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    • Feb 20, 1939
    Sara Carter, of The Carter Family, marries Coy Bayes, a cousin of her ex-husband A.P. Carter, in Brackettville, Texas
    Oct 14, 1941
    The Carter Family conducts its final recording session in New York City, cutting "Why Do You Cry, Little Darling?" and "Lonesome Homesick Blues." It will be used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    May 13, 1950
    Mother Maybelle Carter and The Carter Sisters join the Grand Ole Opry
    Jul 15, 1951
    The Jay-Cees in Montgomery, Alabama, sponsor a Hank Williams Homecoming that includes performances by Hank Snow, The Carter Family and Chet Atkins, who's billed as the "Teenage Tantalizer"
    Mar 26, 1952
    NBC's "The Kate Smith Evening Hour" presents a package of country guests: The Carter Sisters, Roy Acuff and Hank Williams, who performs "Hey, Good Lookin'" and "I Saw The Light"
    Nov 7, 1960
    A.P. Carter dies in Kingsport, Tennessee. With his wife Sara and her cousin, Maybelle Carter, The Original Carter Family became one of the genre's pioneering groups with A.P. credited as a writer of such titles as "Keep On The Sunny Side" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." They join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
    May 10, 1962
    Johnny Cash plays prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York. He's supported on the bill by George Jones, Tompall & The Glaser Brothers and The Carter Family
    Jun 15, 1962
    Johnny Cash tops a bill at the prestigious Hollywood Bowl with Patsy Cline, George Jones, The Carter Family, Johnny Western, Merle Travis, Gene Autry, Gordon Terry, Roger Miller, Flatt & Scruggs, Stuart Hamblen, Don Gibson and Leroy Van Dyke
    Sep 14, 1962
    Grandpa Jones records "T For Texas" with two members of The Carter Family in the supporting band during the evening at RCA Studio B in Nashville
    Apr 20, 1963
    The Carter Family appears on ABC-TV's "Hootenanny," joining with the entire cast on the closing number, "Goodnight Irene"
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