Sara and Maybelle Carter - Wildwood Flower (1928).

Описание: [1860 "I'll Twine Mid The Ringlets" by Maud Irving & J.P. Webster...Adapted by A.P. Carter]

Issued on Victor 40000 A Released 1929^^
**THE FIRST RELEASE ON 4 JANUARY 1929 SOLD 120,602 COPIES...THE HIGHEST SALES FIGURE FOR ANY CARTER FAMILY DISC...THIS WAS 10 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE.
Also Recorded 1935

Recorded 10 May 1928 - [13.15 - 1600] - Victor Studio, 1, 114 North Fifth Street, Camden, NJ --
Sara [autoharp/vcl solo] & Maybelle [gt]


Alvin Pleasant (AP) Delaney Carter (1891 - 1960)
Sara Dougherty Carter (1898 - 1979)
Maybelle Addington Carter (1909 - 1978)

Maybelle was married to A.P.'s Brother EZRA CARTER who was Sara's 1st COUSIN...All three were Born & Raised in South Western Virginia

The day before the 1st Recording Session (August 1 1927) AP persuaded Sara & Maybelle to make the trip from Maces Spring VA to BRISTOL TN to Audition for Record Producer RALPH PEER who was seeking new talent.....The SESSIONS now called the BRISTOL SESSIONS included performances by JIMMIE RODGERS & 17 other Acts...They Received $50 for each song they Recorded plus half a cent Royalty on every copy sold of each song they Registered as "COPYRIGHT"...By the end of 1930 they had sold 300,000 Records in the USA....To expand his repertoire in the early 1930's AP befriended LESLIE RIDDLE a black guitar player from Kingsport TN who accompanied AP on his song Collecting trips


Elected to the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME in 1970