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    • Mar 13, 1950
    Columbia releases Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys' "Can't You Hear Me Callin'." The song will become the title of a comprehensive Monroe biography
    Oct 15, 1950
    Bill Monroe records the original version of "Uncle Pen" during an afternoon session in Nashville. The song references the fiddle classics "Soldier's Joy" and "Jenny Lynn"
    Dec 18, 1950
    Decca releases Bill Monroe's original version of "Uncle Pen"
    Apr 14, 1951
    Bill Monroe is served a court summons in a lawsuit brought by songwriter Tomie Thompson, who claims Monroe has not properly credited him for the lyrics to "Kentucky Waltz." Monroe admits Thompson wrote them, but insists he bought them
    Jul 18, 1952
    Bill Monroe records "In The Pines" in an afternoon at Nashville's Castle Studios in the Tulane Hotel. The performance is ranked among the 500 greatest country singles in history in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 13, 1952
    Decca releases Bill Monroe's bluegrass classic "In The Pines." The recording is hailed among the 500 greatest country singles ever made in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jan 16, 1953
    Bill Monroe suffers 19 broken bones in a head-on collision on Highway 31 near White House, Tennessee. He still manages to get out of the car and pull another passenger, Bessie Lee Mauldin, out of the other side. Monroe is unable to tour until May
    Feb 22, 1953
    A benefit concert in Louisville raises $9,000 for Bill Monroe, who broke 19 bones in a January car accident. Among the artists on the bill: Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Red Foley, Lew Childre, Carl Smith and Mother Maybelle Carter & The Carter Sisters
    May 26, 1953
    Meridian, Mississippi, dedicates a monument to the late Jimmie Rodgers, following a drive engineered by Hank Snow and Ernest Tubb. On hand for the ceremonies are Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Charlie Monroe, Minnie Pearl and Lefty Frizzell
    Nov 28, 1953
    Bill Monroe records "Get Up John" at the Castle Studio in Nashville. The song will be used in episode eight of the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
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