Born in Rosine Kentucky, he was the youngest of eight children. Orphaned at age 11 he was raised by his uncle, fiddler Pendleton Vandiver. Learning the fiddle from his mother and taught further by his uncle, at an early age he began playing dances with uncle and brothers. Besides his uncle (whom he immortalized in the song "Unlce Pen") his musical inspiration was Arnold Schultz, a black guitarist from whom he learned the blues. By the early 1930s he and his brother Charlie had a successful duo,...
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Bill Monroe Soundtracks
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Filmography: Bill Monroe songs
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| Blue Moon Of Kentucky | Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 | writer, performer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | The Johnny Cash Show | performer, writer |
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| Lord Protect My Soul | For the Bible Tells Me So | performer, writer |
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| Blue Moon Of Kentucky | H Is for Happiness | writer |
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| Blue Grass Breakdown | Long Strange Trip | performer, writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | The Porter Wagoner Show | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Toast of the Town | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Elvis Presley: The Back Story, Vol. 1 | writer |
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| Blue Moon Of Kentucky | Elvis: The Memphis Flash | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Elvis: The Missing Years | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Sweet Dreams | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Promised Land: A Musical Roadmovie from Elvis in Memphis | writer |
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| Country Is | Country Superstars of the 70s | performer |
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| I Saw The Light | The Porter Wagoner Show | performer |
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| Mule Skinner Blues | 50 Years of Country Music | performer |
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| Uncle Pen | The Johnny Cash Show | performer, writer |
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| Uncle Pen | Opry Video Classics: Pioneers | performer |
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| Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine | The Marty Stuart Show | writer |
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| Wayfaring Stranger | Spirits in the Storm | performer |
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| White House Blues | The Marty Stuart Show | writer |
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| Blue Moon Of Kentucky | Arena | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Quantum Leap | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Coal Miner's Daughter | writer |
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| Blue Yodel #4 | Men of Honor | performer |
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| Drifting Too Far From The Shore | American Masters | performer |
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| Get Down on Your Knees and Pray | The Marty Stuart Show | writer |
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| I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome | The Marty Stuart Show | writer |
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| The Watson Blues | The Marty Stuart Show | writer |
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| Wheel Hoss | The Marty Stuart Show | writer |
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| All the Good Times Are Past and Gone | Wedlock | performer |
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| Big Mon | Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat | writer |
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| Big Mon | The Cat in the Hat | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Delta | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | King of the Hill | writer |
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| Blue Moon Of Kentucky | A Tribute to the King | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Conan O'Brien Can't Stop | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Estradilla: Agents & Elvis | writer |
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| Blue Moon Of Kentucky | Go Now | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | writer |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky | The Andy Kaufman Show | writer |
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| Bluegrass Breakdown | The Marty Stuart Show | writer |
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| CANDY GAL | The Money Pit | performer, writer |
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| Dusty Miller | The Porter Wagoner Show | performer |
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| Get Up, John | The Marty Stuart Show | writer |
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| In the Pines | P.O.V. | performer |
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| In The Pines | Lawn Dogs | performer |
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| JERUSALEM RIDGE | Blink | writer |
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| JERUSALEM RIDGE | Blink | writer |
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| Kentucky Waltz | Fire Down Below | writer |
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| Little Cabin Home on the Hill | Country Superstars of the 70s | writer |
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| Mansions for Me | The Marty Stuart Show | writer |
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| Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) | Dolly | performer |
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| Muleskinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) | Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 | performer |
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| My Last Days on Earth | The Marty Stuart Show | writer |
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| My Little Georgia Rose | The Marty Stuart Show | writer |
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| Rawhide | Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat | writer |
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| Rawhide | The Cat in the Hat | writer |
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| Rawhide | Long Strange Trip | writer |
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| Tall Pines | The Porter Wagoner Show | performer |
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| Train 45 Headin' South | The Porter Wagoner Show | performer |
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| Uncle Pen | Big Bad John | writer |
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