Chanteur et
Guitariste Country US né Charles Pendleton Monroe, le 4 juin 1903 à Ohio County
(Kentucky). Charlie Monroe est le frère de
Bill Monroe. Il est décédé le 27 septembre 1975.
The older
brother of Bill Monroe, Charlie joined
his younger brother in laying the foundation for bluegrass music. Although they
only recorded together for two years, the ripples caused by Charlie and
Bill Monroe's collaboration continue to
be felt.
Raised on a family farm in rural Kentucky, Charlie grew up in a musical home.
After learning to sing hymns as children, via the traditional "sacred note"
technique, each member of the Monroe family chose a musical instrument. Charlie
and his sister Bertha chose guitar, while Birch opted for fiddle and
Bill for the mandolin.
Although Charlie joined with Birch and Bill
to form a band in the mid-1920s, and made his radio debut in 1927, he left with
Birch to seek employment in the Midwest after the death of their parents. After
temporarily stopping in Detroit, Charlie and Birch went on to work in the oil
refineries of Hammond, Whiting, and East Chicago, IN. In 1929, they were joined
by Bill, who found a job at a Sinclair
refinery.
The three reunited Monroe Brothers resumed their musical collaboration,
performing at small clubs, dances, and house parties. While performing at a
dance in 1932, the Monroes were overheard by Tom Owens, whose band had a feature
slot on the radio show WSM Barn Dance. Impressed by their performance, Owens
invited the Monroe Brothers to join his group as dancers. The Monroes continued
to dance with Owens' troupe for two years. The Monroes got their chance to be
musicians again when they were hired to play on WAE in Hammond, IN, and WJKS in
Gary, IN. Before long, Charlie and Bill
were dreaming of playing music full-time. Their dreams became reality when Texas
Crystals, a patent medicine company, offered to sponsor a radio show showcasing
their music. When Birch turned down Charlie's invitation to join him on the
show, the Monroe Brothers became a duo featuring Charlie and
Bill. The duo was so successful that
they soon moved to a larger radio station. The show was eventually expanded into
a daily event broadcast by WBT in Charlotte, NC.
Although sponsorship of Charlie and Bill
Monroe's show was dropped by Texas Crystals in 1936, it was quickly picked
up by the Crazy Water Crystal Company. In addition to performing daily on the
show, the Monroe Brothers performed on the weekly Saturday night show, Crazy
Barn Dance. They also appeared on WFPC in Greenville, SC, and WPTF in Raleigh,
NC.
Charlie and Bill Monroe made their
recording debut in February 1936, cutting several tracks in a Charlotte, NC,
studio that were released on RCA's Bluebird label. A mixture of gospel and
secular tunes, the tunes set the standard for bluegrass with their high harmony
vocals, bass guitar runs, and hard-driving mandolin arrangements.
Their partnership, however, was increasingly strained as
Bill became frustrated by Charlie's
determination to sing lead on every tune. In 1938, the brothers went their
separate ways, with Bill forming the
Kentuckians, who later became the Blue Grass Boys, and Charlie forming the
Kentucky Pardners. Among the many musicians who played with Charlie's band were
guitarist and vocalist Lester Flatt and
mandolin players Red Rector, Curly Seckler, and
Ira Louvin. The Kentucky Pardners, who
played a mixture of bluegrass and honky tonk-style country music, became one of
the most successful tent shows and played continuously throughout the South and
Midwest in the 1940s.
Charlie, who signed a solo contract with RCA Victor in 1946 and moved to Decca
in 1950, wrote a large number of tunes, including "It's Only a Phonograph
Record," "Who's Calling You Sweetheart Tonight," and "Rubber Neck Blues." Tired
of non-stop touring, Monroe retired from music in 1957. Although he intended to
remain on his farm, he left Kentucky to work for a lift company in Indiana after
his wife was diagnosed with cancer. He remained within the company until his
wife's death. Monroe remarried in 1969 and moved to Tennessee, and later to
Reidville, NC.
Monroe remained inactive until he was persuaded by
Jimmy Martin to perform at the
Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival in 1972. The response to their performance was so
overwhelming that Monroe, often with
Martin, continued to perform at similar festivals until 1974, when he was
diagnosed with cancer. Monroe died on his farm in Reidville on September 27,
1975, and was buried in the Monroe family plot on Jerusalem Ridge in Rosine, KY.
