Kurz-Bio:
Der Bluegrass-Pionier, Musiker (Mandoline, Gesang etc.), Komponist und Bandleader Bill Monroe wurde am 13. September 1911 in Rosine, Kentucky, als William Smith Monroe geboren und verstarb am 9. September 1996 in Springfield, Tennessee.
Von Bill Monroe gab es diese für die Fünfzigerjahre zeitgemäßen Tonträger als Single:
COLUMBIA - 33 1/3
03 49....2 - 151 (20552)….BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS..Blue Grass Breakdown/Toy Heart
04 49....2 - 207 (20576)….BILL MONROE & His Blue Grass Quartet..Remember The Cross/The Old Cross Road
07 49....2 - 275 (20595)….BILL MONROE & His Blue Grass Quartet..Along About Daybreak/Heavy Traffic Ahead
09 49....2 - 323 (20612)….BILL MONROE and his Blue Grass Boys..I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky (ZLP 1413)/Molly And Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song) (------)
12 49....2 - 423 (20648)….BILL MONROE..Blue Grass Stomp/Girl In Blue Velvet Band
03 50....2 - 551 (20676)….BILL MONROE & MAC WISEMAN..Travelling This Lonesome Road/Can't You Hear Me Calling
DECCA - C&W
03 50....9-46222....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..New Mule Skinner Blues (45-75810)/My Little Georgia Rose (45-75811)
05 50....9-46236....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..Old Fiddler (45-76143)/Alabama Waltz (45-75814)
08 50....9-46254....BILL MONROE and his Blue Grass Boys..Boat Of Love (45-76142)/I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (45-75815)
09 50....9-46266....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..Memories Of You (45-75812)/Blue Grass Ramble (45-75809)
12 50....9-46283....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..Uncle Pen (45-80071)/When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall (45-80072)
03 51....9-46298....BILL MONROE..Poison Love (45-80437)/On The Old Kentucky Shore (45-80435)
04 51....9-46305....BILL MONROE And The Blue Grass Quartet..Lord Protect My Soul (45-80073)/River Of Death (45-80074)
05 51....9-46314....BILL MONROE And The Blue Grass Boys..Kentucky Waltz (45-80725)/The Prisoner's Song (45-80726)
05 51....9-46325....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..Swing Low Sweet Chariot (45-80727)/Angels Rock Me To Sleep (45-80728)
08 51....9-46344....BILL MONROE..Rotation Blues (45-81249)/Lonesome Truck Drivers Blues (45-81250)
08 51....9-46351....BILL MONROE..Get Down On Your Knees And Pray (45-81275)/I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning (45-76141)
10 51....9-46369....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..Sugar Coated Love (45-81272)/Highway Of Sorrow (45-80926)
11 51....9-46380....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..Brake Man's Blues (45-80791)/Travelin' Blues (45-80792)
12 51....9-46386....BILL MONROE..Christmas Time's A-Comin' (45-81801)/The First Whippoorwill (45-81802)
01 52....9-46392....BILL MONROE..Raw Hide (45-80436)/Letter From My Darlin' (45-80434)
DECCA
03 52....9-28045....BILL MONROE..The First Whippoorwill (45-81802)/BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..I'm On My Way To The Old Home (45-75813)
04 52....9-28183....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..Sailor's Plea (45-80921)/When The Cactus Is In Bloom (45-80793)
08 52....9-28356....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..A Mighty Pretty Waltz (45-83171)/Pike County Breakdown (45-83172)
10 52....9-28416....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..In The Pines (45-83130)/Footprints In The Snow (45-83131)
03 53....9-28608....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..Walking In Jerusalem Just Like John (45-83132)/BILL MONROE..You're Drifting Away (45-81273)
07 53....9-28749....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..Country Waltz (45-83135)/BILL MONROE..Cabin Of Love (45-81274)
12 53....9-28878....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..Memories Of Mother And Dad (45-83133)/The Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake (45-83134)
