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Written by Bill Monroe, also Blue Moon of Kentucky (Elvis Presley), Uncle Pen (Bill Monroe) and I’m Gonna Lasso Santa Claus (Brenda Lee)
Recorded at Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa, also The Night Hank Williams Came to Town (Johnny Cash), That Old Wheel (Johnny Cash) and Sleep On (Alison Krauss)
Released on Sugar Hill Records, also Cash on the Barrelhead (Dolly Parton), I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby (Jerry Douglas) and Endless Stream of Tears (Dolly Parton)
Produced by Jim Rooney, also St. Olav’s Gate (Nanci Griffith), Banks of the Pontchartrain (Nanci Griffith) and The Wing & the Wheel (Nanci Griffith)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
61 other songs on fono were recorded at Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa, by Johnny Cash and Alison Krauss and others
Bill Monroe wrote 91 songs on fono
Jim Rooney produced 56 songs on fono
Jim Rooney’s most frequent co-producer is Peter Rowan (16 songs together)
Credits
All 14 credits
- Written by
- Bill Monroe
- Produced by
- Jim Rooney and Peter Rowan
- Performed by
- Alan O’Bryant, Bill Keith, Buddy Spicher, Peter Rowan, Richard Greene, Roy Huskey, Jr. and Sam Bush
- Engineered by
- Jack Grochmal
- Part of
- The First Whippoorwill
- Recorded at
- Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa
- Released on
- Sugar Hill Records
- Written by
- Bill Monroe
- Produced by
- Jim Rooney and Peter Rowan
- Performed by
- Alan O’Bryant, Bill Keith, Buddy Spicher, Peter Rowan, Richard Greene, Roy Huskey, Jr. and Sam Bush
- Engineered by
- Jack Grochmal
- Part of
- The First Whippoorwill
- Recorded at
- Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa
- Released on
- Sugar Hill Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Bill Monroe
Same producer: Jim Rooney
Same engineer: Jack Grochmal
Same studio: Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa
Same label: Sugar Hill Records
Same writer: Bill Monroe
Same producer: Jim Rooney
Same engineer: Jack Grochmal
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill was performed by Alan O’Bryant
The First Whippoorwill was performed by Alan O’Bryant
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill was performed by Bill Keith
The First Whippoorwill was performed by Bill Keith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill was performed by Buddy Spicher
The First Whippoorwill was performed by Buddy Spicher
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill was performed by Peter Rowan
The First Whippoorwill was performed by Peter Rowan
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill was performed by Richard Greene
The First Whippoorwill was performed by Richard Greene
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill was performed by Roy Huskey, Jr.
The First Whippoorwill was performed by Roy Huskey, Jr.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill was performed by Sam Bush
The First Whippoorwill was performed by Sam Bush
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill was produced by Jim Rooney
The First Whippoorwill was produced by Jim Rooney
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill was produced by Peter Rowan
The First Whippoorwill was produced by Peter Rowan
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill was written by Bill Monroe
The First Whippoorwill was written by Bill Monroe
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill is part of the release The First Whippoorwill
The First Whippoorwill is part of the release The First Whippoorwill
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill was recorded at Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa
The First Whippoorwill was recorded at Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Sugar Hill Records is the label of the song The First Whippoorwill
Sugar Hill Records is the label of the song The First Whippoorwill
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill was engineered by Jack Grochmal
The First Whippoorwill was engineered by Jack Grochmal
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz The First Whippoorwill was released on 1985
The First Whippoorwill was released on 1985
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026