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A. P. Carter
A. P. Carter
American country musician.
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Carter Family
Carter Family
traditional American folk music group
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Maybelle Carter
Maybelle Carter
folk and country music guitarist
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June Carter Cash
June Carter Cash
American singer, songwriter and actress (1929-2003)
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Bryan Bowers
Bryan Bowers
American musician
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Anita Carter
Anita Carter
American singer
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Joe Maphis
Joe Maphis
American musician
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Michelle Nixon
Michelle Nixon
bluegrass and acoustic country music artist
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Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
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John McEuen
John McEuen
American musician
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Ralph Stanley
Ralph Stanley
American singer
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Peter Rowan
Peter Rowan
American singer
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Henry Whitter
Henry Whitter
American musician
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Uncle Dave Macon
Uncle Dave Macon
American musician (1870-1952)
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Rose Marie McCoy
Rose Marie McCoy
American songwriter
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Sara Watkins
Sara Watkins
American musician
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The Stanley Brothers
The Stanley Brothers
American bluegrass duo
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Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Vincent
American musician
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Rose Maddox
Rose Maddox
American musician
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Janette Carter
Janette Carter
Child of the Carter Family
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Jimmy Martin
Jimmy Martin
American bluegrass singer
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Lynn Anderson
Lynn Anderson
American country music singer (1947-2015)
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Big Maybelle
Big Maybelle
American R&B singer and pianist
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Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline
American country music singer
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Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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Vernon Dalhart
Vernon Dalhart
American country music singer
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Andrew Jenkins
Andrew Jenkins
American composer and singer
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Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
American singer-songwriter and actor
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John Carter Cash
John Carter Cash
American singer, songwriter author and producer
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Fiddlin' John Carson
Fiddlin' John Carson
American musician
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Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs
American musician
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Charlie Cline
Charlie Cline
American musician
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Bill Clifton
Bill Clifton
American musician
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Carl Smith
Carl Smith
American musician
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Sierra Hull
Sierra Hull
Bluegrass musician, songwriter
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Grandpa Jones
Grandpa Jones
banjo player and singer from the United States
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Lesley Riddle
Lesley Riddle
American musician
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Carlene Carter
Carlene Carter
American country singer-songwriter
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Osborne Brothers
Osborne Brothers
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Rita Hosking
Rita Hosking
American musician
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Jim & Jesse
Jim & Jesse
American bluegrass duo
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
American band
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Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
American guitarist and record producer
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Janie Fricke
Janie Fricke
American country singer
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Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien
American musician
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Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Hornsby
American singer, pianist, and songwriter
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Louise Scruggs
Louise Scruggs
American music manager
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Sara Elizabeth Carter (née Dougherty; later Sara Carter Bayes; July 21, 1898 – January 8, 1979) was an American country music musician, singer, and songwriter. Remembered mostly for her deep, distinctive, mature singing voice, she was the lead singer on most of the recordings of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s. In her earliest recordings her voice was pitched very high.