monroe August 23, 1967 Covered by (27 artists)
The Old Brown County Barn Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Boys June 17, 1985 Covered by (2 artists)
The Old Gray Mare Came Tearing out of the Wildnerness Bill Monroe Bill Monroe January 15, 1971 Covered by (3 artists)
The Old Mountaineer Bill Monroe Bill Monroe June 16, 1979 Covered by (3 artists)
The One I Love Is Gone Bill Monroe Hazel Dickens and Alice Foster 1965 Covered by (13 artists)
The Sunset Trail Bill Monroe Bill Monroe July 25, 1977 Covered by (2 artists)
Toy Heart Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys with Lester Flatt September 16, 1946 Covered by (9 artists)
Travelin' This Lonesome Road Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys October 22, 1949 Covered by (11 artists)
True Life Blues Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys February 13, 1945 Covered by (14 artists)
Uncle Pen Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys October 15, 1950 Covered by (55 artists)
Used to Be Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys September 16, 1955 Covered by (17 artists)
Virginia Darlin' Bill Monroe Bill Monroe August 23, 1967 Covered by (5 artists)
Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine Bill Monroe, Jake Landers Bill Monroe October 28, 1969 Covered by (11 artists)
Walls of Time Bill Monroe, Peter Rowan Bill Monroe & James Monroe REC, Randall Collins & Curtis Blackwell and The Dixie Bluegrass Boys REL March 21, 1972 Covered by (16 artists)
Watson Blues Bill Monroe Bill Monroe March 11, 1975 Covered by (8 artists)
Wheel Hoss Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys December 31, 1954 Covered by (20 artists)
When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys October 15, 1950 Covered by (8 artists)
When You Are Lonely Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys October 28, 1947 Covered by (14 artists)
White Horse Breakdown Bill Monroe Kenny Baker [US2] April 1972 Covered by (6 artists)
Why Did You Wander? Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys November 9, 1952 Covered by (12 artists)
Wicked Path of Sin Bill Monroe Stoney Cooper and Wilma Lee 1947 Covered by (17 artists)
Will You Be Loving Another Man Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys September 16, 1946 Covered by (13 artists)
You'd Better Get Right Bill Monroe The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys April 5, 1955 Covered by (4 artists)
You Live in a World All Your Own Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys November 30, 1960 Covered by (3 artists)
You're Drifting Away Bill Monroe Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Quartet July 6, 1951 Covered by (6 artists)

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