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    • Nov 7, 1960
    A.P. Carter dies in Kingsport, Tennessee. With his wife Sara and her cousin, Maybelle Carter, The Original Carter Family became one of the genre's pioneering groups following a key 1927 recording session. They join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
    Feb 10, 1961
    Flatt & Scruggs record The Carter Family classic "You Are My Flower" at Nashville's Bradley Recording Studios with Mother Maybelle Carter backing them on autoharp. A live version of the song becomes a hit three years later
    Jul 11, 1965
    One day after Roy Acuff was injured in a near-fatal car accident, fellow Grand Ole Opry member Mother Maybelle Carter is likewise in a car wreck in Ohio
    Sep 28, 1966
    "Road To Nashville" opens, starring Johnny Cash, Lefty Frizzell, Ralph Emery, The Osbornes, Bill Phillips, Margie Singleton, Kitty Wells, Johnny Wright, Norma Jean, Bobby Sykes, Don Winters and multiple Carters: Maybelle, June, Helen and Anita
    Nov 18, 1970
    Maybelle and Sara Carter perform "You Are My Flower" on ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show." Cash and Mama Cass Elliot cover "Act Naturally." Also aboard are The Statler Brothers, Lorne Greene and Kris Kristofferson, who sings "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" and "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
    Jan 22, 1971
    Mother Maybelle Carter and The Carter Family perform during a Tennessee Press Association luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel in Nashville
    Feb 18, 1971
    During a taping of "The Johnny Cash Show," Cash becomes a surprise subject of Ralph Edwards' "This Is Your Life." Guests include June Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, John Carter Cash, Carlene Carter and Maybelle Carter, among others
    Mar 24, 1971
    Charley Pride sings "I'd Rather Love You" as a guest on ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show," which also features Bob Luman, Maybelle Carter, Red Lane and The Carpenters. Cash, The Carter Family and The Statler Brothers bid adieu with "May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You"
    Mar 31, 1971
    ABC-TV airs the last edition of "The Johnny Cash Show" with Homer & Jethro, Merle Travis, The Statler Brothers, Mother Maybelle Carter, and her daughters, Helen, Anita and June. Cash and June Carter sing "Jackson" and "If I Were A Carpenter"
    Aug 11, 1971
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band records with Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Merle Travis at Nashville's Woodland Sound. The day's output includes the title track for the album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
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