Ralph Stanley

Ralph Edmund Stanley was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. He began playing music in 1946, originally with his older brother Carter Stanley as part of The Stanley Brothers, and most often as the leader of his band, The Clinch Mountain Boys. Ralph was also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley.

25 February 1927

Born on the same birth day (25 February): Anton Volchenkov • Don Quarrie • Emma Catherine Embury • Erich von Hornbostel • February 25 • Herb Elliott • John Hart (South Australian colonist) • Justin Abdelkader • Larry Gelbart • Philip C. Habib • Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone • Ric Flair • Tony Brooks (racing driver)

Born in the same month (February 1927): Doris Sams • Erma Bombeck • Fazal Mahmood • Frank Dunlop (director) • Juliette Gréco • June Brown • Richard A. Long • Robert Allen (song composer) • Rolf Landauer • Roy Cohn • Sidney Poitier • Tom Kennedy (television host) • Yehoshua Neuwirth