03 54....9-29009....BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS..Wishing Waltz (45-85544)/I Hope You Have Learned (45-85545)
02 54....9-29021....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..Changing Partners (45-85697)/Y'All Come (45-85698)
05 54....9-29141....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..Whitehouse Blues (45-85736)/Get Up John (45-85546)
COLUMBIA - HALL OF FAME SERIES
?? 54....4-54013-s....Vocal Duet: Bill Moroe, Lester Flatt with String Band Acc. BILL MONROE & his Blue Grass Boys..Mansions For Me (ZSP 9674)/Mother's Only Sleeping (ZSP 9675) (20107)
08 54....4-52021....Old Time Singing And Playing BILL MONROE & his BLUE GRASS BOYS..Kentucky Waltz (ZSP 31390)/Footprints In The Snow (ZSP 31391) (20013/20080)
08 54....4-52022....BILL MONROE & his BLUE GRASS BOYS..Blue Moon Of Kentucky (ZSP 31399)/Blue Grass Special (ZSP 31400) (20370/20384)
DECCA
08 54....9-29196....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..He Will Set Your Fields Afire (45-85753)/Happy On My Way (45-85750)
10 54....9-29289....BILL MONROE And His BLUE GRASS BOYS..Blue Moon Of Kentucky (45-86763)/Close By (45-86567)
11 54....9-29348....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Boys..I'm Working On A Building (45-85751)/A Voice From On High (45-85752)
02 55....9-29406....BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS..Roanoke (45-87245)/Cheyenne (45-87243)
02 55....9-29436....BILL MONROE And His Blue Grass Quartet..Wait A Little Longer, Please Jesus (45-87402)/Let The Light Shine Down On Me (45-87403)
10 55....9-29645....BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS..Wheel Hoss (45-87242)/Put My Little Shoes Away (45-86569)
04 56....9-29886....BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS..On And On (45-85733)/I Believed In You Darling (45-85734)
01 57....9-30178....BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS..You'll Find Her Name Written There (45-87244)/Sittin' Alone In The Moonlight (45-85695)
05 57....9-30327....BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS..A Fallen Star (45-102328)/Four Walls (45-102329)
11 57....9-30486....BILL MONROE..Molly And Tenbrooks (102,740)/I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World (102,735)
05 58....9-30647....BILL MONROE..Sally-Jo (103,937)/Brand New Shoes (103,938)
09 58....9-30739....BILL MONROE..Panhandle Country (104,835)/Scotland (104,836)
12 58....9-30809....BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS..Gotta Travel On (106,200)/No One But My Darlin' (106,201)
10 59....9-30944....BILL MONROE..Tomorrow I'll Be Gone (106,540)/Dark As The Night Blue As The Day (106,541)
12 59....9-31031....BILL MONROE..Come Go With Me (108,460)/Lonesome Wind Blues (108,458)
06 60....9-31107....BILL MONROE..Jesus Hold My Hand (104,733)/Precious Memories (104,729)
02 61....31218....BILL MONROE Vocal With Instrumental Accompaniment..Linda Lou (109,660)/Put My Rubber Doll Away (109,920)
12 61....31346....BILL MONROE Instrumental..Blue Grass - Part 1 (109,927)/BILL MONROE Vocal With Instrumental Accompaniment..Flowers Of Love (109,925)
07 62....31409....BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUEGRASS BOYS Vocal With Instrumental Accompaniment..Danny Boy (111,451)/Toy Heart (111,390)
01 63....31456....BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS RAMBLERS Vocal Duet With Instrumental Accompaniment..Blue Ridge Mountain Blues (112,210)/How Will I Explain About You (112,211)
04 63….31487….BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS Instrumental..Big Sandy River (112,859)/BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS Vocal With Instrumental Accompaniment..There Was Nothing We Could Do (112,147)
09 63….31540….BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS Instrumental..Devil's Dream (113,296)/BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS Vocal With Instrumental Accompaniment..New John Henry Blues (85735)
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Gerd
