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Country music group The Carter Family pose for a portrait (L-R) Maybelle Carter, Alvin P.Carter and Sara Carter circa 1937. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
On This Day
01.19.26
On This Day in 1960, the World Lost the Man Responsible for the First Country Music Record (Who Called It “Pluperfect Awful” at the Time)
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Melanie Davis