Blue Moon of Kentucky (1954 Decca studio recording with triple fiddles)

~ Recording by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Blue Moon of Kentucky2:05Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysClose By / Blue Moon of KentuckyBill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysSingle
  • US1954-10-04
Decca Records29289
1.7Blue Moon of Kentucky2:08Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass BoysMy All Time Country FavoritesBill Monroe and His Blue Grass BoysAlbum + Compilation
  • US1962-10-08
Decca RecordsDL 4327
1.6Blue Moon of Kentucky2:05Bill MonroeThe Best of Bill MonroeBill MonroeAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCA2-4090
3.16Blue Moon of Kentucky2:08Bill MonroeBlue Grass 1950-1958Bill MonroeAlbum + Compilation
Bear Family RecordsBCD 15423 DH
1.7Blue Moon of Kentucky2:09Bill MonroeThe Country Music Hall of Fame: Bill MonroeBill MonroeAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records Nashville (a division of MCA Records Inc.)MCAD-10082
1.7Blue Moon of Kentucky2:08Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysIn the PinesBill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysAlbum + Compilation
County Records, MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)CCD-CD-114, MSD-35387
1.7Blue Moon of Kentucky2:09Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysAppalachian Stomp: Bluegrass ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-02-28
Rhino (reissue label)R2 71870
1.9Blue Moon of Kentucky2:09Bill MonroeBluegrass FestivalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-20975
1.1Blue Moon of Kentucky2:09Bill MonroeBluegrass EssentialsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-04-07
Hip‐O RecordsHIPD-40102
1.1Blue Moon of Kentucky2:07Bill Monroe20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill MonroeBill MonroeAlbum + Compilation
  • -2000-01-18
Universal Music Canada
1.1Blue Moon of Kentucky2:09Bill MonroeTreasury of Bluegrass, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicR142-08
2.1Blue Moon of Kentucky2:09Bill MonroeTime Life’s Treasury of BluegrassVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-02-05
Time–Life MusicM18701
1.2Blue Moon of Kentucky2:08Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of BluegrassVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-07-02
Hip‐O Records314 583 173-2
1.6Blue Moon of Kentucky2:07Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysWinning CombinationsLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and Bill MonroeAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-05-20
MCA Special ProductsB0000302-2
1.14Blue Moon of Kentucky2:08Bill MonroeAnthologyBill MonroeAlbum + Compilation
MCA Nashville (formerly Decca Nashville, 1955–1973)088 113 207-2
1.1Blue Moon of Kentucky2:09Bill MonroeLegends of BluegrassVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-08-31
Universal Music Special Markets, Time–Life MusicB0002395-2, M19007
2.6Blue Moon of Kentucky2:09Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysClassic Country: BluegrassVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 626/37
1.1Blue Moon of Kentucky2:08Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysThe Definitive CollectionBill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-04-19
MCA Nashville (formerly Decca Nashville, 1955–1973)
1.6Blue Moon of Kentucky2:07Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysEarl Scruggs, Family & FriendsEarl ScruggsAlbum + Compilation
Madacy EntertainmentMEG2 50775
1.5Blue Moon of Kentucky2:07Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass BoysElizabethtown: Songs From the Brown HotelVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008), Vinyl Films82876 71411-2
1.13Blue Moon of Kentucky2:09Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysGolden Age of CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music25232-2
1.13Blue Moon of Kentucky2:09Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass BoysGolden Age of CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music
1.13Blue Moon of Kentucky2:09Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass BoysGolden Age of Country: Waltz Across TexasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time-Life, Universal Music Special Markets24666-D, B0012927-02
1.13Blue Moon of Kentucky2:09Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass BoysGolden Age of CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-02-22
Time–Life Music
1.3Blue Moon of Kentucky2:00Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysVery Best of BluegrassVarious ArtistsOther
Not Now MusicNOT3CD050
1.12Blue Moon of Kentucky2:08Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysCountry RootsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)B0017043-02
1.25Blue Moon of Kentucky2:01Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys75 Country & Bluegrass HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT3CD103
3.20Blue Moon of Kentucky2:07Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysBest of Country ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2016-09-09
Universal Music Strategic Marketing (subsidiary of Universal Music GmbH)060075366880
1.60Blue Moon of Kentucky2:07Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysBest of Country ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AT2016-11-11
  • DE2016-11-11
  • CH2016-11-11
Brunswick (Imprint of Brunswick Record Corporation)
1.1Blue Moon of Kentucky2:09Bill MonroeBluegrass Essentialsm, Vol.1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Hip‐O RecordsHIPD-40102
1.1Blue Moon of Kentucky2:07Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass BoysBluegrass PioneersVarious ArtistsAlbum
4.7Blue Moon of Kentucky2:06Bill MonroeFive Classic Albums plus Bonus SinglesBill MonroeAlbum + Compilation
Real GoneRGMCD172

Relationships

double bass:Ernie Newton (contrabassist) (on 1954-09-04)
fiddle:Charlie Cline (on 1954-09-04)
Merle "Red" Taylor (country/bluegrass fiddler, songwriter, and singer) (on 1954-09-04)
Gordon Terry (Bluegrass/Country artist, guitarist and fiddle player.) (on 1954-09-04)
guitar:Edd Mayfield (on 1954-09-04)
mandolin and lead vocals:Bill Monroe (on 1954-09-04)
recorded at:Bradley Studios (Hillsboro Village location, circa 1952-1954) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1954-09-04)
recording of:Blue Moon of Kentucky (on 1954-09-04)

Related works

Blue Moon of Kentucky

lyricist and composer:Bill Monroe (in 1946)
publisher:APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)