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The Stanley Brothers
United States • 1945-01-01 – 1966-01-01
The Stanley Brothers is credited on 219 releases across 57 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
219
Pressings credited
57
Albums
8
Decades active
57
In collections
Biography
The Stanley Brothers were an American bluegrass duo of singer-songwriters and musicians, made up of brothers Carter Stanley (August 27, 1925 – December 1, 1966) and Ralph Stanley (February 25, 1927 – June 23, 2016). Ralph and Carter performed as The Stanley Brothers with their band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, from 1946 to 1966. Ralph kept the band name when he continued as a solo artist after Carter's death, from 1967 until his own death in 2016. The Stanley Brothers were announced as inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2026. The Stanley Brothers were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2026.
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Credited work
219 releases · 57 albums · active 1954–2021
- Performance · 299
- Other credits · 22
Studios: Sound Emporium · Sunset Sound · Terminal Recorders · 1750 Arch Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Music From The Motion Picture)
2000
Waitin' For The Sun To Shine
1981
Skaggs & Rice
1980
1965-1966
1976
The Stanley's In Person
1961
Sky Blue
2019
Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Essential Bluegrass Album
2011
Don't Cheat In Our Hometown
1983
The New Seldom Scene Album
1976
The One, The Only
1956
Frequent collaborators
- Ricky Skaggs
- Various
- Ralph Stanley
- The Holy Modal Rounders
- The Kentucky Colonels
- Keith Whitley
- The Osborne Brothers
- Here Today (3)
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