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Cleanup|date=November 2007BLP sources|date=March 2008Infobox musical artist|image= | | name = Carlene Carter| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Rebecca Carlene Smith| birth_date = birth date and age|1955|09|26| origin = Nashville, Tennessee , United States | instrument = singer|Vocals Guitar | genre = Country music|Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1978present| label = Reprise Records|Reprise Giant Records (Warner Bros. subsidiary label)|Giant | associated_acts = Johnny Cash , June Carter Cash , Rosanne Cash , Carter Family | notable_instruments = Carlene Carter (born Rebecca Carlene Smith ; September 26, 1955) is an United States|American Country music|country singer and songwriter . She is the daughter of June Carter Cash|June Carter and her first husband, Carl Smith (country musician)|Carl Smith .
Between 1978 and the present, Carter has recorded twelve albums, primarily on major labels. In the same timespan, she has released more than twenty singles, including three #3-peaking hits on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
Career
In 1987, Carlene Carter joined with the singing trio The Carter Sisters , consisting of her mother June Carter Cash and June's sisters Helen Carter|Helen and Anita Carter in a revived version of The Carter Family , and were featured on a 1987 television episode of Austin City Limits along with Carlene's stepfather Johnny Cash . http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/artists/program170.html Johnny Cash with The Carter Family, Austin City Limits, 1987
Her solo recording career had begun in the late 1970s with her eponymous debut album. In 1979, during a concert at New York 's Bottom Line , she introduced a song about mate-swapping called Swap-Meat Rag , from her album Two Sides to Every Woman , by stating, "If this song don't put the Cunt#Popular_music|cunt back in country, I don't know what will." Johnny Cash and June Carter were in the audience, unknown to Carlene. http://www.carlenecarterfanclub.com/press-group-299.html Carlene Carter: Hot Country Singer With Lots Of Cool. Carlene Carter Fan Club. Retrieved: 2010-10-18. The comment was quoted widely in the press, and Carter spent much of the next decade trying to live it down.cite book |author=Chapman, Marshall |title=Goodbye, little rock and roller |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |year=2003 |pages= |isbn=0-312-31568-6 |oclc= |doi=
Carter's career really took off with the album I Fell in Love , in 1990. The album and title song topped the US country albums and singles charts, respectively. Following a stint in the England|UK and in the run-up to her divorce from the English singer-songwriter Nick Lowe , Carter had returned to United States|America , where in 1988 she met musician Howie Epstein . Epstein helped Carter get her career back on track, producing I Fell in Love and co-authoring its title track with longtime collaborator, Milwaukee writer Perry M. Lamek . In 1991, the song " I Fell in Love (song)|I Fell in Love " earned a Grammy nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance . The album, which featured straight-ahead, retro-sounding country (unlike her prior work, which had combined country, rock and roll and pop sounds) was among the first successes of the 1990s "neotraditionalist" movement in country.
Three years later, Epstein produced Carter's follow-up CD Little Love Letters , featuring the hit " Every Little Thing (Carlene Carter song)|Every Little Thing ", which was one of the top-rated music videos of the year. Epstein and Carter were engaged in the mid to late 1990s, but never married. Epstein died in 2003 of a suspected drug overdose." http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117881609 Howie Epstein: Rock musician", http://www.variety.com Variety , 2003-03-03. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
Carter provided the voice of "Red" in the 1994 Williams (gaming company)|Williams pinball machine, Red & Ted's Road Show , designed by Pat Lawlor . A clip of Carter's hit, "Every Little Thing," is played after the player scores a jackpot. A picture of Carter appears in the game's backglass artwork.
Carter had a cameo appearance in the 1994 film Maverick (film)|Maverick . She played a waitress on the gambling casino ship run by Commodore Duvall ( James Coburn ).
In 1995 Carter's Little Acts of Treason was critically well received but failed to achieve the commercial success of Carter's two previous releases. In 1996, Carter released Hindsight 20/20 , a greatest hits album but it too failed to achieve success.
She also found limited amounts of fame with the song "It Takes One to Know Me," which was released on the albums Johnny Cash: The Legend and Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash: Duets . Originally recorded in 1977 with a full string backing group, it was lost in a tape collection in Hendersonville and uncovered in 2003. It was then remastered by her brother JohnCarter Cash . In the remastered version John added his and his wife Laura's (her sister-in-law) backing vocals and a guest appearance from Carlene herselfmore than 25 years after she wrote and recorded the song.
On June 26, 2001, a New Mexico police officer pulled over Carter and Howie Epstein|Epstein . A search of the vehicle revealed that it was stolen and drugs were found. http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1444835/06282001/carter_carlene.jhtml http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1444835/06282001/carter_carlene.jhtml CMT.com Retrieved on 05-15-07
She was played by Victoria Hester in the movie Walk the Line .
On August 8, 2009, Carlene Carter played a live acoustic set at Hecksher Park in Huntington, NY. During the performance, she stated that it was the first time in more than 30 years that she performed by herself. During her hour-long set, she played the title track from her latest release, "Stronger," and said it was written in memory of her younger sister, who had died six years earlier. The track was performed on the piano and brought Carter to tears. Her younger sister is also mentioned in her track "Wildwood Rose." She ended the set by playing " Will the Circle Be Unbroken? " with the opening act, "The Homegrown String Band", a family band from the area. She said it brought back memories of playing with her own family.
Joseph Simpkins Jr. (19711972) (One child Tiffany Anastasia Lowe born February 23, 1972)
Jack Wesley Routh (19741977) (One child John Jackson Routh born January 15, 1976)
Nick Lowe (19791990)
Joseph Breen (actor)|Joseph Breen (2006- )
Carter was for many years linked romantically with the late bass player Howie Epstein , best known for his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp? xid=1053& t=Carlene_Carter_grows_Stronger Carlene Carter grows "Stronger"
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Everett, Todd (1998). "Carlene Carter". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music . New York: Oxford University Press. pp.& nbsp;823.
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