Blue Moon of Kentucky (Columbia matrix CCO 4607-1, first released 1947 - master take)

~ Recording by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
11.18Blue Moon of Kentucky3:03Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass BoysSony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a CenturyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-10-12
CBS Records Masterworks, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Jazz, Columbia Masterworks, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Harmony Records (budget label owned by Columbia), OKeh, Perfect (1922-1938), Philadelphia International Records, Romeo (1920-1930s US 25¢ shellac label), Sony Classical, Sony Discos (an imprint owned by Sony Discos, Inc.)JXK 65750

Relationships

producer:Art Satherly
banjo:Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass:Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar:Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and lead vocals:Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:WBBM Studio (radio/tv station) in Chicago (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:Blue Moon of Kentucky (on 1946-09-16)

Blue Moon of Kentucky

lyricist and composer:Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (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)