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    • Aug 1, 1927
    The Carter Family records for the first time in Bristol, Tennessee, with producer Ralph Peer. Among the trio's four songs are "Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow" and "The Storms Are On The Ocean"
    Aug 2, 1927
    In the trio's second day of recording, The Carter Family cuts "Single Girl, Married Girl" and "The Wandering Boy" in Bristol, Tennessee
    Sep 12, 1927
    Helen Carter is born in Maces Spring, Virginia. The daughter of The Carter Family's Maybelle Carter, she begins performing with the group in 1938, and eventually tours with her mother and sisters June and Anita, playing accordion for the group
    Apr 28, 1928
    Victor Records releases The Carter Family's debut single, "Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow"
    May 9, 1928
    The Carter Family holds its third recording session, cutting its theme song, "Keep On The Sunny Side," plus "Little Darling, Pal Of Mine" and "Anchored In Love" at the Victor Studio in Camden, New Jersey
    May 10, 1928
    The Carter Family records "Wildwood Flower" and "John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man" at the Victor Recording Studio in Camden, New Jersey
    Jan 4, 1929
    Victor releases The Carter Family's "Wildwood Flower"
    Feb 14, 1929
    The Carter Family records "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes," "Sweet Fern" and "Little Moses" in Camden, New Jersey, at the Victor Studio. The former song's melody provides a blueprint for "The Wild Side Of Life" and "Great Speckled Bird"
    Feb 15, 1929
    The Carter Family records "The Foggy Mountain Top" and "Engine One-Forty-Three" at the Victor Recording Studio in Camden, New Jersey. The former inspires the name of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' bluegrass band, The Foggy Mountain Boys
    Jun 23, 1929
    June Carter is born in Maces Spring, Virginia, to Ezra and Mother Maybelle Carter, of The Carter Family. June co-writes Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire" and later marries Cash, earning duet hits with him on "Jackson" and "If I Were A Carpenter"
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