The Carter Sisters

The Carter Sisters were a singing group trio consisting of June Carter Cash and her sisters Helen Carter and Anita Carter. Formed during World War II, the group recorded and performed through at least the next five decades.

In March 1943, when the original Carter Family trio stopped recording together after their WBT contract ended, Maybelle Carter formed "Mother Maybelle & the Carter Sisters" with her three daughters June, Helen and Anita. The new group first aired on radio station WRNL in Richmond, Virginia, on June 1, 1943. The group toured during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1972, Maybelle sang on The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's album "Will the Circle Be Unbroken", with Carter Family songs, "Keep on the Sunny Side" and "Wildwood Flower".

Later without Mother Maybelle the group of sisters performed as just The Carter Sisters, and also intermittently with June's daughter, Carlene Carter, as The Carter Family.

In 1989 The Carter Sisters joined The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for the recording of their Country Music Association's Album of the Year, the followup "Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2". In 1990, the album was celebrated on the PBS music television program Austin City Limits, which featured a performance by The Carter Sisters of "Keep on the Sunny Side" and with the full ensemble on the Carter Family song, "Will The Circle Be Unbroken", from the original 1972 album. [ [http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/artists/program354.html Will The Circle Be Unbroken” with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Denver and Friends] , Austin City Limits, 1990]

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