Have you ever seen an angel? Looks are deceiving I’ve been allowed to see satan and this applies It’s what I saw inside of him- evil Man idolizes another man- usurping God the Creators Rightful position- worship
@@mandycote5662 Stop talking religion here! I was using a metaphor to describe her artistic talents, not "real" angels. Such talk like yours is totally out of place here! Go preach somewhere more appropriate!
Drives me nuts that they didn't sing the complete song...leaving out "Only Heaven knows just how much I miss you...I can't help it if I'm still in love with you."
What a wonderful wonderful God given talent it seems as though they were singing to and for him they didn't even know how many people they touched with their voices amassing i thank him for their talent Amen
I agree. This is a great example of external connection and internal emotion being key. I didn't even like the song or here voice all that much, but it's not what's being said that's important. It's how.
This is COUNTRY! This brings back so many good memories...Saturday night dances, warm summer evenings under the stars, every thing was new and an adventure , I had all my hair........😁
Beautiful Harmony. I'm a rock and roll guy but I've always appreciate country music, especially before the 90s. The Carters were a force in country music at that time and Hank Williams escorted his career was, a hell of a musician and songwriter who left this Earth too early. It's almost like six degrees of separation. You have the Carters you have Hank Williams and you have Johnny Cash marrying one of the Carter sisters. This was an instrumental and Powerful time for country music period and when it comes down to it most music has it's connected in small and big ways. The PBS documentary on country music a few years back shows us that. I've rarely seen any clips on RUclips with Hank Williams or the Carters. This was special
Anita Carter was the prettiest of the Carter sisters and had the best voice. She had a moderately successful career but turbulence in her life (she was married 5 times and all ended in divorce) and health problems (rheumatoid arthritis) prevented her from achieving better fame. She was the best female county singer of her time. She passed away at age 66, .
You got that right! I believe she was in a different realm than June not to knock her but Anita's voice was off the charts! I'll never understand why Nashville or the record industry didnt give her her due?
Nope! Anita could sing, and she played the guitar passably well, but it was Helen, the oldest sister, who was the most musically talented of the three!! She not only sang backup, she played the piano, autoharp, accordion, guitar, and mandolin, all at the professional level, and she wrote all of the group’s vocal arrangements; when writing those arrangements, she mastered the art of sending one voice after another into the lead, all within the same verse, woven so seamlessly that you have to really know their voices to be able to discern who picks up the lead, and where. It gives the group their distinctive sound when they all sing together, not just backing up one of the sisters. I’m sure Helen could have sung lead all the time, bc she had a beautiful voice, too, but her personality kept her in the background.
Reminds me of rolling along a country highway, maybe 40 - 45 miles per hour, coming on evening. No traffic. Gently sweeping curves rocking the '48 Buick, lulling the family as we drive home from a visit with kinfolk.
Wow, thanks for posting i never knew there was any other video of Hank other than that one they show all the time of him. Anita was just gorgeous and a voice to match.
Her voice would be "perfect" had she sang any other music as well as country. A nice voice is a nice voice. A good singer is a good singer. Just my 2-cents...
Anita Carter was such a sweetheart. I used to be a Johnny Cash nut and I went to every J.C. show I could. At every one of those great shows, he would introduce the Carter Family and Anita would WOW us with her angelic voice. I'm still a nut. I miss these guys, all of them! Anyway, the sweetness of Anita and the closeness of the Carter family, I truly wish history would have played out differently and they would have had the opportunity to get Hank on the straight and narrow just as they did for Johnny. That clip with Anita and Hank is about as sweet as they come.
Wow! Hank and Anita. I wish I could have been there. That was like giving a starving man one Lays potato chip. Hank was quite the charmer! Who wouldn’t be. Beautiful,with an amazing voice. When Hank joins in she initially won’t make eye contact but he does. When she does look him in the eyes, I don’t think she seen the famous Hank Williams anymore, she seen a a brokenhearted man who had just ran into his true love with another man. And that’s when it really comes together. I don’t think he let very many people see that brokenhearted soul that lived inside of him and wrote all those beautiful songs. maybe Hank let her see that tortured man for a few seconds. Sometimes I wonder how many more of those beautiful songs that could have been. Anyway, just the opinion of a man that has loved Hanks music for almost 70 years.
Her talent does not really shine through in the first part of the clip, when she is singing with the other Carters, but hang in there because it sure bursts through when she teams up with Hank Williams in the second part. What a voice!
