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Infobox musical artist | name = June Carter Cash| image = JohnnyCashJuneCarterCash1969.jpg| caption = June Carter Cash with husband, Johnny Cash|Johnny , in 1969| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Valerie June Carter| birth_date = Birth date|1929|6|23| Died = death date and age|2003|5|15|1929|6|23 Nashville, Tennessee , USA | origin = Hiltons, Virginia , USA | instrument = lead singer|Vocals , guitar , banjo , harmonica , autoharp | genre = Country music|Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter , actress , dance r, comedienne | years_active = 1939–2003| Spouse = Johnny Cash | label =| associated_acts = Carter Family , Johnny Cash | website = Valerie June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 & ndash; May 15, 2003) http://rootdig.com/2007/03/1930-census-june-carter-cash.html June Carter Cash in the 1930 US Census. was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash . She played the guitar , banjo , harmonica , and autoharp and acted in several films and television shows.
Biography
Early life
June Carter Cash was born Valerie June Carter in Maces Spring, Virginia to Maybelle Carter and Ezra Carter. She was born into country music and performed with the Carter Family from the early age of ten, beginning in 1939. In March 1943, when the Carter Family trio stopped recording together after the WBT (AM)|WBT contract, Maybelle Carter, with encouragement from her husband Ezra, formed "Mother Maybelle & the Carter Sisters" with her daughters, Helen Carter|Helen , Anita Carter|Anita , and June. The new group first aired on radio station WRNL in Richmond, Virginia , on June 1. Doc (Addington) and Carl (McConnell)& mdash;Maybelle's brother and cousin, respectively& mdash; known as "The Virginia Boys," joined them in late 1945. June, then 16, was a co-announcer with Ken Allyn and did the commercials on the radio shows for "Red Star Flour", "Martha White," and " Thalhimers|Thalhimers Department Store ", just to name a few. For the next year, the Carters and Doc and Carl did show dates within driving range of Richmond, Virginia|Richmond , through Virginia , Maryland , Delaware , and Pennsylvania . June later said she had to work harder at her music than her sisters, but she had her own special talent& mdash;comedy.Bufwack, Mary. (1998). "Carter Sisters". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music . Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p.& nbsp;85 A highlight of the road shows was her "Aunt Polly" comedy routine. Carl McConnell wrote in his memoirs that June was "a natural born clown, if there ever was one." She attended John Marshall High School during this period.
After Doc and Carl dropped out of the music business in late 1946, Maybelle and the sisters moved to Sunshine Sue Worklman's "Old Dominion Barn Dance" on the WRVA Richmond station. After a while there, they moved to WNOX in Knoxville, TN, where they met Chet Atkins with Homer and Jethro.
In 1949, Maybelle & The Carter Sisters, along with their lead guitarist, a young Chet Atkins , were living in Springfield, Missouri , and performing regularly at KWTO . Ezra "Eck" Carter, Maybelle's husband and manager of the group, declined numerous offers from the Grand Ole Opry to move the act to Nashville, Tennessee , because the Opry would not permit Atkins to accompany the group onstage. Atkins' reputation as a guitar player had begun to spread, and studio musicians were fearful that he would displace them as a 'first-call' player if he came to Nashville. Finally, in 1950, Opry management relented and the group, along with Atkins, became part of the Opry company. Here the family befriended Hank Williams and Elvis Presley (to whom they were distantly related), and June met Johnny Cash.
June and her sisters, with mother Maybelle and aunt Sara joining in from time to time, reclaimed the name The Carter Family for their act during the 1960s and 1970s.
With her thin and lanky frame, June Carter often played a comedic foil during the group's performances alongside other Opry stars Faron Young and Webb Pierce .
Career highlights
While June Carter Cash may be best known for singing and songwriting, she was also an author, dancer, actress, comedienne, philanthropist and humanitarian. http://johnnycash.com/june/june2.html June . Johnny Cash.com. Director Elia Kazan saw her perform at the Grand Ole Opry in 1955 and encouraged her to study acting. She studied with Lee Strasberg and Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Her acting roles included Mrs. "Momma" Dewey in Robert Duvall|Robert Duvall's 1998 movie The Apostle , Sister Ruth, wife to Johnny Cash's character Kid Cole, on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1997), and Clarise on Gunsmoke in 1957. June was also "Momma James" in The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James.
As a singer, she had both a solo career and a career singing with first her family and later her husband. As a solo artist, she became somewhat successful with upbeat country tunes of the 1950s like "Jukebox Blues" and, with her exaggerated breaths, the comedic hit "No Swallerin' Place" by Frank Loesser. June also recorded "The Heel" in the 1960s along with many other songs. She won a Grammy award in 1999 for her solo album, Press On . Her last album, Wildwood Flower , was released posthumously in 2003 and won two additional Grammys. It contains bonus video enhancements showing extracts from the film of the recording sessions, which took place at the Carter Family estate in Hiltons , Virginia , on September 18–20, 2002. The songs on the album include "Big Yellow Peaches," "Sinking in the Lonesome Sea," "Temptation" and the trademark staple " Wildwood Flower ".
Her autobiography was published in 1979, and she wrote a memoir, From the Heart , almost 10 years later.
Personal life
Carter was married three times and had one child with each husband. All three of her children would go on to have successful careers in country music.
She was married first to honky-tonk singer Carl Smith (country musician)|Carl Smith from July 9, 1952, until their divorce in 1956. Together they wrote "Time's A-Wastin'". They had a daughter, Rebecca Carlene Smith, aka Carlene Carter , a country musician.
