Sara Carter (July 21, 1898 – January 8, 1979) was an American Country music musician. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Known for her deep and distinctive singing voice, she was the lead singer on most of the recordings of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s. The Carter Family was a Country music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956
She was born Sara Elizabeth Dougherty in Copper Creek, Virginia, (Rich Valley), the daughter of William Sevier Dougherty and Nancy Elizabeth Kilgore. Copper Creek is a town located in Russell County Virginia. Notable residents Country music legend Sara Carter of the Carter
Sara married A. P. Carter on June 18, 1915, but they were later divorced in 1939. AP Carter ( December 15, 1891 - November 7, 1960) was an American Country music Musician and founding member Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year They had three children: Gladys (Millard), Janette (Jett), and Joe.
In 1927, she and A. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. P. began performing as the Carter Family, perhaps the first commercial rural Country music group. The Carter Family was a Country music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956 They were joined by her cousin, Maybelle, who was married to A. "Mother Maybelle" Carter ( May 10, 1909 - October 23, 1978) was an American country Musician. P. 's brother, Ezra Carter.
Sara later remarried to Coy Bayes, A. P. 's first cousin, and moved to California in 1943, and the group disbanded. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. In the 1960s, Sara reunited with Maybelle and briefly toured during the folk music craze of the time. (See film clip here)
Sara was inducted as part of The Carter Family in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970 along with Bill Monroe. The Carter Family was a Country music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956 The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is located at 222 Fifth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. William Smith Monroe ( September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American musician who developed the style of music known as
In 1993, Sara's image appeared on a U.S. postage stamp honoring the Carter Family. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) This article lists people who have been featured on United States Postage stamps Since the United States Post Office issued its first stamp in 1847 over 4000 stamps have been issued and In 2001 she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
Sara Carter is interred in the Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church graveyard in Hiltons, Virginia. Hiltons (or The Hiltons) is an unincorporated community in Scott County, Virginia, United States. [1]
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References
- Wolfe, Charles (1998). The Carter Family was a Country music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956 "The Carter Family". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Ixford University Press. pp. 84-5, 617.
- Zwonitzer, Mark with Charles Hirshberg (2002). Will you miss me when I'm gone? : the Carter Family and their legacy in American music. New York: Simon & Schuster.
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