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  "name": "The Stanley Brothers",
  "description": "The Stanley Brothers appears 2 times in our Bluegrass list, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/the-stanley-brothers/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1951,
    "last": 1960
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 3,
    "list": "Bluegrass"
  },
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      "slug": "bluegrass",
      "name": "Bluegrass",
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      "trackKey": "the-stanley-brothers--man-of-constant-sorrow",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/the-stanley-brothers--man-of-constant-sorrow/",
      "title": "Man of Constant Sorrow",
      "year": 1951,
      "label": "Columbia",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The high lonesome sound at its most severe — Ralph Stanley's tenor is not trying to be pleasant. An old ballad the Stanleys made permanently theirs.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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        },
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      },
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        "slug": "bluegrass",
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      },
      "artist": "The Stanley Brothers"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "the-stanley-brothers--rank-stranger",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/the-stanley-brothers--rank-stranger/",
      "title": "Rank Stranger",
      "year": 1960,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A man returns home and recognises nobody. Bluegrass gospel at its most genuinely unsettling, and the harmony does most of the work.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Stanley%20Brothers%20Rank%20Stranger",
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        },
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      },
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        "slug": "bluegrass",
        "name": "Bluegrass",
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      },
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}