Bill Monroe discography

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The discography for the American bluegrass musician Bill Monroe includes a selection of compilation albums. No duplicates are listed.

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Discography

78/45 RPM singles

Year of releaseTitleLabelNumber
1940"Mule Skinner Blues" / "Six White Horses" Bluebird Bb 8568
1940"No Letter In the Mail" / "Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord" Bluebird Bb 8611
1940"Dog House Blues" / "Katy Hill" Bluebird Bb 8692
1940"I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do" / "Tennessee Blues" Bluebird Bb 8813
1941"Blue Yodel No.7" / "In the Pines" Bluebird Bb 8861
1941"The Coupon Song" / "Orange Blossom Special" Bluebird Bb 8893
1941"Shake My Mother's Hand For Me" / "Were You There" Bluebird Bb 8953
1941"Honky Tonk Swing" / "Back Up and Push" Bluebird Bb 8988
1945"True Life Blues" / "Footprints In the Snow" Columbia 20080
1946"Rocky Road Blues" / "Kentucky Waltz" Columbia 36907
1946"Mansions For Me" / "Mother's Only Sleeping" Columbia 20107
1946"Blue Yodel No.4" / "Will You Be Loving Another Man?" Columbia 20189
1946"Goodbye Old Pal" / "Blue Moon of Kentucky" Columbia 20370
1946"Blue Grass Special" / "How Will I Explain About You" Columbia 20384
1947"Shine Hallelujah Shine" / "I'm Travelin' On and On" Columbia 20402
1947"My Rose of Old Kentucky" / "Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong" Columbia 20423
1947"I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling" / "Little Cabin Home On the Hill" Columbia 20459
1947"That Home Above" / "Little Community Church" Columbia 20488
1947"Summertime Is Past and Gone" / "Wicked Path of Sin" Columbia 20503
1948"It's Mighty Dark To Travel" / "When You Are Lonely" Columbia 20526
1948"Toy Heart" / "Bluegrass Breakdown" Columbia 20552
1948"The Old Cross Road" / "Remember the Cross" Columbia 20576
1948"Heavy Traffic Ahead" / "Along About Daybreak" Columbia 20595
1948"I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky" / "Molly and Tenbrooks" Columbia 20612
1949"The Girl In the Blue Velvet Band" / "Bluegrass Stomp" Columbia 20648
1949"Can't You Hear Me Calling" / "Travelin' This Lonesome Road" Columbia 20676
1950"New Mule Skinner Blues" / "My Little Georgia Rose" Decca 46222
1950"The Old Fiddler" / "Alabama Waltz" Decca 46236
1950"I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome" / "Boat of Love" Decca 46254
1950"Bluegrass Ramble" / "Memories of You" Decca 46266
1950"Uncle Pen" / "When the Golden Leaves Begin To Fall" Decca 46283
1951"On the Old Kentucky Shore" / "Poison Love" Decca 46298
1951"Lord Protect My Soul" / "River of Death" Decca 46305
1951"Kentucky Waltz" / "Prisoner's Song" Decca 46314
1951"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" / "Angels Rock Me To Sleep" Decca 46325
1951"Rotation Blues" / "Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues" Decca 46344
1951"I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning" / "Get Down On Your Knees and Pray" Decca 46351
1951"Highway of Sorrow" / "Sugar Coated Love" Decca 46369
1951"Brakeman's Blues" / "Travelin' Blues" Decca 46380
1951"Christmas Time's A-Coming" / "The First Whippoorwill" Decca 46386
1952"Raw Hide" / "Letter From My Darling" Decca 46392
1952"I'm On My Way To the Old Home" / "The First Whippoorwill" Decca 28045
1952"When the Cactus Is In Bloom" / "Sailor's Plea" Decca 28183
1952"Pike County Breakdown" / "A Mighty Pretty Waltz" Decca 28356
1952"Footprints In the Snow" / "In the Pines" Decca 28416
1953"You're Drifting Away" / "Walking In Jerusalem" Decca 28608
1953"Cabin of Love" / "Country Waltz" Decca 28749
1954"Memories of Mother and Dad" / "The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake" Decca 28878
1954"I Hope You Have Learned" / "Wishing Waltz" Decca 29009
1954"Y'all Come" / "Changing Partners" Decca 29021
1954"Get Up John" / "White House Blues" Decca 29141
1954"Happy On My Way" / "He Will Set Your Fields On Fire" Decca 29196
1955"Blue Moon of Kentucky" / "Close By" Decca 29289
1955"I'm Working On A Building" / "A Voice From On High" Decca 29348
1955"Cheyenne" / "Roanoke" Decca 29406
1955"Wait A Little Longer, Please Jesus" / "Let the Light Shine Down On Me" Decca 29436
1956"Put My Little Shoes Away" / "Wheel Hoss" Decca 29645
1956"On and On" / "I Believed In You Darling" Decca 29886
1957"You'll Find Her Name Written There" / "Sitting Alone In the Moonlight" Decca 30178
1957"A Fallen Star" / Four Walls" Decca 30327
1958"Molly and Tenbrooks" / "I'm Sitting On the Top of the World" Decca 30486
1958"Sally-Jo" / "Brand New Shoes" Decca 30647
1959"Panhandle Country" / "Scotland" Decca 30739
1959"Gotta Travel On" / "No One But My Darlin'* Decca 30809
1959"Tomorrow I'll Be Gone" / "Dark As the Night, Blue As the Day" Decca 30944
1960"Lonesome Wind Blues" / "Come Go With Me" Decca 31031
1961"Precious Memories" / "Jesus Hold My Hand" Decca 31107
1961"Linda Lou" / "Put My Rubber Doll Away" Decca 31218
1961"Blue Grass Part 1" / "Flowers of Love" Decca 31346
1962"Toy Heart" / "Danny Boy" Decca 31409
1963"Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" / "How Will I Explain About You" Decca 31456
1963"There Was Nothing We Could Do" / "Big Sandy River" Decca 31487
1963"New John Henry Blues" / "Devil's Dream" Decca 31540
1964"Darlin' Corey" / "Salt Creek" Decca 31596
1964"Shenandoah Breakdown" / "Mary At the Home Place" Decca 31658
1965"Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy" / "Cindy" Decca 31802
1965"I Live In the Past" / "There's An Old, Old House" Decca 31878
1966"Going Home" / "Master Builder" Decca 31943
1967"When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" / "Pretty Fair Maiden In the Garden" Decca 32075
1968"Train 45" / "Is the Blue Moon Still Shining" Decca 32245
1968"The Gold Rush" / "Virginia Darlin'" Decca 32404
1969"I Haven't Seen Mary In Years" / "Crossing the Cumberlands" Decca 32502
1969"Fireball Mail" / "With Body and Soul" Decca 32574
1970"Bonny" / "Sweet Mary and the Miles In Between" Decca 32645
1970"Walk Softly On My Heart" / "McKinley's March" Decca 32654
1971"Going Up Caney" / "Tallahassee" Decca 32827
1972"My Old Kentucky and You" / "Lonesome Moonlight Waltz" Decca 32966
1973"Foggy Mountain Top" / "Tall Pines" MCA 40006
1973"Down Yonder" / "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" MCA 40220
1977"My Sweet Blue Eyed Darling" / "Monroe's Blues" MCA 40675

