Helen Myrl Carter Jones was an American country music singer.
17 Facts About Helen Carter
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Helen Carter had a professional career in music that spanned 60 years.
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Helen Carter played a variety of instruments including accordion, autoharp, guitar, piano and mandolin.
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Helen Carter was largely responsible for arranging the group's vocals.
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Helen Carter was widely regarded as the Carter Sister most in touch with the group's rich musical tradition and the one most dedicated to its preservation.
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Helen Carter recorded for a number of historically important independent labels such as Tennessee, Republic, Starday and Hickory.
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Helen Carter had releases on major labels such as Columbia and Okeh as well.
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Helen Carter recorded duets with such acts as The Willis Brothers, Johnny Bond, famed Grand Olde Opry announcer Grant Turner, and Wiley Barkdull.
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On occasion Helen Carter's writing would lure listeners into uncomfortable, dark situations:.
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Helen Carter wrote for Acuff-Rose Music and Pamper Music, among other companies.
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Helen Carter recorded two solo albums for Old Homestead Records and did guest spots on recordings by her niece Carlene Carter and Southern Gospel artist Jacky Jack White later in her life.
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Helen Carter was a regular on Johnny Cash's network television program and on his TV specials.
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Helen Carter suffered from gastrointestinal problems which led to heart problems that took her life in 1998 at age 70.
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Helen Carter's interment was next to her son, Kenneth, in Hendersonville Memory Gardens in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
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In 2006, a forgotten set of recordings that Helen Carter made with her sisters and a niece in 1991 was discovered and released to the public on Sphere Records.
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In publicity for the album Cash repeatedly discussed the impact that Helen Carter had on her as a musician, performer and as a songwriter.
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Cash noted that Helen Carter spent hours teaching her to play guitar.