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The Carter Family was the trio of A. P. Carter, Sara Carter and Maybelle Carter, and they made their first records in Bristol, Tennessee, in 1927. They recorded "Keep on the Sunny Side," "Wildwood Flower" and "Wabash Cannonball." They went into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970.

Country Music Hall of Fame
Inducted 1970

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