Blue Moon of Kentucky

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"Blue Moon of Kentucky" is a bluegrass waltz written and originally recorded by Bill Monroe that later became famous in a rockabilly style through Elvis Presley's early Sun Records recording.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Blue Moon of Kentucky canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Bill Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithMovement bluegrass music ⓘ
composer Bill Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredIn rockabilly style ⓘ
firstRecordingYear 1946 ⓘ
genre bluegrass ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
waltz ⓘ
hasBSideFor That’s All Right (Elvis Presley single) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMusicalTimeSignature 3/4 ⓘ
4/4 (in Elvis Presley version) ⓘ
hasTitleWord Blue ⓘ
Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moon ⓘ
influencedGenre early rock and roll ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
isStandardIn bluegrass repertoire ⓘ
country music repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Bill Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ
madeFamousBy Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRecording Elvis Presley Sun Records version ⓘ
originalBand Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalPerformer Bill Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1947 ⓘ
recordedAt Sun Studio, Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedBy Bill Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerry Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Fogerty NERFINISHED ⓘ
LeAnn Rimes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Patsy Cline NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul McCartney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Porter Wagoner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ray Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ricky Skaggs NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Kentucky Headhunters NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Osborne Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Stanley Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Sun Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
stateAssociation Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer Bill Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

That’s All Right → bSide → Blue Moon of Kentucky ⓘ
subject surface form: That's All Right
Patsy Cline’s repertoire → includesSong → Blue Moon of Kentucky ⓘ