Anita was decidedly _NOT_ the most talented of the three Carter Sisters. Historians rate Helen as the best overall musician/instrumentalist of the three, and I agree, wholeheartedly. She was also the most invested in keeping their history alive, and with her mother recorded songs for the Smithsonian. Anita may have had the best voice, but Helen chose not to carry the lead voice and instead sang harmony, and she was exceptionally good at playing the accordion, mandolin, guitar, piano and autoharp. She also was a master arranger, and did all of the arrangements of the songs they sang. I won’t go into technicalities for a vocal arrangement skill she was master of....you can read her Wikipedia article if you want to. Just bc a girl has a pretty face and a pretty voice doesn’t automatically translate to talent!
@@voraciousreader3341 Well, I sure as hell ain't gonna get into a debate about whether the Carter sister with what you describe as "the best voice" of the sisters, was the most talented of them. You say that Helen was more talented in playing various musical instruments and in the composing and arranging of music. I have no reason to doubt you. Heck, for all I know, one of the others may have been more talented with keeping the books or a more talented cook. But, I think we are talking about singing here. And if having the best voice is not the criteria for most talented singer, I'd sure like to know what "decidedly" is. It's really all a matter of opinion, anyway. I will tell you this, when it comes to considering opinions of experts, historians are way down near the bottom on my list of expert opinions on musical talent. How other musicians view the sisters would carry a lot more weight with me than how historians rate them on musical talent. One other note: how much you want to bet that Maybelle had a lot more to say about which sister would take the lead vocals than either Helen or Anita.
Both her voice and her looks are absolutely gorgeous, even with the early washed-out TV color. And then in the Hank segment, watching her, tears came to my eyes. She was transcendent!!!
Sings like an angel, so pretty and with dimples! ❤️🔥 Both Elvis (not yet a superstar) and Hank Williams pursued her. She was not interested. She was married and had strong country morals. Hank was hard-drinking, quick-tempered and married, so she’s very careful with the eye contact in the video. She got through it.
The man that was her husband was a blessed man, I wrote a paragraph about how I felt just finally seeing her in 2021. If she was singing with Hank Williams then I wasn't born yet for another 5 years in 1957. The woman did not have to do anything but sing, she was stunning with her assurance of herself and a devoted wife!!!
@@sharonrobinson3186 My point is that only white, straight men are nostalgic for America's past. The rest of us remember being discriminated against and subjugated and are therefore appreciative of what little social progress our country has made. Racist simpletons, afraid of change, minorities, immigrants, science, reason, atheists, gay people, anyone better educated than themselves, anyone who is eloquent and well-spoken, and anything they don't understand-which covers a lot of ground-long for times in which the bar was low enough that they could crawl over it. As a full-blooded Cherokee with a PhD in stable isotope geochemistry, I'm both better educated than most hillbillies and cognizent of their lack of mental ambition. Also, I actually know the difference between communism and socialism, which they consistently confuse while commenting from their double-wides.
Hank Williams was the closest thing to a Rockstar as you could get at that time. The Carters took his death pretty hard, and when they saw Jonny Cash heading for that same cliff,(with June's emotional investment), they were not about to let history repeat itself.
I knew of the Carter Sisters, because of June Carter marriage to Johnny Cash. I had never heard of Anita Carter and how beautiful she was and what an amazing voice she had. I feel cheated not having had the pleasure of listening to her in my past 60 odd years.
I never heard any gossip about Anita and Hank. The Carters toured with Hank a lot I think they knew better. They saw Hank at his worst. June was friends with Elvis, never heard of Elvis and Anita either. From what I remember June spent time with him when she went out on her own. I think they were just friends.
Had I been a teenager in those days and seen either of these performances on live television it is quite possible that I would have gone to my grave wanting her.
Thank you for posting this, Tonto. I just want to point out that the fellow playing guitar is Chet (Chester) Adkins. Mother Maybelle Carter recruited him and refused to let him go to any other band. For a good time, I recommend the album "Chester & Lester"...it is Chet Adkins and Les Paul (He invented the electric guitar and modern recording methods).
atkins not adkins. adkins was the diet person. Chet Atkins. I flew up (my arms are still killing me) the problem is all of them in the video were gone. But Flo wanted me to go to church and she was going to take me where AP met Sarah. I was not prepared and had to get to the plane. worst mistake I ever made. Carter fold was great. Sarahs house still sits to this day but its been 20 years I assume its still there. Maybelle watched over the girls like a hawk and almost killed Hank Williams when he almost run off the road with them she said "dont you ever call me mother again" he was the source of mother maybelle. Maybelle especially disliked Jimmie Rodgers who she viewed as a drunk and played grab ass with the girls. They did not meet at the Bristol Sessions but they did when they made the recordings of meeting each other. and she didnt like it. The mother of them all was a bit different when asked about AP father she said "when you get run through the briar patch so many times no way to know who stung ya"
In the number with Hank it is her micro-expressions, which seem to show her genuine fleeting emotional reactions which make her seem so innocent and appealing. I am sure she was an experienced performer at this stage (ha-ha), but IDK, maybe she was still a bit shy with Hank's stardom.
