Blue Moon of Kentucky

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"Blue Moon of Kentucky" is a waltz written in 1945 by bluegrass musician Bill Monroe and recorded by his band, the Blue Grass Boys. Some think the origins may trace back to "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon", a similar waltz recorded 15 years prior by Jimmie Rodgers. The song has since been recorded by many artists, including Elvis Presley and Paul McCartney. The song is the official bluegrass song of Kentucky.

In 2002, Monroe's version was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 2003, CMT ranked "Blue Moon" number 11 in its list of 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music.

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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)
ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/13681 [info]
Wikidata:Q885787 [info]

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1946-09-16Blue Moon of Kentucky (Columbia matrix CCO 4607-1, first released 1947 - master take)Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys3:04
1946-09-16Blue Moon of Kentucky (matrix CCO 4607-BD, first released 2002.)Bill Monroe1:30
1947Blue Moon of KentuckyThe Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys1:58
1954-07-05Blue Moon of Kentucky (45 rpm master)Elvis Presley2:07
1954-07-05 – 1954-07-06Blue Moon of Kentucky (alternate take)coverElvis Presley1:05
1954-07-07Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:05
1954-07-07Blue Moon of Kentucky (alternate take)coverElvis Presley1:05
1954-07Blue Moon of Kentucky (alternate take)coverElvis Presley1:03
1954-07 – 1955-07Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley1:05
1954-09-04Blue Moon of Kentucky (1954 Decca studio recording with triple fiddles)Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys2:08
1954-10-16Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveElvis Presley2:08
1954-10-16Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveElvis Presley2:19
1954-10-16Blue Moon Of Kentucky - October 16, 1954, The Louisiana Hayride, Municipal Auditorium, Shreveportcover and liveElvis Presley2:23
1954-10-16Blue Moon of Kentucky (Oct. 16, 1954)liveElvis Presley2:23
1954-10-16 – ????Blue Moon of Kentucky (2002 restoration)cover and liveElvis Presley2:20
1954Blue Moon of KentuckyBill Monroe2:08
1954 – 1955Blue Moon of Kentucky (alternate Takes) (live, 1954–1955: Memphis, TN, USA)cover and liveElvis Presley1:04
1955-01-15Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1955-1-15: Grand Ole Opry's NBC "Prince Albert Show", Nashville, TN, USA)liveBill Monroe2:40
1955-01-22Blue Moon of Kentucky (Jan. 22, 1955)liveElvis Presley2:04
1955-03-19Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveElvis Presley1:43
1955-03-19Blue Moon of Kentucky (Mar. 19, 1955)liveElvis Presley1:47
1955Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1955: Show 'Louisiana Hayride' on KWKH in Shreveport , LA, USA)liveElvis Presley1:56
1956-05-13Blue Moon of KentuckyliveBill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys2:03
1963-11-16Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1963-11-16: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA, USA)liveBill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys2:16
1964-10Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1964)liveBill Monroe2:15
1965-07-24Blue Moon of KentuckyliveBill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys2:18
1968-06-25Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley1:44
1972-08-20Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-20: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands)cover and livePaul McCartney & Wings3:07
1972-08-21Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-21: Congresgebouw, The Hague, Netherlands)cover and livePaul McCartney and Wings3:13
1973-06-17Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1973-06-17: Bean Blossom, IN, USA)liveBill Monroe4:24
1974-03-18Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1974-03-18: Neely Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA)liveBill Monroe2:33
1974-08-27Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveWings3:01
1975-05-17Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1975-05-17: Neusüdende, Germany)liveBill Monroe2:24
1975-05-17Medley: Sittin’ on Top of the World / Hand Me Down My Walkin’ Cane / Good Old Mountain Dew / Careless Love / Blue Moon of Kentuckylive, medley and partialBill Monroe6:22
1976-05-04Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1976-05-04: Nashville, TN, USA)Bill Monroe2:56
1982-02 – 1982-03Blue Moon of KentuckycoverJohn Potter?:??
1983-02-01Blue Moon of KentuckyBill Monroe & The Oak Ridge Boys3:43
1983-12-15Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1983-12-15: The Bottom Line, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA)liveBill Monroe2:39