June's second marriage was to Edwin "Rip" Nix, a former football player, police officer, and race car driver, on November 11, 1957. They had a daughter, Rosanna Lea aka Rosie Nix Adams|Rosie , on July& nbsp;13, 1958. The couple divorced in 1966. Rosie Nix Adams was a country/rock singer. On October 24, 2003, Rosie died on a bus from possible carbon monoxide poisoning.
Carter and the entire Carter Family had performed with Johnny Cash for a number of years. In 1968, Cash proposed to Carter during a live performance at the London Ice House in London, Ontario , and they married on March 1, 1968. They remained married until her death in May 2003, just four months before Cash died. Carter and Cash had one son, John Carter Cash , who is a musician, songwriter and producer.
In 1970, Carter's distant cousin, future US President Jimmy Carter , became closely acquainted with Cash and Carter and maintained their friendship throughout their lifetime. In a June 1977 speech, Jimmy Carter acknowledged that June Carter was his distant cousin, with whom they shared a common patrilineal ancestor.Carter (1978), p. 1115 (Conference on HIRE, June 14)
Carter was a longtime supporter of SOS Children's Villages . In 1974 the Cashes donated money to help build a village near their home in Barrett Town, Jamaica, which they visited frequently, playing the guitar and singing songs to the children in the village.cite web | url= http://sos-childrensvillages.org/get-involved/celebrities-as-partners/pages/johnny-cash.aspx | publisher=SOS Children's Villages | title=Spotlight on: Johnny Cash | year=2006 | accessdate=2008-08-06
Death
June Carter Cash died in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 15, 2003, of complications following heart valve replacement surgery, in the company of her family and her husband of 35 years, Johnny CashDowney, Ryan J. http://mtv.com/news/articles/1471909/20030515/cash_june_carter.jhtml Country Star June Smith First Wife Carl Smith 73. MTV.com. 2003-05-15.Find a Grave|7446405 who died less than four months later on September 12, 2003. At Carter's funeral, her stepdaughter, Rosanne Cash , stated that "if being a wife were a corporation, June would have been a CEO. It was her most treasured role." http://capitalnews.com.au/editorial.asp? editorial_id=313& issue=44 Capital News, June 2003. June and Johnny Cash are buried in Hendersonville Memory Gardens near their home in Hendersonville, Tennessee .
Awards
Carter and her future husband, Johnny Cash reached #2 on the Hot Country Songs|US Country charts with their 1967 duet of " Jackson (song)|Jackson ". Their performance won the 10th_Grammy_Awards#Country|1968 Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Country Performance, Duo or Group – Vocal or Instrumental|Best Country & Western Performance Duet, Trio or Group .
The two - now married - won the 13th_Grammy_Awards#Country|1971 Grammy Award , for Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal#1970s|Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group , for their 1970 duet " If I Were a Carpenter (song)|If I Were a Carpenter ".
Carter Cash won the 42nd Grammy Awards#Folk|2000 Grammy Award , for Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album#2000s|Best Traditional Folk Album , for her 1999 album Press On .
Carter Cash's last album, Wildwood Flower , was released posthumously in 2003. Carter Cash won the 46th Grammy Awards#Folk|2004 Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album#2000s|Best Traditional Folk Album , and she also won the while the 46th Grammy Awards#Country|2004 Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance|Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the single " Keep on the Sunny Side ".
Carter Cash ranked #31 in '' CMT 's 40 Greatest Women in Country Music in 2002.
Carter Cash was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame in 2009. http://hallmuseum.com Christian Music Hall of Fame official charity site
Film portrayal
June Carter was played by Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line , a 2005 in film|2005 biopic of Johnny Cash (played by Joaquin Phoenix ). The film largely focuses on the development of their relationship over the course of 13 years, from their first meeting to her finally accepting his proposal for marriage. Witherspoon's portrayal led her to receive many awards for her role, including an Academy Award for Best Actress and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role . Witherspoon also performed all vocals for the role, singing many of June's famous songs, including " Juke Box Blues " and " Jackson (song)|Jackson " with Phoenix. http://oregonherald.com/reviews/mark-sells/reviews/walktheline.html "The Reel Deal". OregonHerald.com. December 2005. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
Discography
Albums
Year
Album
Chart Positions
US Bluegrass
US Country
1975
Appalachian Pride
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1999
Press On
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''It's All in the Family
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2003
Wildwood Flower
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33
Louisiana Hayride
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2005
Keep on the Sunny Side: June Carter Cash - Her Life in Music
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Church in the Wildwood: A Treasury of Appalachian Gospel
Carter, Jimmy, http://books.google.com/books? id=biqLkX0CCzQC& dq=%22june+carter%22+%22jimmy+carter%22+cousin& source=gbs_navlinks_s Public papers of the presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, 1977, Government Printing Office, 1978
Cash, June Carter. Among My Klediments . Grand Rapids, MI, Zondervan, 1979. ISBN 0-310-38170-3.
Dawidoff, Nicholas. In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music . Vintage Books, 1998. ISBN 0-375-70082-X.
McConnell, Carl P. A Brief History of My Family and an Autobiographical Sketch of My Musical Life . January 24, 1976. Background for liner notes for a Doc and Carl album recorded at Johnny Cash's Nashville studio. Online at < http://www.southernmusic.net>
Zwonitzer, Mark, with Charles Hirschberg. ''Will you miss me when I'm gone? : the Carter Family and their legacy in American music . New York Simon & Schuster, 2002.
External links
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http://junecarter.proboards80.com June Carter Cash Forum
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http://virginia.org/site/description.asp? AttrID=10670& CharID=287406 A.P. Carter Museum
http://friendsofthefold.com Friends of the Carter Family Fold
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