Stanley, Ralph (Personal Name)

Data from Ralph Stanley's bluegrass festival [MP] 1982 (Ralph Stanley; musician)

Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (under Stanley Brothers: Ralph Edmond Stanley; b. Feb. 27, 1927, Big Spraddle Creek, near Stratton, Dickenson Co., Va.)

Wikipedia, Dec. 12, 2013 (Ralph Edmond Stanley; Ralph Edmund Stanley; aka Dr. Ralph Stanley; American bluegrass artist known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing; formed the Clinch Mountain Boys in 1946)

New York times WWW site, viewed June 24, 2016 (in obituary published June 23: Ralph Stanley; b. Ralph Edmond Stanley, Feb. 25, 1927, Dickenson County, Va.; d. Thursday [June 23, 2016], Sandy Ridge [Dickenson County], Va., aged 89; singer, banjo player, and guardian of unvarnished mountain music who was also a pivotal figure in the recent revival of interest in bluegrass)