Studio albums

YearTitleLabelNumberNotes
1958Knee Deep In Bluegrass Decca DL 8731Reissued in UK as Brunswick 8259
1959I Saw the Light Decca DL 8769Reissued as MCA 527
1961Mr Bluegrass Decca DL 4080Reissued as MCA 82
1962Bluegrass Ramble Decca DL 4266Reissued as MCA 88
1963Bluegrass Special Decca DL 4382Reissued as MCA 97
Reissued in UK as Brunswick 8579
1964I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning Decca DL 4537Reissued as MCA 226
1967Bluegrass Time Decca DL 4896Reissued as MCA 116
1972Uncle Pen Decca DL7 5347Reissued as MCA 500
1973Bill & James Monroe - Father and Son MCA 310
1974Road of Life MCA 426
1976Weary Traveller MCA 2173Reissued as MCA 707
1977Bluegrass Memories MCA 2315Reissued as MCA 872
1978Bill & James Monroe - Together Again MCA 2367Reissued as MCA 633
1981Master of Bluegrass MCA 5214
1983Bill Monroe and Friends MCA 5435
1985Stars of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame MCA 5625
1987Bluegrass ' 87 MCA 5970Reissued as MCA 31310
1988 Southern Flavor MCA 42133
1991 Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord MCA 10017

