Were You There? (1941 Bluebird/RCA recording, matrix BS 071071)

Name: Were You There?
Duration: 2 min 47 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.2	Were You There?	2:45	Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys	Shake My Mother's Hand for Me / Were You There?	Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys	Single	US1942-03-28	Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)	BB-8953
1.10	Were You There?	2:49	Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys	Mule Skinner Blues	Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys	Album + Compilation	US1991	BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)	2494-2-R
1.10	Were You There?	2:47	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	The Essential Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers	Bill Monroe	Album + Compilation	US1997	RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)	07863-67450-2
3.11	Were You There	2:47	Bill Monroe	Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949	Bill Monroe	Album + Compilation	DE2002	Bear Family Records	BCD 16399 FL
3.10	Were You There	2:48	Bill Monroe	All the Classic Releases 1937-1949	Bill Monroe	Album + Compilation	GB2003	JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)	JSP7712

recorded in:	Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1941-10-02)

guitar and bass vocals:	Pete Pyle (on 1941-10-02)
mandolin and lead vocals:	Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1941-10-02)
baritone vocals:	Art Wooten (American fiddler) (on 1941-10-02)
tenor vocals:	Bill Wesbrooks (bluegrass/country singer, bassist, and comedian) (on 1941-10-02)

recording of:	Were You There (on 1941-10-02)

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