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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Happy Birthday Sara Carter

1898
Sara Carter, vocals (c&w)
b. Flat Woods, VA, USA.
d. Jan. 8, 1979.
née: Sara Doughtery
Member: 'The Carter Family'.

Biography ~by Craig Harris As a member of the Carter Family, Sara Dougherty Carter laid the foundation for modern country music. During the fourteen years (1927 to 1941) that she recorded with then-husband Alvin Pleasant "A.P. " Delaney Carter and her cousin and A.P.'s sister-in-law Maybelle, Carter helped to turn the sounds of rural America into an international phenomenon.

link: ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC!: JULY 21ST...


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