Compilations

YearTitleLabelNumberNotes
1961The Great Bill Monroe Harmony HL 7290
1962My All Time Country Favorites Decca DL 4327Reissued in Japan as Decca 5086
1962The Father of Bluegrass Music RCA Camden CAL 719Reissued as RCA ACL 7059
1964Bill Monroe's Best Harmony HL 7315
1964Songs With the Bluegrass Boys Vocalion VL 3702Reissued as Coral CB 20099
1965Bluegrass Instrumentals Decca DL 4601Reissued as MCA 104
1965The Original Bluegrass Sound Harmony HL 7338
1965Bluegrass Style Vocalion VL7 3870Reissued as Coral CB 20077
1966The High Lonesome Sound Decca DL 4780Reissued as MCA 110
1968Greatest Hits Decca DL7 5010Reissued as MCA 17
1969Bill Monroe & Charlie Monroe Decca DL7 5066Reissued as MCA 124
1969A Voice From On High Decca DL7 5135Reissued as MCA 131
197016 All-time Greatest Hits Columbia CS 1065
1970Kentucky Bluegrass Decca DL7 5213Reissued as MCA 136
1971Country Music Hall of Fame Decca DL7 5281Reissued as MCA 140
1973Greatest Hits MCA 5023Japanese issue
1974Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys 1950-60 MCA 9224-274 vol.; Japanese issue -
1975The Best of MCA 2 4090Double album
1975Bluegrass Special Vol.1BS1French issue
1976Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys 1950-72 MCA 9269-713 vol; Japanese issue -
1976Bluegrass Special Vol.2BS3French issue
1976Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Vol.1 CBS Sony 20AP11Japanese issue
1976Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Vol.2 CBS Sony 20AP12Japanese issue
1976New Greatest Hits CBS Sony 20AP27Japanese issue
1977Sings Bluegrass, Body and Soul MCA 2251Reissued as MCA 708
1978With Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Rounder SS 06
1980Classic Bluegrass Recordings Vol.1 County CCS 104
1980Classic Bluegrass Recordings Vol.2 County CCS 105
1980Country Hall of FameCoralCDL 8505UK issue
1981Singles Collection Vol.1 MCA VIM 4068Japanese issue
1981Singles Collection Vol.2 MCA VIM 4069Japanese issue
1981Singles Collection Vol.3 MCA VIM 4070Japanese issue
1981Singles Collection Vol.4 MCA VIM 4071Japanese issue
1983Bill Monroe 1950-54Collector's ClassicsCC 18German issue
1984Bill Monroe Columbia FC 38904
1985Classic Bluegrass Instrumentals Rebel 850Canadian issue
1987In the Pines Rebel 853Canadian issue
reissued as County CCS 114
1989Bluegrass 1950-1958 Bear Family BCD 154234 vol; German issue
1991Bill Monroe MCA D 10082Part of the Country Music Hall of Fame series
1991Mule Skinner Blues RCA Victor 2494-2-RReissued as Country Legends
1991Bluegrass 1959-1969 Bear Family BCD 155294 vol; German issue
1992The Essential Columbia C2K 52478Double album
1994The Music of Bill Monroe 1936-94 MCA D4 110484 vol.
1994Bluegrass 1970-1979 Bear Family BCD 156064 vol; German issue
199616 gems Columbia CK 53908
1997Bluegrass BreakdownJavelinPRACD 4003
1997The Father of Bluegrass Music RCA Victor BVCP 7464Japanese issue
1998The Early Years Vanguard VCD 79518
1999The Best of MCA 088170109-2
1999The Best of MCA MCF 2696
1999Blue Grass Special MemoriesRaintreeRR 599
1999Lookin' BackSilver EagleSEA 70007
1999Father of Bluegrass: the Early YearsASVAJA 52981940-47; UK issue
2000American Traveler County CCS 119
2000The Father of BluegrassCastle PulsePLS 359UK issue
2001Mansions For MeMusic Mill EntertainmentMME 71007
200136 All-time favoritesUniversal Music-3 vol.
2002The Very Best of MCA 088112982-2Reissued as The Definitive Collection
2003All the Classic Releases 1937-1949JSP77124 vol.; UK issue
2003Gotta Travel On MCA MCLD 19403
2003Bill Monroe Anthology 1950-81 MCA 088113207-2
2003Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-49 Bear Family BCD 163996 vol; German issue
2003Blue...Blue...BluegrassBlack CatBCCD 0074Czech issue
2004The King and the FatherMusic Mill EntertainmentMME 70048
2004The Gospel Spirit MCA 290702
2004Far Across the Blue Water Bear Family BCD 166244 vol; German issue
2005Shady GroveFruit TreeFT 843Italian issue
2005Nine Pound HammerTomatoTMT 2154
2005I Saw the LightUniversal MusicB0004618-02
2007My Last Days On Earth 1981-84 Bear Family BCD 166374 vol; German issue
2009Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass BoysJSP771194 vol.; UK issue

Live albums

YearTitleLabelNumberNotes
1973Bean Blossom MCA 2 8002Double album
1975Bill Monroe & Doc Watson - Sings Country SongsFBN210
1976Bill Monroe's Bluegrass FestivalCountry Music MagazineCM 1039
1979Bean Blossom ' 79 MCA 3209Reissued in Japan as MCA VIM 6222
1980Radio Shows 1946-48Country CanadaBGC 80Canadian issue
1981Orange Blossom SpecialStack-O-Hits9001Reissued as Hollywood HCD-409 At His Best, and in Germany as Astan 20018 [1]
1982Live RadioCountry RoadCR 02Canadian issue
1989Live At the Opry MCA 076742228620
1993Live Recordings 1956-69 Vol.1Smithsonian Folkways40063
1993Bill Monroe & Doc Watson - Live Duet RecordingsSmithsonian Folkways400641963-1980
1999Live From Mountain Stage Blue Plate Music BPM 400
2001Live Vol.1Rural RhythmRHY 1015
2002Live At Vanderbilt Bear Family BCD 16614German issue
2003Two Days At Newport 1963AndMoreBearsAMD 25001
2004Live At Mechanics HallAcoustic DiscACD 59
2005200th Show At the Brown County Jamboree BarnNo LabelNo #

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References

  1. Rosenberg, Neil V.; Wolfe, Charles K. (2007). The Music of Bill Monroe. University of Illinois Press. p. 177.