Can the Circle Be Unbroken

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1Single Girl, Married Girl
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-08-02)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-02)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1927-08-02)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-02)
vocals:
Sara Carter (on 1927-08-02)
recorded at:
Bristol Sessions Recordings in United States (on 1927-08-02)
recording of:
Single Girl, Married Girl (on 1927-08-02)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS and Peer International Corporation
2:51
2I Will Never Marry
autoharp and guitar:
Sara Carter (on 1933-06-17)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1933-06-17)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1933-06-17), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1933-06-17) and Sara Carter (on 1933-06-17)
recording of:
I Never Will Marry (on 1933-06-17)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 466)
2:41
3Keep on the Sunny Side
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1928-05-09), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09) and Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Victor Records
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-09)
recording of:
Keep on the Sunny Side (on 1928-05-09)
lyricist:
Ada Blenkhorn and A.P. Carter
composer:
A.P. Carter and J. Howard Entwisle
2:55
4Little Darling Pal of Mine
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
steel guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1928-05-09) and Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-09)
recording of:
Little Darling Pal of Mine (on 1928-05-09)
writer:
A.P. Carter
3:18
5Wildwood Flower
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-10)
vocals:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-10)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-10)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 32)
recording of:
Wildwood Flower (Carter family version) (on 1928-05-10)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS and Peer International Corporation
version of:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
3:17
6John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-10)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-10)
vocals:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-10)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-10)
recording of:
John Hardy (traditional) (on 1928-05-10)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3262)
2:59
7My Clinch Mountain Home
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-14)
guitar:
Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
steel guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-14)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1929-02-14) and Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-14)
recording of:
My Clinch Mountain Home (on 1929-02-14)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS
3:13
8Diamonds in the Rough
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-15)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1929-02-15), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-15) and Sara Carter (on 1929-02-15)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-15)
recording of:
Diamonds in the Rough (on 1929-02-15)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
3:26
9The Foggy Mountain Top
guitar:
Sara Carter (on 1929-02-15)
steel guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-15)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1929-02-15) and Sara Carter (on 1929-02-15)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-15)
recording of:
Foggy Mountain Top (on 1929-02-15)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
3:00
10Wabash Cannonball
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1929-11-24)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-11-24)
vocals:
Sara Carter (on 1929-11-24)
recorded at:
Atlanta Women's Club in United States (on 1929-11-24)
recording of:
Wabash Cannonball (on 1929-11-24)
composer:
A.P. Carter and William Kindt
publisher:
APRS
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)
2:59
11Storms Are on the Ocean
producer:
Ralph Sylvester Peer (on 1927-08-01)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1927-08-01)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1927-08-01), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01) and Sara Carter (on 1927-08-01)
remasters:
Storms Are on the Ocean by Element of Crime
recording of:
Storms Are on the Ocean (on 1927-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
Peer International Corporation
2:48
12On the Sea of Galilee
autoharp and guitar:
Sara Carter (on 1933-06-17)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1933-06-17)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1933-06-17), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1933-06-17) and Sara Carter (on 1933-06-17)
3:12
13I'm Thinking of My Blue Eyes
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-14)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1929-02-14) and Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-14)
recording of:
I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes (on 1929-02-14)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS
3:04
14Sweet Fern
guitar:
Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
steel guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-14)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1929-02-14) and Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-14)
recording of:
Sweet Fern (on 1929-02-14)
writer:
A.P. Carter
is based on:
Sweet Bird
3:11
15Lulu Walls
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-14)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1929-02-14), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-14) and Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-14)
recording of:
Lulu Walls (on 1929-02-14)
arranger:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS
version of:
Lulu Walls
2:51
16Jimmy Brown the Newsboy
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1929-11-25)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-11-25)
vocals:
Sara Carter (on 1929-11-25)
recording of:
Jimmy Brown the Newsboy (on 1929-11-25)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS
2:32
17Kitty Waltz
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-11-25) and Sara Carter (on 1929-11-25)
vocals:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-11-25) and Sara Carter (on 1929-11-25)
recording of:
Kitty Waltz (on 1929-11-25)
writer:
A.P. Carter
3:09
18You Are My Flower
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1938-06-08) and Sara Carter (on 1938-06-08)
vocals:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1938-06-08) and Sara Carter (on 1938-06-08)
recorded at:
Radio Station WBT in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (on 1938-06-08)
recording of:
You Are My Flower (on 1938-06-08)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS
3:11
19Longing for Old Virginia
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1934-12-11)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1934-12-11)
vocals:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1934-12-11) and Sara Carter (on 1934-12-11)
3:02
20Are You Lonesome Tonight?
