"Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles" . . "0"^^ . "Ricky Skaggs" . . "Bill Monroe" . "595876" . "Song recordings produced by Ricky Skaggs" . "130.0"^^ . "7473" . . . . "1956 songs" . "251750"^^ . . . . "-15.5"^^ . "1956 singles" . "english" . . . "Porter Wagoner songs" . "TROURIE128F4280C48" . "-0.256715"^^ . "false"^^ . "RPM Country Tracks number-one singles" . "RCA Records singles" . "Uncle Pen" . "true"^^ . "false"^^ . "Ricky Skaggs songs" . "Songs written by Bill Monroe" . "2004-11-16"^^ . "USSM10003216" . "Uncle Pen" . . "%22Uncle Pen%22 is a song written by Bill Monroe about his uncle and musical mentor, Pendleton Vandiver. Besides Monroe, the song was recorded by Porter Wagoner in 1956, Michael Nesmith of %22The Monkees%22 in 1973 on his solo album Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash, and Ricky Skaggs in 1984. %22Uncle Pen%22 was Ricky Skaggs' ninth number one single on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart. Bill Monroe played a character named %22Uncle Pen%22 disappointed at the citification of Ricky Skaggs in the 1985 video for %22Country Boy%22. The improvisational-rock band Phish has performed their cover version of Uncle Pen over 90 times in the band's 30-year career." . "1984 singles" . "eng" . "145000.0"^^ . "-0.310903"^^ . "51cb7c2d-2b17-4247-8ec1-2dd62688b723" . . "Epic Records singles" . "10"^^ . "Epic Records" . "5714dee225ac0d8aee4f74c1" .