Bill Monroe

Person · Open Library

Works

5

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Film & TV

Acting · Rosine, Kentucky, USA

William Smith Monroe was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, who created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the "Father of Bluegrass". The genre takes its name from his band, the Blue Grass Boys, who named their group for the bluegrass of Monroe's home state of Kentucky.

Known for

• Newport and the Great Folk Dream — Self (archive footage)2025
• Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music — Self (archive footage)2019
• The Porchlight Sessions — Self2017
• Opry Video Classics: Pioneers — Self (archive footage)2007
• Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music — Self1993
• High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music — Self1992
• Yesteryear in Nashville — Self1982
• Scruggs: A Festival of Music — Self1972
• The Johnny Cash Show — Self1969

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1911-09-13

Active to

1996-09-09

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

113,875

Total plays

1,035,708

Bill Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) developed the style of country music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys," named for his home state of Kentucky. Monroe's performing career spanned 60 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. He is often referred to as "the father of bluegrass." In the rock (and roll) community, Bill Monroe may be best known via one of Elvis Presley's earliest recordings at Sun Records, that of Monr

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The ERA5 global reanalysis

   · 2020 · cited 22,793x

2. The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

   · 2011 · cited 13,270x

3. The diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

   · 2011 · cited 9,013x

4. Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

   · 2011 · cited 6,024x

5. Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

   · 2017 · cited 5,481x

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Quotes

• “That ain't no part of nothin'.”
• “It ain't only the colored folks has the blues; there's many a white man that's had 'em.”
• “(When asked who the three finest old time guitarists were) Well, I would have to pick Travis, you know; I think he's a great man with his music, and there's been many a man that's copied from Merle. You know, they say he learned from a man in Kentucky. Well, I know this Mose Rager he learned from, he learned from Arnold Shultz, the man I speak of, a colored man, in playing the blues. So I think it all leads back to this old colored man back in Kentucky.”
• “The word "hillbilly", I've never liked that, and I've never used that in my music.”

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Key facts

Born

William Smith Monroe , ( 1911-09-13 ) September 13, 1911, Rosine, Kentucky , U.S.

Origin

Kentucky, U.S.

Died

September 9, 1996 (1996-09-09) (aged 84), Springfield, Tennessee , U.S.

Genres

Country bluegrass gospel blues folk

Instruments

Mandolin , guitar

Years active

1927–1996

Labels

Bluebird Columbia Decca MCA RCA Victor

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Wikidata facts

Image

MonroeBrothers.jpg

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