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They were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970 and they were given the nickname "The First Family of Country Music." In 1988, the Carter Family was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and received its Award for the song "Can the Circle Be Unbroken".
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www.jeffosretromusic.com/carter.html
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Woody Guthrie, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band have all recorded the Carter Family's music. Mark Zwonitzer has just co-written a book about country music's first family, called Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
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By the mid-60s he and June Carter were a couple, and in 1968, the First Family of country music received a new member when Johnny and June were married.
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www.events-in-music.com/the-carter-family.html
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The original Carter Family consisted of A.P (Alvin Pleasant) Carter, his wife Sarah (lead vocalist and autoharp), and her cousin Maybelle (alto vocalist and guitar). A.P. was born on April 15, 1891 in the Clinch Mountains ... In 1970, the Carter Family became the first group to be elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame...
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songwritershalloffame.org/artists/C4126
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June Carter & Johnny Cash - "It Ain't Me Babe" (from Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary concert); ... Sunday, November 27, 2005 ... posted by jodru at 17:46...
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www.analogartsensemble.net/2005/11/first-family-of-coun...
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The Carter Family has a legendary place in country music. Their songs, and the image of a family band playing wholesome music, This story will explain how the powerful border radio stations of the 1930s and ‘40s, located in Mexico, first helped spread the family’s parlor-style country music to a mass audience.
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www.honkytonks.org/showpages/carterfamily.htm
www.honkytonks.org/showpages/carterfamily.htm
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As Joan Baez says in tonight's sweetly affecting documentary on the Carter family, there are ''very few songs that make it to the campfires around the world." One, she notes, is ''Will the Circle Be Unbroken," a signature tune from the Carters, who were known as the first family of country music. ... By Steve Morse,
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www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2005/05/09/circle_embrace...
www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2005/05/09/circle_embraces_first_family_of_country_music/
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Album: First Family in Country Music; Artist: The Stonemans; Genre: Country; ... Tell the world what you think about; First Family in Country Music by The Stonemans! ... Free Music...
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www.mp3.com/albums/592157/reviews.html
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He smiled a happy, pleased smile that made me know the main man of the U.S.A. likes country music -- and so does our first lady, Michelle Obama. Both of them were bobbing their heads in time with the music. ... Brad Paisley, Alison Krauss and Charley Pride Entertain the First Family...
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www.cmt.com/news/hot-dish/1616893/hot-dish-the-first-fa...
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