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Carter, Maybelle, 1909-1978

LC control no.n 92071586
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Personal name headingCarter, Maybelle, 1909-1978
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Variant(s)Addington, Maybelle, 1909-1978
Carter, Mother Maybelle, 1909-1978
See alsoCorporate body: Carter Family (Musical group)
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Corporate body: Carter Sisters
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Birth date1909-05-10
Death date1978-10-23
Place of birthNickelsville (Va.)
Field of activityGuitar Autoharp Banjo Country music Singing
Profession or occupationGuitarists Instrumentalists Banjoists Country musicians Singers
Found inSara & Maybelle Carter [SR] p1991.
Enc. of folk, country & western music, 2nd ed. (Maybelle Carter; Carter, Mother Maybelle; b. Maybelle Addington, Nickelsville, Va., 5-10-1909; d. 10-23-1978; married Ezra Carter in 1926; member of the Carter Family, country music group, 1927-1943; performed with her daughters as the Carter Family into the 1950s and solo until 1967)
Wikipedia, 18 May 2015: (Maybelle Carter was born Maybelle Addington on May 10, 1909 in Nickelsville, Virginia. On March 13, 1926, Maybelle married Ezra J. Carter. They had three daughters, Helen, Valerie June (better known in later life as June Carter Cash), and Anita. She was a member of the original Carter Family, which was formed in 1927 by her brother-in-law, A. P. Carter, who was married to her cousin, Sara, also a part of the trio. Maybelle, who played autoharp and banjo as well as being the group's guitarist, created a unique sound for the group with her innovative 'scratch' style of guitar playing.)
Country girls sing 30 hillbilly & western songs, 2009: container (the Carter Sisters) insert (new version of the original Carter family formed in 1943, which included Mother Maybelle and her three daughters, Helen, Anita, and June)
Associated languageeng
Invalid LCCNno 98036043