Talents : Guitar, Vocal, Old-Time Banjo
Style musical : Bluegrass, Old-Timey, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country, String Bands
THE END OF MEMORY LANE (1948)
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Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t. & Singles
| 1936 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6309 (US) | Charlie MONROE'S BOYS - This World Is Not My Mome / What Would You Give In Exchange? |
| 1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7862 (US) | Charlie MONROE'S BOYS - Every Time I Feel The Spirit / Great Speckled Bird |
| 1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7922 (US) | Charlie MONROE'S BOYS - Farther Along / No Home, No Place To Pillow My Head |
| 1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7949 (US) | Charlie MONROE'S BOYS - Once I Had A Darling Mother / You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone |
| 1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7990 (US) | Charlie MONROE'S BOYS - Happy Spirit / When The World's On Fire |
| 1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8015 (US) | Charlie MONROE'S BOYS - Take Me Back To The Valley / Tell Him To Come Back, Sweet Fern |
| 02/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8050 (US) | Charlie MONROE'S BOYS - Guided By Love / Is She Praying There? |
| 02/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8064 (US) | Charlie MONROE'S BOYS - Black Sheep / Just One Year |
| 02/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8092 (US) | Charlie MONROE'S BOYS - If You See My Saviour / Oh Death |
| 02/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8118 (US) | Charlie MONROE'S BOYS - From Shore To Shore / Joy Bells In My Soul |
| 193? | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 7572 (US) | Great Speckled Bird / Every Time I Feel The Spirit |
| 193? | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 7573 (US) | Once I Had A Darling Mother / No Home, No Place To Pillow My Head |
| 193? | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 7574 (US) | Farther Along / New When The World's On Fire |
| 193? | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 7575 (US) | Tell Him To Come Back, Sweet Fern / Take Me Back To The Valley |
| 193? | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 7576 (US) | Happy Spirit / You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone |
| 19?? | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 7886 (US) | Is She Praying There? / Guided By Love |
| 19?? | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 7887 (US) | Black Sheep / Just One Year |
| 19?? | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 7888 (US) | If You See My Savior / Oh Death |
| 19?? | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD 7889 (US) | Joy Bells In My Soul / From Shore To Shore |
| 1946 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2055 (US) | Mother's Not Dead, Only Sleeping / There's No Depression In Heaven |
| 1946 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2204 (US) | Rubber Neck Blues / Who's Calling You Sweetheart? |
| 1947 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2304 (US) | I'm Comin' Back / It's Only A Phonograph Record |
| 1947 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2416 (US) | Bringin' In The Georgia Mail / Down In The Willow Garden |
| 1948 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2657 (US) | Shenandoah Waltz / Walkin' With You In My Dreams |
| 1948 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2834 (US) |
The End Of Memory Lane
/ I Know You'll Understand |
| 1948 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2961 (US) | If We Never Meet Again / When The Angels Carry Me Home |
| 1948 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3115 (US) | Grave At The Foot Of The Mountain / I See A Bright Light Shining |
| 1948 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3249 (US) | Campin' In Canaan's Land / Don't Forget To Pray |
| 19?? | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4291 (US) | That Wild Black Engine / You'll Find Her Name Written Here |
| 12/1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-417 (US) | Charlie MONROE & his KENTUCKY PARDNERS - Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone / Good Morning To You |
| 1951 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-327 (US) | I Know He's Been Dealing With Me / You'd Better Be Somewhere Praying |
| 04/1951 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-456 (US) | Charlie MONROE & his KENTUCKY PARDNERS - Gold Star Mother / Sing, Sing, Sing |
| 04/1951 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-456 (US) | Charlie MONROE & his KENTUCKY PARDNERS - Gold Star Mother / Sing, Sing, Sing |
| 06/1951 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-485 (US) | Charlie MONROE & his KENTUCKY PARDNERS - Jesus Is Calling / My Lord's Gonna Move This Wicked Race |