1989-05-21Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1989-05-21: Charleston, WV, USA)liveBill Monroe2:31
1989-07-30Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1989-07-30: Streekermoor, Germany)liveBill Monroe2:19
1989-07-30Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1989-07-30: Streekermoor, Germany)liveBill Monroe?:??
1991-01-25Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1991-01-25: MTV Unplugged: Limehouse Television Studios, Wembley, London, UK)cover and livePaul McCartney4:22
1994-06-23Blue Moon of KentuckycoverThe Beatles1:22
1994-08-05 – 1994-08-07Blue Moon of KentuckyPeter Rowan and the Panama Red Riders3:34
1997-05-06Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1997-05-06: Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, OH, USA)cover and liveEmmylou Harris2:17
1998-01-19 – 1998-01-22Blue Moon of KentuckyinstrumentalBluegrass Mandolin Ensemble with Del McCoury2:58
1998-01-19 – 1998-01-22Blue Moon of KentuckyinstrumentalBluegrass Mandolin Ensemble1:24
1999-06-07I Walk the Line / Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1999-06-07: McNichols Arena, Denver, Colorado, United States)cover and liveBob Dylan & Paul Simon3:44
1999-06-13I Walk the Line / Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1999-06-13: Gorge Amphitheater, Columbia River Gorge, WA, USA)cover and livePaul Simon & Bob Dylan?:??
1999-06-18I Walk the Line / Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1999-06-18: Concord Pavillion, Concord, CA, USA)cover and liveBob Dylan & Paul Simon?:??
2003-10-08 – 2003-10-11Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 2003-10: Lustspielhaus, Munich, Germany)cover and liveSpider Murphy Gang5:34
2004-04-15Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 2004-04-15: Maximilianeum, Munich, Germany)cover and liveSpider Murphy Gang?:??
(Medley) - Blackbird ... Blue Moon Of Kentucky ... She's A Womancover and medleyPaul McCartney1:51
Blackbird / Blue Moon of Kentucky (mock rehearsal - with Russian accent)cover and medleyPaul McCartney?:??
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:07
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverNigel Lewis2:40
Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveCarl Perkins3:48
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:11
Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveElvis Presley2:03
Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveConan O’Brien?:??
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:06
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:04
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:04
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverJames Monroe2:16
Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveElvis Presley2:39
Blue Moon of KentuckyElvis Presley2:05
Blue Moon of KentuckyElvis Presley1:32
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverMarty Wilde?:??
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverJoe Val and The New England Bluegrass Boys3:06
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:04
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:12
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:05
Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveElvis Presley1:44
Blue Moon of KentuckyElvis Presley1:58
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:09
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:05
Blue Moon of KentuckyElvis Presley2:07
Blue Moon of KentuckyElvis Presley2:04
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverSarah Harmer & Jason Euringer2:07
Blue Moon of KentuckyElvis Presley2:04
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley?:??
Blue Moon of KentuckyElvis Presley2:04
Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveElvis Presley2:46
Blue Moon of KentuckyElvis Presley2:07
Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveElvis Presley2:12
Blue Moon of KentuckyElvis Presley2:03
Blue Moon of KentuckyElvis Presley2:41
Blue Moon of KentuckyElvis Presley2:05
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:06
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley?:??
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley?:??
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:07
Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveElvis Presley2:20
Blue Moon of KentuckyElvis Presley0:57
Blue Moon of KentuckyElvis Presley2:11
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley2:03
Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveElvis Presley2:03
Blue Moon of Kentuckycover and liveElvis Presley2:38
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley?:??
Blue Moon of KentuckycoverElvis Presley?:??
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