Blue Moon of Kentucky
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (in 1946) |
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| 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) |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/13681 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q885787 [info] |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1946-09-16 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (matrix CCO 4607-BD, first released 2002.) | Bill Monroe | 1:31 | |
| 1946-09-16 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (Columbia matrix CCO 4607-1, first released 1947 - master take) | Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys | 3:04 | |
| 1947 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys | 1:58 | |
| 1954-07-05 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover | Elvis Presley | 2:05 |
| 1954-07-05 – 1954-07-06 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (alternate take) | cover | Elvis Presley | 1:05 |
| 1954-07-07 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover | Elvis Presley | 2:05 |
| 1954-07-07 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Elvis Presley | 2:07 | |
| 1954-07-07 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (alternate take) | cover | Elvis Presley | 1:05 |
| 1954-07 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (alternate take) | cover | Elvis Presley | 1:03 |
| 1954-07 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (countryfied take) | cover | Elvis Presley | 1:05 |
| 1954-07 – 1955-07 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover | Elvis Presley | 1:05 |
| 1954-09-04 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (1954 Decca studio recording with triple fiddles) | Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys | 2:08 | |
| 1954-10-16 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 2:19 |
| 1954-10-16 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 2:08 |
| 1954-10-16 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (Oct. 16, 1954) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 2:23 |
| 1954-10-16 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (October 16, 1954, the Louisiana Hayride, Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 2:23 |
| 1954-10-16 – ???? | Blue Moon of Kentucky (2002 restoration) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 2:20 |
| 1954 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe | 2:08 | |
| 1954 – 1955 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (alternate Takes) (live, 1954–1955: Memphis, TN, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 1:04 |
| 1955-01-15 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1955-1-15: Grand Ole Opry's NBC "Prince Albert Show", Nashville, TN, USA) | live | Bill Monroe | 2:40 |
| 1955-01-22 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (Jan. 22, 1955) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 2:04 |
| 1955-03-19 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 1:43 |
| 1955-03-19 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (Mar. 19, 1955) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 1:47 |
| 1955 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1955: Show 'Louisiana Hayride' on KWKH in Shreveport , LA, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 1:56 |
| 1955 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1955: Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 2:02 |
| 1956-05-13 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | live | Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys | 2:03 |
| 1962-03-19 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Rose Maddox | 2:13 | |
| 1963-02-05 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover | Patsy Cline | 2:10 |
| 1963-11-16 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1963-11-16: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA, USA) | live | Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys | 2:16 |
| 1963 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover | Mountain City Four | 2:17 |
| 1964-10 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1964-10: Symphony Center, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys | 2:15 |
| 1965-07-24 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live: Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, USA) | live | Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys | 2:18 |
| 1968-06-25 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover | Elvis Presley | 1:44 |
| 1968-07 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1968-07: The Hay Barn, Shepherd, TX, USA) | live | Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys | ?:?? |
| 1972-02-09 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-02-09: Nottingham University, Nottingham, England, UK) | cover and live | Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-02-11 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-02-11: Hull University, Kingston upon Hull, England, UK) | cover and live | Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-07-13 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-07-13: Theatre Antique, Arles, France) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-07-18 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-07-18: Circus Krone-Bau, Munich, West-Germany) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-07-19 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-07-19: Stadthalle, Offenbach am Main, West-Germany / Source #B) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-07-19 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-07-19: Stadthalle, Offenbach am Main, West-Germany) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-07-22 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-07-22: Pavillon, Montreux, Switzerland) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-01 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-01: K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-07 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-07: Gröna Lund, Stockholm, Sweden) | live | Paul McCartney and Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-07 | Blue Moon Of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-07: Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden) | cover and live | Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-10 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-10: Scadinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-10 | Blue Moon Of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-10: Scandinavium Halle, Gothenburg, Sweden) | cover and live | Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-11 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-11: Olympen, Lund, Sweden) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-12 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-12: Fyns Forum, Odense, Denmark) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-14 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-14: Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-16 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-16: Rheinhalle, Düsseldorf, West-Germany) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-17 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-17: