Can the Circle Be Unbroken
The Carter Family was a country music group that performed and recorded bet… Read Full Bio ↴The Carter Family was a country music group that performed and recorded between 1927 and 1943. Their music had a profound impact on later bluegrass, country, pop and rock musicians, as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s.

The original group consisted of Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (A.P.; 1891-1960), his wife, Sara Dougherty Carter (autoharp and guitar; 1898-1979), and Maybelle Addington Carter (guitar; 1909-1978). Maybelle Carter (later popularly known as Mother Maybelle Carter) was married to A.P.'s brother Ezra (Eck) Carter. 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. Maybelle Carter's distinctive and innovative guitar playing style quickly became a hallmark of the group.

The Carters got their start on July 31, 1927 when A.P. convinced Sara and Maybelle (pregnant at the time) to make the journey from Maces Springs, Virginia to Bristol, Tennessee to audition for record producer Ralph Peer who was seeking new talent for the relatively embryonic recording industry. They received $50 for each song they recorded.

In the Fall of 1927 the Victor recording company released a double-sided 78 rpm record of the group performing "Wandering Boy" and "Poor Orphan Child". In 1928 another record was released with "The Storms Are on the Ocean" and "Single Girl, Married Girl". This one proved very popular.

They stopped touring and recording in 1943.

In 1987, the three daughters of Maybelle Carter - June Carter (also known as June Carter Cash, following marriage to Johnny Cash), Helen Carter and Anita Carter, along with June Carter's daughter Carlene Carter, appeared as the Carter Family and were featured on a 1987 television episode of Austin City Limits along with Johnny Cash.

The Carters were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970 and 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 "Will the Circle Be Unbroken". In 1993, the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring A.P., Sara, and Maybelle. In 2001, the group was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. In 2005, the group received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Carter Family III carries on the tradition. The group consists of A.P. Carter and Sarah Carter’s grandson Dale Jett, Maybelle Carter’s grandson John Carter Cash and his wife Laura Cash.

For more details, see the Carter Family biography at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carterfamily/peopleevents/p_carters.html
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Can the Circle Be Unbroken
The Carter Family Lyrics


Anchored in Love I've found a sweet haven of sunshine at last, and Jesus…
Are You Lonesome Tonight Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me I say? Are…
Are You Tired Of Me My Darling Are you tired of me, my darling Did you mean those…
Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow My heart is sad and I'm in sorrow For the only…
Carter's Blues As I woke up one morning fair To view the fields…
Church In the Wildwood There's a church in the valley in the wildwood No lovelier…
Cuban Soldier On FB Cuban Soldier Far away in a Spanish dungeon A Cuban …
Diamonds in the Rough While walking out one evening Not knowing where to go Just…
Foggy Mountain Top If I was on some foggy mountain top, I'd sail away…
Gold Watch and Chain Darling, how can I stay here without you I have nothing…
Hello Stranger Hello, stranger, put your loving hand in mine Hello, strange…
I Will Never Marry One morning as I rambled all down the seashore The wind…
I'll Be Home Some Day I was standing by the bedside of a neighbor Who was…
I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes 'Twould been better for us both had we never In this…
Jimmie Brown the Newsboy I'm very cold and hungry, sir My clothes are worn and…
John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man John Hardy was a desperate little man He carried two guns…
Keep on the Sunny Side There's a dark and a troubled side of life There's a…
Kitty Waltz Waltz, Kitty, waltz, let everybody waltz Waltz, Kitty, walt…
Little Darling Pal of Mine In the night, while you lay sleeping Dreaming of your amber…
Lonesome Pine Special I was walking out this morning With rambling on my mind I…
Lonesome Valley Everybody's got to walk this lonesome valley We've got to w…
Longing for Old Virginia 'Mid the green fields of Virginny, dear, I met you Where…
My Clinch Mountain Home Far away on the hills To a sunny mountainside Many years a…
No Depression in Heaven For fear the hearts of men are failing, For these…
On the Sea of Galilee Am I a soldier of the cross A follower of the…
Single Girl, Married Girl single girl · single girl she's goin dressed fine o she's go…
Sweet Fern Springtime is coming, sweet lonesome bird Your echo in the …
The Cannonball You can wash my jumper starch my overalls, Catch the train…
The Mountains of Tennessee Take me back, take me back to my old mountain…
The Storms Are On the Ocean I'm going away to leave you, love I'm going away for…
Wabash Cannonball From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore She…
Wildwood Flower I will twine, I will mingle my raven black hair With…
Will the Circle Be Unbroken? I was standing by my window, On one cold and cloudy…
Worried Man Blues It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It…
You Are My Flower Are you tired of me, my darling Did you mean those…
You Better Let That Liar Alone Just let me tell you how a liar will do He's…


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