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Thursday, May 15, 2003 |
June Carter Cash, a Fixture in Country Music, Dies at 73. June Carter Cash was a singer, songwriter and actress and the wife and collaborator of Johnny Cash. By Ben Ratliff. [New York Times: Arts] RIP. Will the Circle Be Unbroken.
Valerie June Carter Cash was born into the Carter Family, the most important of the early country music groups, and one that helped changed it from a string-based music to a vocal music. Her mother was Mother Maybelle Carter, who sang and played guitar on songs like "Single Girl, Married Girl" and "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes," some of the most important recordings of early commercial country music in the late 1920's.
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