Heard a story this duet happened because Acuff would not give an airtime to Anita and when Hank heard because of his love of momma Maybelle he said she can sing with me.
I am 64 years old and was maybe just born when Anita Carter was singing on these shows. Especially in these color videos I am taken back by her beauty of looks, voice and humor! If I were her same age she would not have had to sing Making Believe!!! And she did not have to have a face put her by make-up people, her face was already beautiful with out any help. But of course her real beauty is her simple dressing, her personality and the way she carried herself. Pure attraction. Women dressed in long dresses and no showing of skin are what is really sexy for me, she has nothing to prove to anyone and is sure of herself!! That is what I've seen in the few videos of Anita Carter. I'll bet too she was a good practical joker when given the opportunity!! Laughter is always good even if I am being laughed at for humor!!!
I'm 68 and just this year became aware of Anita. I am her new biggest fan. Of course I've been aware of the Carter Family, but not Anita by herself. Love these videos.
Spent a lot of Saturday nights setting in the Ryman watching all these Grand ole Opry doing their shows, while I was stationed at Ft Campbell KY. in the 1950s.
@@christopherfranklin1881 , hi, yes my outfit 508th ARCT came back to Ft Campbell in 1956 to act as Cadre to reactivate the 101 which was brought back to Ft Campbell from Frankfort. I took my discharge, turning down Medevac Helicopter training at Ft Rucker. I’m kind of sorry I did but Dern the Dust-off Helicopter pilots from then were the first in to NAM. I did later re-enlist in the Air Force and did Medevac of NAM wounded from Clark AB, to Travis AFB from the 60s on thru to 1977. Got in on the POW returning to CONUS
One of the privileges of being a famous singer is banging hot chicks and perhaps being able to afford child payments if you knock one more or of 'em up. But wait...paternity tests didn't exist back then did they? Shotgun marriages did though right?
@@captainkrunchthewall I can't believe you would say such a terrible thing about these talented souls especially since some of them like Hank Williams are dead, are you so perfect that you can cast stones?
I can remember them coming from Louisiana hay ride on way to Fort worth and stopping by grandma's...to rest and sing ..we had great times on that farm 🚜
Amazing how videos and pictures of beautiful women from past eras can move subsequent generations to the core. Perhaps it is because time is a distance we can not (re)cover.
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She looked like an angel, and sung like an angel! A country gem that will never be forgotten!
And acted like an angel?
You just explained the reason she was called "The Appalachian Angel".
Have you ever seen an angel?
Looks are deceiving
I’ve been allowed to see satan and this applies
It’s what I saw inside of him- evil
Man idolizes another man- usurping God the Creators Rightful position- worship
@@mandycote5662 Stop talking religion here! I was using a metaphor to describe her artistic talents, not "real" angels. Such talk like yours is totally out of place here! Go preach somewhere more appropriate!
She looks like a turtle! Don't make me explain my metaphorical assumptions on her to turtles because why bring in biology!?!
Thank God somebody got this on film. Historic and lovely. Best love duet ever.
The duet with Hank Williams is just priceless , it’s such a pity there was no more
Drives me nuts that they didn't sing the complete song...leaving out "Only Heaven knows just how much I miss you...I can't help it if I'm still in love with you."
I never saw that before, Wow, what a gift.
Hank Williams, the KING of Country Music, with Anita Carter, whose voice was as beautiful as she was.....best duet you will EVER hear !!!!!!
This is literally terrible though lmao
It's pretty great, but, come on....... EVER?
So true
@@SacredHeart1700 - I truly hate when people exaggerate....
oh, i dunno, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers are so far beyond this . . .
I wonder how many times in Anita's life did she think back at this moment, unbelievable talent!
This best moment ever in video history was when Hank walked in and sat down beside Anita. And the way they looked at each other. Awesome.
What a wonderful wonderful God given talent it seems as though they were singing to and for him they didn't even know how many people they touched with their voices amassing i thank him for their talent Amen
As beautiful it was, it started Hank a'stalkin Anita. Mother Maybelle put a stop to it, telling Hank to act like the married man he was.
What an absolute joy to hear pure beautiful country music by Hank and Anita.
