Maybelle Carter
"Mother" Maybelle Carter (born Maybelle Addington; May 10, 1909 – October 23, 1978) was an American country musician and "among the first" to use the Carter scratch, with which she "helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument." It was named after her. She was a member of the original Carter Family act from the late 1920s until the early 1940s and a member of the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle group. |
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Recordings (Results 226-250 of 261 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 62290 | 10-in. | 6/17/1937 | Funny when you feel that way | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 62291 | 10-in. | 6/17/1937 | In the shadow of the Clinch Mountain | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 62292 | 10-in. | 6/17/1937 | Hello stranger | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 62293 | 10-in. | 6/17/1937 | Never let the devil get the upper hand of you | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 62294 | 10-in. | 6/17/1937 | When this evening sun goes down | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 62295 | 10-in. | 6/17/1937 | Jim Blake's message | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 62296 | 10-in. | 6/17/1937 | Honey in the rock | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 62297 | 10-in. | 6/17/1937 | Look how this world has made a change | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 62298 | 10-in. | 6/18/1937 | Farewell Nellie | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 62299 | 10-in. | 6/18/1937 | The only girl (I ever cared for) | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 62300 | 10-in. | 6/18/1937 | Goodbye to the plains | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 62301 | 10-in. | 6/18/1937 | My home's across the Blue Ridge mountains | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 62302 | 10-in. | 6/18/1937 | Dark haired true lover | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 62303 | 10-in. | 6/18/1937 | He never came back | Carter Family | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, soprano vocal | ||
Decca | 64086 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | Happy in prison | Carter Family | vocalist, soprano vocal, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64087 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | Walking in the King's highway | Carter Family | vocalist, soprano vocal, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64088 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | St. Regis girl | Carter Family | vocalist, soprano vocal, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64089 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | Just a few more days | Carter Family | vocalist, soprano vocal, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64090 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | Bring back my boy | Carter Family | vocalist, soprano vocal, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64091 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | It is better farther on | Carter Family | vocalist, soprano vocal, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64092 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | Charlie and Nellie | Carter Family | vocalist, soprano vocal, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64093 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | Cuban soldier | Carter Family | vocalist, soprano vocal, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64094 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | The heart that was broken for me | Carter Family | vocalist, soprano vocal, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64095 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | You're nothing more to me | Carter Family | vocalist, soprano vocal, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64096 | 10-in. | 6/8/1938 | Stern old bachelor | Carter Family | vocalist, soprano vocal, instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Carter, Maybelle," accessed May 2, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106603.
Carter, Maybelle. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 2, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106603.
"Carter, Maybelle." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 May 2024.
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Wikipedia: Mother Maybelle Carter
Discogs: Maybelle Carter
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Britannica: Maybelle Carter
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LCNAR: Carter, Maybelle, 1909-1978 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92071586
Wikidata: Mother Maybelle Carter - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q442398
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/19869207
MusicBrainz: Mother Maybelle Carter - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/da24eb92-2dc3-420f-8989-eb98ad57e984
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