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1936-06-08)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1936-06-08)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1936-06-08), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1936-06-08) and Sara Carter (on 1936-06-08)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1936-06-08)
2:56
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1Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow Tree
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-01)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1927-08-01)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1927-08-01), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01) and Sara Carter (on 1927-08-01)
recorded at:
Bristol Sessions Recordings in United States (on 1927-08-01)
recording of:
Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow (on 1927-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
writer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Peer International Corporation
version of:
Bury Me Beneath the Willow (original traditional version)
2:55
2Hello Stranger
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1937-06-17)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1937-06-17)
vocals:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1937-06-17) and Sara Carter (on 1937-06-17)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1937-06-17)
recording of:
Hello Stranger (on 1937-06-17)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS
2:48
3Anchored in Love
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1928-05-09) and Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-09)
recording of:
Anchored in Love (on 1928-05-09)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
2:46
4Carter's Blues
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-11-24) and Sara Carter (on 1929-11-24)
vocals:
Sara Carter (on 1929-11-24)
recording of:
Carter’s Blues (on 1929-11-24)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
2:59
5Worried Man Blues
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1930-05-24)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1930-05-24)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-05-24)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1930-05-24), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-05-24) and Sara Carter (on 1930-05-24)
recorded at:
Municipal Auditorium in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-05-24)
recording of:
Worried Man Blues (on 1930-05-24)
writer:
[traditional]
arranger:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS and Peer International Corporation
arrangement of:
Worried Man Blues
2:45
6The Cannonball
producer:
Ralph Peer
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1930-05-24)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-05-24)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1930-05-24)
recorded at:
Municipal Auditorium in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-05-24)
recording of:
Cannonball Blues (on 1930-05-24)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
3:00
7Lonesome Valley
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1930-11-24)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-11-24)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1930-11-24), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-11-24) and Sara Carter (on 1930-11-24)
recording of:
Lonesome Valley (folk song) (on 1930-11-24)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 7098)
2:41
8The Mountains of Tennessee
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1934-12-11) and Sara Carter (on 1934-12-11)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1934-12-11), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1934-12-11) and Sara Carter (on 1934-12-11)
2:48
9Reckless Motorman
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1938-06-08) and Sara Carter (on 1938-06-08)
vocals:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1938-06-08) and Sara Carter (on 1938-06-08)
recorded at:
Radio Station WBT in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (on 1938-06-08)
2:45
10Lonesome Pine Special
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-11-25) and Sara Carter (on 1930-11-25)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1930-11-25), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-11-25) and Sara Carter (on 1930-11-25)
recording of:
Lonesome Pine Special (on 1930-11-25)
writer:
A.P. Carter
2:59
11Just Another Broken Heart
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1936-06-08)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1936-06-08)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1936-06-08), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1936-06-08) and Sara Carter (on 1936-06-08)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1936-06-08)
recording of:
Just Another Broken Heart (on 1936-06-08)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS
3:10
12Church in the Wildwood
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1932-10-13)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1932-10-13)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1932-10-13), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1932-10-13) and Sara Carter (on 1932-10-13)
recorded at:
Victor Studio 2 in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1932-10-13)
3:14
13No Depression in Heaven
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1936-06-09) and Sara Carter (on 1936-06-09)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1936-06-09), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1936-06-09) and Sara Carter (on 1936-06-09)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1936-06-09)
recording of:
No Depression in Heaven (on 1936-06-09)
lyricist and composer:
James D. Vaughan
2:55
14My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1937-06-18) and Sara Carter (on 1937-06-18)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1937-06-18), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1937-06-18) and Sara Carter (on 1937-06-18)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1937-06-18)
recording of:
My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains (on 1937-06-18)
lyricist:
Clarence Ashley
composer:
[traditional]
2:59
15You Better Leave That Liar Alone
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1937-06-18) and Sara Carter (on 1937-06-18)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1937-06-18), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1937-06-18) and Sara Carter (on 1937-06-18)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1937-06-18)
2:54
16I'll Be Home Some Day
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1934-12-11) and Sara Carter (on 1934-12-11)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1934-12-11), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1934-12-11) and Sara Carter (on 1934-12-11)
2:34
17Cuban Soldier
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1938-06-08)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1938-06-08)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1938-06-08), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1938-06-08) and Sara Carter (on 1938-06-08)
recorded at:
Radio Station WBT in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (on 1938-06-08)
2:47
18Gold Watch and Chain
autoharp and guitar:
Sara Carter (on 1933-06-17)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1933-06-17)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1933-06-17), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1933-06-17) and Sara Carter (on 1933-06-17)
3:34
19Are You Tired of Me, My Darling?
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1934-12-11)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1934-12-11)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1934-12-11), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1934-12-11) and Sara Carter (on 1934-12-11)
recording of:
Are You Tired of Me Darling (on 1934-12-11)
writer:
G.P. Cook and Ralph Roland
2:55
20Can the Circle Be Unbroken?
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1935-05-06)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1935-05-06)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1935-05-06), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1935-05-06) and Sara Carter (on 1935-05-06)
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1935-05-06)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 15)
recording of:
Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By) (on 1935-05-06)
publisher:
Charles M. Alexander, Chicago, Illinois (on 1907-04-30)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
A.P. Carter
lyricist:
Ada Ruth Habershon (in 1907)
composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1907)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. (on 1935-06-22)
version of:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
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