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Carter Family
The Carter Family was an American folk music group that recorded and performed between 1927 and 1956. Regarded as one of the most important music acts of the early 20th century, they had a profound influence on the development of bluegrass, country, southern gospel, pop, and rock, as well as the American folk revival in the 1960s. They were the first vocal group to become country music stars, and were among the first groups to record commercially produced country music. Their first recordings were made in Bristol, Tennessee, for the Victor Talking Machine Company under producer Ralph Peer on August 1, 1927. This was the day before country singer Jimmie Rodgers made his initial recordings for Victor under Peer. The success of the Carter Family's recordings of songs such as " Wabash Cannonball", " Can the Circle Be Unbroken", " Wildwood Flower", " Keep on the Sunny Side", and " I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" made these songs country standards. The melody of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carter Family Of Tennessee
Members of the Carter family were "among the earliest settlers of Tennessee" and their descendants became "one of the most illustrious families in the state." * John Carter of Watauga Association ** Landon C. Carter, Revolutionary War soldier, namesake of Carter County, Tennessee while Elizabethton, Tennessee, Elizabethton is named for his wife Elizabeth Maclin *** U.S. Representative William Blount Carter *** Mary Carter **** U.S. Representative Nathaniel Green Taylor ***** Tennessee governor Alfred A. Taylor, Alf Taylor ***** Tennessee governor and U.S. Senator Robert Love Taylor *** Alfred Moore Carter **** Union Army officer Samuel Perry Carter **** Rev. William Blount Carter **** Secretary of Arizona Territory James Patton Taylor Carter See also * Landon Carter Haynes References {{Reflist Families from Tennessee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery Ward Records
Montgomery Ward Records was American retailer Montgomery Ward's store brand record label. The records were sold at a lower than industry standard prices through company stores and catalogs. During its prolific run, the label issued many important country and jazz recordings. History Production of the label began in 1933 as an in-house budget label, with an arrangement with RCA Victor that gave Montgomery Ward access to every style of music in Victor's vault. The first issues were pressed by RCA Victor and included popular music as well as country (including Cajun), race records, ethnic material with catalog numbers beginning at M-4200, which was intended to match and replace (often with different artists) that of Broadway Records, which although not exclusive to Wards had been extensively marketed by them. A second series recorded and pressed by Victor, beginning with M-6000, was devoted to classical music. Montgomery Ward also had a short-lived contract with Decca Records that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is primarily focused on singing Narrative, stories about Working class in the United States, working-class and blue-collar worker, blue-collar American life. Country music is known for its ballads and dance tunes (i.e., "Honky-tonk#Music, honky-tonk music") with simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies generally accompanied by instruments such as banjos, fiddles, harmonicas, and many types of guitar (including acoustic guitar, acoustic, electric guitar, electric, steel guitar, steel, and resonator guitar, resonator guitars). Though it is primarily rooted in various forms of American folk music, such as old-time music and Appalachian music, many other traditions, including African-American, Music of Mexico, Mexican, Music of Ireland, Irish, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluegrass Music
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. Bluegrass has roots in African American genres like blues and jazz and North European genres, such as Irish ballads and dance tunes. Unlike country, it is traditionally played exclusively on acoustic instruments such as the fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar and upright bass. It was further developed by musicians who played with Monroe, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt. Bill Monroe once described bluegrass music as, "It's a part of Methodist, Holiness and Baptist traditions. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound." Bluegrass features acoustic stringed instruments and emphasizes the off-beat. The off-beat can be "driven" (played close to the previous bass note) or "swung" (played farther from the previous bass note). N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Folk Music
The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as ''traditional music'', ''traditional folk music'', ''contemporary folk music'', ''vernacular music,'' or ''roots music''. Many traditional songs have been sung within the same family or folk group for generations, and sometimes trace back to such origins as the British Isles, Mainland Europe, or Africa. Musician Mike Seeger once famously commented that the definition of American folk music is "...all the music that fits between the cracks." American folk music is a broad category of music including bluegrass music, bluegrass, gospel music, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk music, Appalachian folk, blues, Cajun music, Cajun and Native American music. The music is considered American either because it is native to the United States or because it developed there, out of foreign origins, to such a degree that it struck musicologists as something distinctly new. It is considered "ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carter Cash
