BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Full Name: Robert C Carter
Description: Vocalist, Songwriter, USA
Instruments: Vocals
Music Styles: Country Music
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 15th December 1891
Location Born: Maces Springs, Tennessee, United States of America
Date Died: 7th November 1960
Location Died: Kingsport, United Kingdom
Cause Of Death: Not known
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Alvin Carter
An American musician and founding member of The Carter Family, one of the most notable acts in the history of country music.
On June 18, 1915, he married Sara Dougherty and they had three children: Gladys (Millard), Janette (Jett), and Joe.
In 1927, he formed the Carter Family band together with his wife. They were joined by Sara’s cousin, Maybelle, who was married to A.P.’s brother, Ezra Carter, and they together formed the first commercial rural country music group. Carter was known for traveling extensively throughout the country and collecting and blending songs, particularly from Appalachian musicians.
Some of the songs became so closely identified with A. P. Carter that he has been popularly, but mistakenly, credited with writing them. For example, “Keep on the Sunny Side of Life” was published in 1901 with the words being credited to Ada Blenkhorn and the music credited to Howard Entwisle.
Despite dying in relative obscurity, A. P. Carter was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Carter was inducted as part of The Carter Family in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970.
A.P. Carter died in Kingsport, Tennessee on November 7, 1960 at the age of 68.