Monroe Brothers
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1938
Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group
Notes: Vocal duet consisting of Charlie and Bill Monroe performed from 1930–1938. Brother Birch Monroe sang with them as a trio in earlier years.
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-99193 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | My long journey home | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-99194 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | What is home without love | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-99195 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | What would you give in exchange? | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-99196 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | Little red shoes | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-99197 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | Nine pound hammer is too heavy | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-99198 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | On some foggy mountain top | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar, mandolin, and yodeling | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-99199 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | Drifting too far from the shore | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar, mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-99200 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | In my dear Southern home | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar, mandolin, and yodeling | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-99201 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | New River train | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-99202 | 10-in. | 2/17/1936 | This world is not my home | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102739 | 10-in. | 6/21/1936 | Watermelon hangin' on that vine | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102740 | 10-in. | 6/21/1936 | On the banks of the Ohio | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102741 | 10-in. | 6/21/1936 | Do you call that religion? | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102742 | 10-in. | 6/21/1936 | God holds the future in his hands | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102743 | 10-in. | 6/21/1936 | You've got to walk that lonesome valley | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102744 | 10-in. | 6/21/1936 | Six months ain't long | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102745 | 10-in. | 6/21/1936 | Just a song of old Kentucky | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102746 | 10-in. | 6/21/1936 | Don't forget me | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102747 | 10-in. | 6/21/1936 | I'm going | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102748 | 10-in. | 6/21/1936 | Darling Corey | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02538 | 10-in. | 10/12/1936 | My Saviour's train | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02539 | 10-in. | 10/12/1936 | I am thinking tonight of the old folks | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02540 | 10-in. | 10/12/1936 | Dreamed I searched heaven for you | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02541 | 10-in. | 10/12/1936 | The old crossroad | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02542 | 10-in. | 10/12/1936 | The forgotten soldier boy | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02543 | 10-in. | 10/12/1936 | We read of a place that's called heaven | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02544 | 10-in. | 10/12/1936 | Will the circle be unbroken | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02545 | 10-in. | 10/12/1936 | The saints go marching in | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02546 | 10-in. | 10/12/1936 | Roll in my sweet baby's arms | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02547 | 10-in. | 10/12/1936 | Where is my sailor boy? | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-07019 | 10-in. | 2/15/1937 | I am ready to go | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-07020 | 10-in. | 2/15/1937 | What would the profit be? | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-07021 | 10-in. | 2/15/1937 | Some glad day | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-07022 | 10-in. | 2/15/1937 | I have found the way | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-07023 | 10-in. | 2/15/1937 | I am going that way | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-07024 | 10-in. | 2/15/1937 | Katy Cline | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-07025 | 10-in. | 2/15/1937 | Roll on, buddy | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-07026 | 10-in. | 2/15/1937 | Weeping willow tree | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-07027 | 10-in. | 2/15/1937 | I'll live on | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-07028 | 10-in. | 2/15/1937 | Oh, hide you in the blood | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011875 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | What would you give in exchange?—part 2 | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011876 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | On that old gospel ship | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011877 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | What would you give in exchange?—part 3 | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011878 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | Let us be lovers again | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011879 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | All the good times are passed and gone | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011880 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | What would you give in exchange?—part 4 | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011881 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | On my way to glory | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011882 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | My last moving day | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011883 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | He will set your fields on fire | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011884 | 10-in. | 8/3/1937 | Sinner, you better get ready | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018808 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | Have a feast here tonight | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018809 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | Goodbye, Maggie | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018810 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | Rollin' on | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018811 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | The old man's story | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018812 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | I've still got ninety-nine | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018813 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | Little Joe | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018814 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | A beautiful life | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018815 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | Pearly gates | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018816 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | On my way back home | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018817 | 10-in. | 1/28/1938 | When our Lord shall come again | Monroe Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Monroe Brothers," accessed September 19, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111559.
Monroe Brothers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111559.
"Monroe Brothers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 September 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Monroe Brothers - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001031875
Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2400210
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