| 09/1951 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-4291 (US) | Charlie MONROE & his KENTUCKY PARDNERS - That Wild Black Engine / You'll Find Her Name Written There |
| 03/1952 | 78 t. DECCA 21-485 (US) | Charlie MONROE & his KENTUCKY PARDNERS - Angel In Disguise / I'm Old Kentucky Bound |
| 07/1952 | SP. DECCA 9-28281 (US) | Charlie MONROE & his KENTUCKY PARDNERS - Find 'em, Fool 'em And Leave 'em Alone / Those Triflin' Women |
| 09/1956 | SP DECCA 9-30048 (US) | Charlie MONROE & his KENTUCKY PARDNERS - That's What I Like About You / Why Did You Say Good-Bye? |
| 06/1957 | SP DECCA 9-30307 (US) | Charlie MONROE & his KENTUCKY PARDNERS - Weep And Cry / I'm Weary Of Heartaches |
| 1973 | SP STARDAY 973 (US) | I'm Going Away / Willow Garden |
Albums
| 1963 | LP 12" REM LP-1003 (US) |
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BLUEGRASS SOUND | ||||
| 1965 | LP 12" REM LP-1010 (US) |
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LORD, BUILD ME A CABIN - Shake Hands With Mother / I Feel Like Stranger / Sing Sing Sing / I Live In Glory / How Beautiful Heaven Must Be / I'm Going That Way / Wait For The Light To Shine / Child Of The King / Working On A Building / I've Changed My Mind / Won't We Have A Good Time | ||||
| 19?? | LP 12" HOLD HOMESTEAD OHCS-301 (US) |
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SACRED SONGS - (Charlie MONROE & J.D. CROWE) | ||||
| 19?? | LP 12" HOLD HOMESTEAD OHCS-304 (US) |
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SONGS HE MADE FAMOUS - (Charlie MONROE & J.D. CROWE) | ||||
| 1974 | LP 12" COUNTY 538 (US) |
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NOON-DAY JAMBOREE (TWO ORIGINAL RADIO SHOWS FROM 1944) - (Charlie MONROE & Lester FLATT) | ||||
| 1965 | LP 12" STARDAY SLP-361 (US) |
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LORD, BUILD ME A CABIN | ||||
| 02/1966 | LP 12" STARDAY SLP-372 (US) |
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CHARLIE MONROE SINGS AGAIN | ||||
| 1968 | LP 12" DECCA DL 75066 (US) |
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BILL AND CHARLIE - (Bill & Charlie MONROE) - No One But My Darlin' / I'm Old Kentucky Bound / Poison Love / Why Did You Say Goodbye / Louisville Breakdown / Angel In Disguise / I'm Weary Of Heartaches / First Whippoorwill / Weep And Cry / You're Drigting Away / That's What I Like About You | ||||
| 1969 | LP 12" CAMDEN CAS-2310 (US) |
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WHO'S CALLING YOU SWEETHEART TONIGHT - (Charlie MONROE & his KENTUCKY PARTNERS) | ||||
| 1972 | LP 12" PINE MOUNTAIN PMN 261 (US) |
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LORD, BUILD ME A CABIN - (Charlie MONROE & his KENTUCKY PARTNERS) - LORD, BUILD ME A CABIN - Shake Hands With Mother / I Feel Like Stranger / Sing Sing Sing / I Live In Glory / How Beautiful Heaven Must Be / I'm Going That Way / Wait For The Light To Shine / Child Of The King / Working On A Building / I've Changed My Mind / Won't We Have A Good Time | ||||
| 1973 ? | LP 12" PINE MOUNTAIN PMN 272 (US) |
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BLUEGRASS SOUND | ||||
| 1973 | LP 12" STARDAY SLP-484 (US) |
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TALLY HO, CHARLIE MONROE | ||||
| 1974 | LP 12" PINE TREE PTSLP-528 (US) |
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LIVE AT LAKE NORMAN MUSIC HALL | ||||
| 1974 | LP 12" GOLDEN COUNTRY LP-2204 (US) |
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CHARLIE MONROE & HIS KENTUCKY PARTNERS | ||||
| 1974 | LP 12" COUNTY 538 (US) |
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NOON-DAY JAMBOREE (TWO ORIGINAL RADIO SHOWS FROM 1944) - (Charlie MONROE & his KENTUCKY PARTNERS) | ||||
| 1974 | LP 12" COUNTY 538 (US) | THE SONGS OF CHARLIE MONROE - (Charlie MONROE & his KENTUCKY PARTNERS) | |||||
| 1975 | LP 12" PINE MOUNTAIN 246-247 (US) |
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MEMORIES OF CHARLIE MONROE | ||||
| 1981 | LP 12" HOLD HOMESTEAD OHCS 133 (US) |
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CHARLIE MONROE'S BOYS : THE EARLY YEARS, 1938-1939 | ||||
| 06/2006 | CD CATTLE 301 (D) |
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POST-WAR COUNTRY CLASSICS - There's No Depression In Heaven / Mother's Not Dead She's Only Sleeping / Bringing In The Georgia Mail / When The Angels Carry Me Home / If We Never Meet Again / Campin In Canaan's Land / Don't Forget To Pray / Grave At The Foot Of The Mountain / I See A Bright Light Shinning / End Of Memory Lane / Sweetheart I Love You Best / I Know You'll Understand / Walking With You In My Dreams / They Didn't Believe It Was True / Red Rocking Chair / Our Mansion Is Ready / Valley Of Peace / Gonna Shake Hands With Mother Over There / Springtime In Glory / Sugar Cane Mama / You'd Better Be Somewhere Praying / You'll Find Me There / 'Neath A Cold Grey Tomb Of Stone / I'm Gonna Sing Sing Sing | ||||
| 11/2007 | 4 CD BEAR FAMILY BCD-16808 (D) |
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I'M OLD KENTUCKY BOUND 1938-56 :
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