John Carter Cash (born March 3, 1970) is an American country singer-songwriter, musician and author. He is the only child of Johnny Cash and his second wife June Carter Cash. He is the grandson of Mother Maybelle Carter. Biography John has four older half-sisters from his father's first marriage to Vivian Cash (née Liberto). They are Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy, and Tara. He also has two older half-sisters from his mother's previous marriages, singers Carlene Carter and Rosie Nix. For several years after John's birth, his father altered the conclusion of " A Boy Named Sue" to mention the boy by name. In 1972 his parents recorded the duet "I Got a Boy (And His Name is John)" about their son. In 1975 a photograph of him with his father was featured on the sleeve of the album '' Look at Them Beans''. Like many of his siblings, John Cash followed his parents into show business. He has worked as a singer-songwriter, musician, and producer. He was music producer on his mother's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Dougherty Carter
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) and his mother was Sara Carter (1898–1979). Joe Carter performed with the Carter family from 1939 to 1940 on Border Radio and with his sister Janette and his parents Sara and A.P. Carter from 1952 till 1956 on a program called Acme Sessions. and performed again in the 1970s and later in his life. Carter served as a sailor during World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ... and returned to Virginia after his service a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Carter
Janette Carter (July 2, 1923 – January 22, 2006), daughter of musicians A.P. and Sara Carter, was an American musician involved in the preservation of Appalachian music. Carter was born on July 2, 1923, in Maces Spring, Virginia. She and her brother Joe performed with their parents on a series of recordings for the Acme label. Janette and Joe later recorded material together consisting of works they had written and songs previously recorded by members of the Carter family. In 1976, Carter and community members built an 880-seat amphitheater, the Carter Family Fold, beside the A. P. Carter Store which her father had operated after the Carter Family had disbanded as a musical group. The Carter Family Fold attracts more than 50,000 visitors a year. Carter performed there weekly, until shortly before she died. Carter had three children with her first husband, James Jett: Donald William, Rita Janette, and James Delaney (Dale). She died on January 22, 2006, in Kingsport, Tenness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Carter Cash
Valerie June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was an American country singer and songwriter. A five-time Grammy Award–winner, she was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. Prior to her marriage to Cash, she was known as June Carter, and she continued to be credited as such even after her marriage (as well as on songwriting credits predating it). She played guitar, banjo, harmonica, and autoharp, and acted in several films and television shows. Carter Cash was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2009. Carter Cash will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2025. Early life June Carter Cash was born Valerie June Carter in Maces Spring, Virginia, to Maybelle (née Addington) and Ezra Carter. Her mother was a country music performer with June's aunt Sara and uncle A. P. Carter. June began performing with the Carter Family from the age of 10, in 1939. In March 1943, when the Carter Family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Carter
Ina Anita Carter (March 31, 1933 – July 29, 1999) was an American singer who played upright bass, guitar, and autoharp. She performed with her sisters, Helen and June, and her mother, Maybelle, initially under the name The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle. Carter had three top ten hits as well as other charting singles. She was the first to record the songs " Blue Boy" and " Ring of Fire". Carter was also a songwriter, most notably co-writing the Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter. Most of his music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career. ... hit " Rosanna's Going Wild." Carter recorded for a number of labels, both as a solo artist and with her family, including RCA Victor, Cadence, Columbia, Audiograph, United Artists, Liberty and Capitol. Biography Anita was the third daughter of Ezra and Maybell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Carter
Helen Myrl Carter Jones (September 12, 1927 – June 2, 1998) was an American country music singer. The eldest daughter of Maybelle Carter, she performed with her mother and her younger sisters, June Carter and Anita Carter, as a member of ''The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle'', a pioneering all female country and folk music group. After the death of A.P. Carter in 1960, the group became known as The Carter Family.Scott County History Book Committee (1991) ''The Carter Family: A Biography''Zwonitzer, M. & Hirshberg, C. (2002). ''Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music''. Simon & Schuster, NY. 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 Orr, J. (1998). ''Carter Family Daughter Dies: Helen Carter Jones Rites Friday'' Free-Lance Star, Fredericksburg, VACarter Family Fan Club News (no date). ''Historic Dates in the Career of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
