Ina Anita Carter was an American singer who played upright bass, guitar, and autoharp.
10 Facts About Anita Carter
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Anita Carter was the first to record the songs "Blue Boy" and "Ring of Fire".
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Anita Carter recorded for a number of labels, both as a solo artist and with her family, including RCA Victor, Cadence, Columbia, Audiograph, United Artists, Liberty and Capitol.
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Anita Carter reached the top ten again in 1968 with "I Got You," a duet with Waylon Jennings.
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Anita Carter reached the top 50 with hits like "I'm Gonna Leave You" in 1966 and "Tulsa County" in 1971.
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Anita Carter married fiddler Dale Potter in 1950, session musician Don Davis in 1953, and Bob Wootton in 1974.
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Anita Carter had two children, Lorrie Frances and John Christopher Davis.
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Anita Carter suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for many years, and the drugs used to treat it severely damaged her pancreas, kidneys, and liver.
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Anita Carter died on July 29,1999, at the age of 66, a year after eldest sister Helen and four years before middle sister June.
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Anita Carter's interment was in Hendersonville Memory Gardens in Hendersonville, Tennessee.