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Bill Monroe
and the Blue Grass Boys
Born:  September 13, 1911
Died:  September 9, 1996
Bluegrass Hall of Honor (1991)
Country Music Hall of Fame (1970)
Kentucky Music Hall of Fame (2002)
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1971)
WSM Grand Ole Opry


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Buy this Book
Bill Monroe Reader
By Tom Ewing, Editor
University of Illinois Press
2000
301 Pages
ISBN:  0-252-02500-8
 



Buy this Book
Can't You Hear Me Callin'
The Life of Bill Monroe
By Richard D. Smith
Little, Brown and Company
2000
365 Pages
ISBN:  0-316-80381-2
 

Recordings (78rpm/45rpm)

 
Bluebird
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  8568 A Six White Horses
  8568 B Mule Skinner Blues
  8611 A No Letter In The Mail
  8611 B Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord
  8692 A Dog House Blues
  8692 B Katy Hill
  8813 A Tennessee Blues
  8813 B I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do
  8861 A Blue Yodel No.7
  8861 B In The Pines (W)
  8893 A Orange Blossom Special
  8893 B Coupon Song
  8953 A Were You There
  8953 B Shake My Mother's Hand
  8988 A Honky Tonk Swing
  8988 B Back Up And Push (V.B.Monroe)
 
Columbia
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  20013 A Kentucky Waltz
  20013 B Rocky Road Blues
  20080 A True Life Blues
  20080 B Footprints In The Snow
  20107 A Mother's Only Sleeping
  20107 B Mansions For Me
  20189 A Blue Yodel No.4
  20189 B Will You Be Lovin' Another Man?
  20370 A Blue Moon Of Kentucky
  20370 B Goodbye Old Pal
  20384 A Blue Grass Special
  20384 B How Will I Explain About You
  20402 B I'm A-Travelling On And On
  20423 A My Rose Of Old Kentucky (Vbm)
  20423 B Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong (Vbm)
  20459 A I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling
  20459 B My Little Cabin Home On The Hill
  20488 A Little Community Church
  20488 B That Home Above
  20503 A Wicked Path Of Sin
  20503 B Summertime Is Past And Gone
  20526 A When You Are Lonely
  20526 B It's Mighty Dark To Travel
  20552 A Toy Heart
  20552 B Bluegrass Breakdown
  20576 A Remember The Cross
  20576 B The Old Cross Road
  20595 A Heavy Traffic Ahead
  20595 B Along About Daybreak
  20612 A I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky
  20612 B Molly And Tenbrooks
  20648 A Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
  20648 B Bluegrass Stomp
  20676 A Travelin' This Lonesome Road
  20676 B Can't You Hear Me Calling
  36907 A Rocky Road Blues
  36907 B Kentucky Waltz
  37151 A True Life Blues
  37151 B Footprints In The Snow
  37294 A Mansions For Me
  37294 B Mother's Only Sleeping
  37565 A Blue Yodel No. 4
  37565 B Will You Be Lovin' Another Man?
  37888 A Blue Moon Of Kentucky
  37888 B Goodbye Old Pal
  37960 A Blue Grass Special
  37960 B How Will I Explain About You
  38078 A I'm Travelin' On And On
  38172 A Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong (Vbm)
  38172 B My Rose Of Old Kentucky
 
Decca
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  28045 A I'm On My Way To The Old Home
  28045 B The First Whippoorwill
  28183 A Sailor's Plea
  28183 B When The Cactus Is In The Bloom
  28356 A A Mighty Pretty Waltz
  28356 B Pike County Breakdown
  28416 A In The Pines
  28416 B Footprints In The Snow
  28608 A Walkin In Jerusalem Just Like John
  28608 B You're Drifting Away
  28749 A Country Waltz
  28749 B Cabin Of Love
  28878 A Memories Of Mother And Dad
  28878 B Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake
  29009 A I Hope You Have Learned
  29009 B Wishing Waltz
  29021 A Changing Partners
  29021 B Y'all Come
  29141 A Get Up John
  29141 B White House Blues
  29196 A Happy On My Way
  29196 B He Will Set Your Fields Afire
  29289 A Blue Moon Of Kentucky
  29289 B Close By
  29348 A I'm Working On A Building
  29348 B A Voice From On High
  29406 A Cheyenne
  29406 B Roanoke
  29436 A Let The Light Shine Down On Me
  29436 B Wait A Little Longer, Please, Jesus
  29645 A Put My Little Shoes Away
  29645 B Wheel Hoss
  29886 A On And On
  29886 B I Believe In You Darling
  46222 A New Mule Skinner Blues
  46222 B My Little Georgia Rose
  46236 A The Old Fiddler
  46236 B Alabama Waltz
  46254 A I'm Blue I'm Lonesome
  46254 B Boat Of Love
  46266 A Blue Grass Ramble
  46266 B Memories Of You
  46283 A Uncle Pen
  46283 B When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall
  46298 A On The Old Kentucky Shore
  46298 B Poison Love
  46305 A Lord Protect My Soul
  46305 B River Of Death
  46314 A Kentucky Waltz
  46314 B Prisoner's Song
  46325 A Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  46325 B Angels Rock Me To Sleep
  46344 A Rotation Blues
  46344 B Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues
  46351 A I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning
  46351 B Get Down On Your Knees And Pray
  46369 A Highway Of Sorrow
  46369 B Sugar Coated Love
  46380 A Brakeman's Blues
  46380 B Travelin' Blues
  46386 A Christmas Time's A-Coming
  46386 B The First Whippoorwill
  46392 A Raw Hide
  46392 B Letter From My Darling
 
Montgomery Ward
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  8861 A Six White Horses
  8861 B Mule Skinner Blues
  8862 A No Letter In The Mail
  8862 B Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord
  8863 A Dog House Blues
  8863 B Katy Hill
  8864 A I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do
  8864 B Tennessee Blues
 
RCA Victor
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  20-3163 A Blue Yodel No.7
  20-3163 B Mule Skinner's Blues
  20-3295 A Back Up And Push
  20-3295 B Katy Hill


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