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Carter Family| US country- and folk-music group, active from the 1920s to 1943. Their material of old ballads and religious songs, and the guitar-picking technique of Maybelle Carter (1909–1978), influenced the development of country music, especially bluegrass. Songs they made popular include ‘Keep on the Sunny Side’, ‘Wildwood Flower’, and ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken’. |
| The Carter Family came from Virginia and comprised A P Carter (1891–1960), arrangements and harmony; his wife Sara Carter (born Dougherty, 1898–1979) on lead vocals and Autoharp (a plucked string instrument resembling a zither); and his sister-in-law Maybelle (born Addington). They first recorded in 1927. |
| Later generations of Carters were also active in country music; singer Carlene Carter (1955– ) is the granddaughter of Maybelle. |
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