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    • Jan 21, 1954
    Bill Monroe buys his second farm, a 288-acre property in Sumner County, Tennessee, with a $10 down payment for the $15,660 purchase. He will share the home with bass player Bessie Lee Mauldin while his wife Carolyn remains on his other farm
    Jul 9, 1954
    Elvis Presley records Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis, Tennessee
    Sep 4, 1954
    In the wake of Elvis Presley's recording of "Blue Moon Of Kentucky," Bill Monroe records a newer, hotter version of his signature song in Nashville
    Oct 4, 1954
    Decca releases Bill Monroe's hyper-charged remake of his own bluegrass classic "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"
    Dec 31, 1954
    Bill Monroe records "Wheel Hoss" in Nashville. Ricky Skaggs wins a Grammy award in 1985 for his recording of the song
    Jul 31, 1955
    Seventeen years after The Monroe Brothers split, Bill and Charlie Monroe deliver their first full-fledged reunion concert at the New River Ranch in Rising Sun, Maryland. Bill Monroe appears in a sling, having broken his collarbone in a bathtub accident
    Sep 16, 1955
    Bill Monroe holds a recording session in Nashville using three fiddlers: Vassar Clements, Bobby Hicks and Gordon Terry. It marks the first of 31 sessions in which he employs his mistress, Bessie Lee Mauldin, on bass
    Oct 17, 1955
    Decca releases Bill Monroe's "Wheel Hoss." Ricky Skaggs turns the song into a Grammy-winner in the 1980s
    Jan 9, 1956
    Porter Wagoner records "What Would You Do (If Jesus Came To Your House)" and the Bill Monroe song "Uncle Pen" during an evening session at the RCA Studios on McGavock Street in Nashville
    Mar 31, 1958
    Bill Monroe records "Wayfaring Stranger" in Nashville. The song becomes a hit for Emmylou Harris in 1980
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