"Kentucky Waltz" is a 1946 song written and performed by

Bill Monroe William Smith "Bill" Monroe (; September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, who created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the " Father of Bluegrass". The genre take ...

. The song was Bill Monroe's most successful release on the Country & Western charts peaking at number three.

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*In 1951

Eddy Arnold Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the ''Billboard'' cou ...

recorded his version of the song which reached number one on the Country & Western Best Seller charts. *Also in 1951, a version by

Rosemary Clooney Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me", " Mambo Italiano", ...

went to #24 on the Cashbox pop chart.https://tsort.info/music/zw02gm.htm *A cover of the song appeared on English folk singer Bob Davenport's 1973 album Pal Of My Cradle Days.

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1946 songs Eddy Arnold songs Bill Monroe songs Johnny Burnette songs Bluegrass songs Songs written by Bill Monroe Songs about Kentucky {{1940s-country-song-stub

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