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The Stanley Brothers
United States • 1945-01-01 – 1966-01-01
The Stanley Brothers is credited on 148 releases across 57 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2019 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

148
Pressings credited
57
Albums
7
Decades active
73
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
148 releases · 57 albums · active 1954–2019
- Performance · 236
- Other credits · 2
Studios: 1750 Arch Studios · R.D. Homer Associates · Studio By The Pond · Enactron Truck
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

Sky Blue
2019

Don't Cheat In Our Hometown
1983

1965-1966
1976

The Stanley's In Person
1961

Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Essential Bluegrass Album
2011

The New Seldom Scene Album
1976

Collectors Edition 1983 - Volume 6
1983

On Radio Volume Two
1983

1983 Collector's Edition, Volume 3
1983

1983 Collector's Edition, Volume 4
1983

Livin' In The Past
1975

The Holy Modal Rounders 2
1965

Sing The Songs They Like Best
1961

The One, The Only
1956
Frequent collaborators
- Ralph Stanley
- Ricky Skaggs
- Various
- Keith Whitley
- The Holy Modal Rounders
- The Kentucky Colonels
- Here Today (3)
- Chris Brokaw
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