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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 and she performed with the Carter Family from the age of 10, in 1939.
The Carter Sisters, (also known as the second version of The Carter Family) were an American band consisting of Maybelle Carter and her daughters June Carter Cash, Helen Carter, and Anita Carter. Each played an instrument, with June being a pioneer as a front-man. Formed during World War II, the group recorded and performed into the 1990s.
The Carter Family name was revived for a third time, under the name Carter Family III.It was a project of descendants of the original Carter Family, John Carter Cash (grandson of Maybelle Carter, son of June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash) and Dale Jett (grandson of A.P. and Sara Carter), along with John's wife Laura (Weber) Cash.
June’s daughter Carlene, a veteran country singer herself, had some positive words for her (sur)namesake, Beyonce, and her “Country Carter” album – and basically welcomed her to the ...
The Grammy-nominated country music singer — whose mother, June Carter Cash, and grandmother, Maybelle Carter, were members of country music’s legendary Carter Family, and whose stepdad, Johnny ...
June's sister, Anita Carter, recorded the first version, “(Love's) Ring of Fire,” in 1962, but it really took off when Johnny released his take in 1963, allegedly inspired by a dream to add ...
She was a semi-regular performing member of the Carter Family. She performed a duet with Cash on his 1974 single "Father and Daughter" (a remake of the Cat Stevens song "Father and Son") from the album The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me. [4] After her marriage, Adams was a background vocalist in her mother's album Press On (1999). [5]
The Carter Family (Maybelle, Helen, June, and Anita) received the "Favorite Country Group" trophy from the American Music Awards in 1973. The following year Maybelle was individually honored with the first Tex Ritter Award by the International Fan Club Organization at Fan Fair in Nashville, TN. [35] [15]