| LC control no. | n 81003300 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML421.C33 Biography |
| Corporate name heading | Carter Family (Musical group) |
| Variant(s) | Original Carter Family (Musical group) |
| See also | Member: Carter, A. P. (Alvin Pleasant), 1891-1960 Member: Carter, Sara, 1898-1979 Member: Carter, Maybelle, 1909-1978 Member: Cash, June Carter, 1929-2003 Member: Carter, Helen, 1927-1998 Member: Carter, Anita |
| Field of activity | Country music Bluegrass music Folk music Gospel music |
| Found in | The Country album. [Phonodisc] 1967. Wikipedia, 18 May 2015 (The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern gospel, pop and rock musicians as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. They were the first vocal group to become country music stars. The original group consisted of Alvin Pleasant "A.P." Delaney Carter (1891-1960), his wife Sara Dougherty Carter (1898-1979), and his sister-in-law Maybelle Addington Carter (1909-1978). Maybelle was married to A.P.'s brother Ezra (Eck) Carter, and was also Sara's first cousin. All three were born and raised in southwestern Virginia, where they were immersed in the tight harmonies of mountain gospel music and shape note singing. In the 1939-40 season the children of A.P. and Sara (Janette Carter, Joe Carter) and those of Maybelle (Helen Carter, June Carter, Anita Carter) joined the group for radio performances, now in San Antonio, Texas. The group disbanded in 1944. In 1987, reunited sisters June Carter Cash and Helen and Anita Carter, along with June's daughter Carlene Carter, appeared as the Carter Family.) The winding stream, 2015: container (the Original Carter Family) |
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