Also about this time she attended the premiere of “A Streetcar Named Desire” in the company of Elvis Presley, and sat with Elia Kazan and Tennessee Williams. In the 1950s she moved to New York to study acting at the request of Elia Kazan who discovered her while scouting movie locations in Tennessee. The Carter Family Singers included members like ‘Mother’ Maybelle Carter, Anita Carter, and Alvin Pleasant ‘A.P.’ Carter, and of course June who would go onto a successful singing career herself. The Carter Family began recording country music in 1927 and continued until Maybelle’s death in 1978. Born in Maces Springs, Virginia, on June 23, 1929, as Valerie June Carter, she was a member of the famous singing Carter Family. He died about four months after the death of his wife, June.Ĭountry Singer, producer, author, actress. He was inducted into the Songwriters, the Country Music and the Rock and Roll Halls of Fame, the first to be inducted into all three Halls of Fame. In 1961, he began to appear in movies, starting with “Door to Door Maniac” and also appeared in television, beginning in 1958, and made numerous guest appearances on various television shows. He was married twice, first to Vivian Liberto (1954 to 1966, divorced), with whom he had four daughters, then to June Carter (1968 to her death in May 2003), with whom he had a son, John. In the mid-1960s, he became addicted to drugs, but with the help of singer June Carter of the legendary Carter Country Music Family, he was able to break the addiction, although he had relapses several times, including going through rehab at the Betty Ford Center in 1984. He began his singing career in 1955, with the hit single “Hey, Porter” for Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee while working for radio station KWEM. Most remembered for the songs “Ring of Fire,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “A Boy Named Sue,” and “I walk the Line.” Born in Kingsland, Arkansas, one of seven children, in 1951, he enlisted into the United States Air Force, was stationed in Germany, and was honorably discharged in 1954. Contrary to his songs and image, he never spent time in prison (except to visit). Legendary Country Music Singer and songwriter who was known as “The Man in Black” for his trademark wearing of all black clothing. Country Singer, Musician, Actor, Entertainer.

Notorious Nashville by Brian Allison