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The Carter Family

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. Their recordings of songs as “Wabash Cannonball”, “Can the Circle Be Unbroken”, “Wildwood Flower”, “Keep On the Sunny Side” and their most we ... ll-known “I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes” made them country standards, especially the latter which had significant re-exposure as Roy Acuff's “The Great Speckled Bird”, Kitty Wells' “It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” and Hank Thompson's “The Wild Side of Life” making the song a hit all over again in other incarnations. 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. Throughout the group's career, Sara Carter sang lead vocals; Maybelle sang harmony and accompanied the group instrumentally; on some songs A.P. did not perform at all but at times sang harmony and background vocals and once in a while, lead vocal. Maybelle's distinctive guitar playing style became a hallmark of the group. In all, various Carter family members were added to varying lineups of the Carter Family, with the final lineup consisting of Helen Carter, Anita Carter, and June Carter Cash. See more [+]

Will The Circle Be Unbroken |||||

I was standing by my window On one cold and cloudy day When ...

Leaning On The Everlasting Arms |||||

What a fellowship, what a joy divine, leaning on the everla...

In The Highways |||||

In the highways, in the hedges. In the highways, in the hedg...

Far Side Banks Of Jordan |||||

I Believe My Steps Are Growing Wearier Each Day Still I've G...

Can't Feel At Home |||||

This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through, my t...

The Church In The Wildwood |||||

There's a church in the valley by the wildwood, no lovelier...

We Will March Through The Streets Of The City |||||

We will march through the streets of the city, with our love...

Beautiful Brown Eyes |||||

Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes, Beautiful, beautiful brown ...

Can The Circle Be Unbroken |||||

I was standing by the window, on one cold and cloudy day, ...

Cannonball Blues |||||

Oh, listen to the train coming down the line, trying to mak...

God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign |||||

I've gotta home in that rock, don't you see? I've gotta hom...

Goldwatch And Chain |||||

Darling, how can I stay here without you, I have nothing to...

Goodbye To The Plains |||||

Goodbye to the pals of the prairie, goodbye to the pals of t...

Grave On The Green Hill Side |||||

There's a little grave on the green hillside that lies to t...

Happy In Prison |||||

I am happy in a prison, yes, I'm happy anywhere, in my soul ...

Happy Or Lonesome |||||

Come back to me in my dreaming, come back to me once more, ...

He Never Came Back |||||

An old Jane about 49 came in to view the town, she register...

Hello Central Give Me Heaven |||||

Hello Central give me heaven, for I know my mother's there, ...

Hello Stranger |||||

Hello stranger, put your loving hand in mine, hello strange...

Hold Fast To The Right |||||

Kneel down by the side of your mother, my boy, you have onl...

Home By The Sea |||||

There's a lonely cottage by the sea side, where the water l...

Honey In The Rock |||||

Oh, my brother, do you know the Savior, who is wondrous kin...

I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart |||||

Last night I told my heart's love all under the pale blue sk...

I Have No One To Love Me |||||

It was on last Sunday evening just about the hour of three, ...

I Never Will Marry |||||

One morning as I rambled all down the seashore, the wind it...

In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain |||||

I grew up on the side of Clinch Mountain, with the beauties...

In The Valley Of The Shenandoah |||||

As we sit alone tonight in the stillness of the night, I pi...

Jimmy Brown The Newsboy |||||

I'm very cold and hungry, sir, my clothes are worn and thin,...

John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man |||||

John Hardy was a desperate little man, he carried two guns ...

Keep On The Firing Line |||||

If you're in the battle for the Lord and right, just keep o...

Keep On The Sunny Side |||||

Keep on the Sunny Side 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 5 4 4 3 ...

Kissing Is a Crime |||||

I know a little girl and I want her for my wife, she's pret...

Kitty Waltz |||||

Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz, waltz, Kitty, wal...

Let The Church Roll On |||||

Let the church roll on (my good Lord), let the church roll o...

Little Girl That Played Upon My Knee |||||

Many years have passed away and gone, since I left my old n...

Little Log Cabin By The Sea |||||

There is a precious volume of pages worn and old, in that l...

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