- Considered the "Father of Bluegrass". The term bluegrass came from the name of Monroe's band -- the Blue Grass Boys.
- Performed in the White House for four presidents.
- Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970.
- In 1989 won the first Grammy ever given for bluegrass music for his album "Southern Flavor".
- Received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.
- His band was called "The Bluegrass Boys" in tribute to his home state of Kentucky, the bluegrass state - the music took its designation from the band.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 (under the category Early Influence).
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 419-420. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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