Картер әулетінің жұлдызы: Хелен Картердің өмірі мен шығармашылығы

American singer songwriter
the first lady of the territory of Hawaii

Helen Myrl Carter Jones (September 12, 1927 – June 2, 1998) was an American country music singer. The eldest daughter of Maybelle Carter, she performed with her mother and her younger sisters, June Carter and Anita Carter, as a member of The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle, a pioneering all female country and folk music group. After the death of A. P. Carter in 1960, the group became known as The Carter Family.

Editors Note: A complete discography for the second generation of the Carter Family or any of its members will likely be problematic due primarily to how many of the recordings were credited and marketed. For example, some group recordings had a single vocalist or a single lead vocalist with highly subdued group harmonies. Examples of "solo" recordings where listeners can clearly identify one, two or all three other group members singing and/or playing abound. Finally, some records were credited as Carter and the Carter Sisters (or Carter Family) or as The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle, featuring Carter. Also, there are numerous collaborations with other artists on which the Carters may or may not have been credited.

Appalachian Pride (Solo album by June Carter). Helen plays accordion and sings harmony on some songs. (Columbia Records, 1975)
Hills of Home (Phipps Family with Helen Carter). Helen sings lead on Walking in the King's Highway. She sings or sings/plays guitar on several other songs. (Mountain Eagle Records, 1980)
Southern Songbook (Jacky Jack White with the Carter Sisters). Helen sings lead on Mary's Heart, Martha's Hands and sings harmony on some other songs. (Buffalo Run Records, 1996)

Helen plays accordion on most of the recordings. She sings lead on "Willow Won't You Weep for Me". A partial family collaboration with Chet Atkins titled "Under the Hickory Nut Tree" features Helen's singing.

Helen sings lead on "Just Another Broken Heart" from the Carter Family Album. She and Maybelle duet on other tracks.

Helen shares lead vocals with June on "Poor Old Heartsick Me" from the Best of the Carter Family album.

Helen shares lead vocals with June on "In the Pines" from the Country's First Family album. She shares lead vocals with Anita on "2001 Ballad to the Future" and "Take Me Home Country Roads" from the album Traveling Minstrel Band. Helen sings lead on "Let Me Be There" and "Where No One Stands Alone" on the Three Generations album.

From the album Audiograph Alive, Helen sings lead and plays guitar on "Wildwood Flower". On the album "Breaking Tradition", she sings lead on Loving Me on His Mind.

Helen shares lead vocals on some songs, and her guitar work is featured heavily on many titles from the album Wildwood Flower. According to taped interviews with various members of the Carter Family, the act recorded at least 30 other songs during these sessions. This material has not been released.