De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-17 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-17: De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-19 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-19: Evenmentenhal Martinihal, Groningen, The Netherlands) | live | Paul McCartney and Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-19 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-19: Evenmentenhal Martinihal, Groningen, The Netherlands) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-20 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-20: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-20 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-20: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Bruce McMouse Show soundboard recording) | cover and live | Paul McCartney and Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-20 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-20: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | cover and live | Paul McCartney and Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-20 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-20: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | 3:07 |
| 1972-08-21 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-21: Congresgebouw, The Hague, Netherlands) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-21 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-21: Congresgebouw, The Hague, Netherlands) | cover and live | Paul McCartney and Wings | 3:13 |
| 1972-08-22 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-22: Cinema Roma, Antwerp, Belgium) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1972-08-24 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1972-08-24: Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, West-Germany) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1973-06-17 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1973-06-17: Bean Blossom, IN, USA) | live | Bill Monroe | 4:24 |
| 1974-03-18 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1974-03-18: Neely Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA) | live | Bill Monroe | 2:33 |
| 1974-08-27 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover and live | Wings | 3:01 |
| 1974-08-27 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (One Hand Clapping sessions) | cover | Paul McCartney & Wings | 3:06 |
| 1974 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (1974) | Paul McCartney | 2:50 | |
| 1975-05-17 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1975-05-17: Neusüdende, Germany) | live | Bill Monroe | 2:24 |
| 1975-05-17 | Medley: Sittin’ on Top of the World / Hand Me Down My Walkin’ Cane / Good Old Mountain Dew / Careless Love / Blue Moon of Kentucky | live, medley and partial | Bill Monroe | 6:22 |
| 1976-05-04 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1976-05-04: Nashville, TN, USA) | Bill Monroe | 2:56 | |
| 1979 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover | Geraint Watkins & The Dominators | 2:35 |
| 1982-02 – 1982-03 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover | John Potter | ?:?? |
| 1983-02-01 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe & The Oak Ridge Boys | 3:45 | |
| 1983-12-15 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1983-12-15: The Bottom Line, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA) | live | Bill Monroe | 2:39 |
| 1986-04-02 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys | 1:58 | |
| 1988-12-04 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover and live | Tom Petty | 1:48 |
| 1988-12-04 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1988-12-04: The Bridge School Benefit, Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, USA) | live | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | ?:?? |
| 1989-05-21 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1989-05-21: Charleston, WV, USA) | live | Bill Monroe | 2:31 |
| 1989-07-30 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1989-07-30: Streekermoor, Germany) | live | Bill Monroe | ?:?? |
| 1989-07-30 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1989-07-30: Streekermoor, Germany) | live | Bill Monroe | 2:19 |
| 1991-01-25 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1991-01-25: MTV Unplugged: Limehouse Television Studios, Wembley, London, UK) | cover and live | Paul McCartney | 4:22 |
| 1992 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover | Eriksen | 2:36 |
| 1994-06-23 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | cover | The Beatles | 1:22 |
| 1994-08-05 – 1994-08-07 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Peter Rowan and the Panama Red Riders | 3:34 | |
| 1997-05-06 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1997-05-06: Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, OH, USA) | cover and live | Emmylou Harris | 2:17 |
| 1998-01-19 – 1998-01-22 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | instrumental | Bluegrass Mandolin Ensemble with Del McCoury | 2:58 |
| 1998-01-19 – 1998-01-22 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | instrumental | Bluegrass Mandolin Ensemble | 1:24 |
| 1999-06-07 | I Walk the Line / Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1999-06-07: McNichols Arena, Denver, Colorado, United States) | cover and live | Bob Dylan & Paul Simon | 3:44 |
| 1999-06-13 | I Walk the Line / Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1999-06-13: Gorge Amphitheater, Columbia River Gorge, WA, USA) | cover and live | Paul Simon & Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1999-06-18 | I Walk the Line / Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1999-06-18: Concord Pavillion, Concord, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bob Dylan & Paul Simon | ?:?? |
| 1999-10-29 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 1999‐10‐29: H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, USA) | cover and live | Ida | 2:52 |
| 2003-04-02 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | live | The Peasall Sisters | 2:54 |
| 2003-10-08 – 2003-10-11 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 2003-10: Lustspielhaus, Munich, Germany) | live | Spider Murphy Gang | 3:10 |
| 2003-10-08 – 2003-10-11 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 2003-10: Lustspielhaus, Munich, Germany) | cover and live | Spider Murphy Gang | 5:34 |
| 2004-04-15 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 2004-04-15: Maximilianeum, Munich, Germany) | cover and live | Spider Murphy Gang | ?:?? |
| 2018-12-02 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 2018‐12‐02: Globe Hall, Denver, CO, USA) | cover and live | Billy Strings | 3:34 |
| 2019-11-23 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 2019-11-23: Madison Theater, Covington, KY, USA) | cover and live | Billy Strings | 3:43 |
| 2020-02-06 | Blue Moon of Kentucky (live, 2020-02-06: Manchester Music Hall, Lexington, KY, USA) | cover and live | Billy Strings | 3:38 |
| (Medley) - Blackbird ... Blue Moon Of Kentucky ... She's A Woman | cover and medley | Paul McCartney | 1:51 | |
| Blackbird / Blue Moon of Kentucky (mock rehearsal - with Russian accent) | cover and medley | Paul McCartney | ?:?? | |
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