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The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound influence on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock music, as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s.
Joseph Dougherty "Joe" Carter (February 27, 1927 – March 2, 2005) was a member of the Carter Family, an American country/folk music group. Carter was born in 1927 in Maces Spring, Virginia, several months before the Bristol Sessions, which eventually made his family famous. His father was Alvin Pleasant "A. P." Delaney Carter (1891–1960 ...
Sara Elizabeth Carter (née Dougherty, later Bayes; July 21, 1898 – January 8, 1979) was an American country music musician, singer, and songwriter. Remembered mostly for her deep, distinctive, mature singing voice, she was the lead singer on most of the recordings of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s.
Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (December 15, 1891 – November 7, 1960) was an American musician and a founding member of the Carter Family, one of the most notable acts in the history of country music.
Kenneth Burton Jones (1952–1969), was the second son of Helen Myrl Carter (of country music's Carter Family) and of Glenn Jones. [1] He is best remembered for a song he wrote called "Sing A Traveling Song" which appeared on Johnny Cash's albums Hello, I'm Johnny Cash and Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden. Kenneth was Cash's nephew-in-law.
Bill Carter is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and member of the Austin Music Hall of Fame. [1] ... musician and founding member of The Carter Family. [5]
This is a discography of the Carter Family [1] —Sara Carter, her husband A.P. Carter, and their sister-in-law Maybelle Carter—often cited as "the most influential group in country music history": [2] (For recordings by the second generation of the Carter Family see The Carter Sisters.)
Helen Carter had a professional career in music that spanned 60 years. Many historians point to her 1937 radio debut as the beginning of her career [4] [5] but Janette Carter (Helen's cousin and daughter of original Carter Family band members A. P. and Sara Carter) recalled that she and Helen performed together at original Carter Family appearances at least two years prior to this date. [6]