No flashing lights, no jumping around, no electronic distortions. A real voice with feeling from a sweet lady.
yeah modern country sucks
...and no tattoos
Exactly
wow,what a natural beauty you cant blame anyone for wanting to be with her.
I agree. This is a great example of external connection and internal emotion being key.
I didn't even like the song or here voice all that much, but it's not what's being said that's important. It's how.
Oh, God! A duet with Anita Carter and Hank Williams!!! I wasn't expecting that. What a great and oh-so-pleasant surprise.
And, I think that is Chet Atkins on the guitar at 1:29. There's a lot of musical talent and greatness on this clip.
You're right, the duet made it all-
This video has been on RUclips for years... theres only a couple of Hank I, and this is one of them.
This is COUNTRY! This brings back so many good memories...Saturday night dances, warm summer evenings under the stars, every thing was new and an adventure , I had all my hair........😁
What a beautiful surprise! His harmony was excellent.
She was truly the "Appalachian Angel" because of her voice and beauty .
How beautiful. So much more gentle, not flashy at all, with the music being the most important thing. Brings me to tears. 🙏❤
This is old country! I think she was the best singer, of her family. ❤
June debates you...
Beautiful Harmony. I'm a rock and roll guy but I've always appreciate country music, especially before the 90s. The Carters were a force in country music at that time and Hank Williams escorted his career was, a hell of a musician and songwriter who left this Earth too early. It's almost like six degrees of separation. You have the Carters you have Hank Williams and you have Johnny Cash marrying one of the Carter sisters. This was an instrumental and Powerful time for country music period and when it comes down to it most music has it's connected in small and big ways. The PBS documentary on country music a few years back shows us that. I've rarely seen any clips on RUclips with Hank Williams or the Carters. This was special
Toooo twangy
Social Distortion did a cover
Hank Williams was truly a musical genius he wrote these songs before he was 29 yrs old .genius
Rock and roll came from country. Ask Jerry Lee Lewis.
Thankyou I didn't knowthat
I love these two entertainers, two of the very best ever! Nobody comes close to their talent today. Just pure good old country. I love it!
How have I lived 51 years without ever hearing Anita Carter? Instant fan.
The Carter family is so talented, but I don't remember seeing Anita, did she drop out of the music scene?
There's a lot to discover out there, that's never played on the radio! Enjoy the ride!
because our culture and history are being suppressed and it has been going on for a long time. Guess what religious group is doing it?
@@samhessianthehessian815 Shut up. You're watching the video aren't you?
Because she wasn't Patsy Cline.
Those dimples when she smiled : ) beautiful gal with a wonderful voice.
Anita Carter was the prettiest of the Carter sisters and had the best voice. She had a moderately successful career but turbulence in her life (she was married 5 times and all ended in divorce) and health problems (rheumatoid arthritis) prevented her from achieving better fame. She was the best female county singer of her time. She passed away at age 66, .
Very sad life & ending for a beautiful woman
The man on the guitar is none other than Chet Atkins!
Roy Acuff and Stringbean are there too.
@@theSword- string bean made saggy pants COOL !
@@stevehardeman7209 ....And ONLY his are cool. Not these scumbags in the shtty neighborhood.
Of course. Chet got his start with the Carter family
0:59 What's he doing in a dress?
She was the prettiest of all these girls and the best singer out of the bunch also.
Her voice is the closest we have to singing in the 19th century. I am sure she was influenced by family and neighbors born in the 1800’s
Great comment!
Hank Williams was such a talented song writer.
Impossibly talented and beautiful, Anita projected feminine charm and grace at weapon grade level.
You got that right!
I believe she was in a different realm than June not to knock her but Anita's voice was off the charts!
I'll never understand why Nashville or the record industry didnt give her her due?
Felt family group more important than single career
weapon grade level...that's classic
"weapon grade level"... what a perfect description!
Nope! Anita could sing, and she played the guitar passably well, but it was Helen, the oldest sister, who was the most musically talented of the three!! She not only sang backup, she played the piano, autoharp, accordion, guitar, and mandolin, all at the professional level, and she wrote all of the group’s vocal arrangements; when writing those arrangements, she mastered the art of sending one voice after another into the lead, all within the same verse, woven so seamlessly that you have to really know their voices to be able to discern who picks up the lead, and where. It gives the group their distinctive sound when they all sing together, not just backing up one of the sisters. I’m sure Helen could have sung lead all the time, bc she had a beautiful voice, too, but her personality kept her in the background.
Reminds me of rolling along a country highway, maybe 40 - 45 miles per hour, coming on evening. No traffic. Gently sweeping curves rocking the '48 Buick, lulling the family as we drive home from a visit with kinfolk.
RUclips was made for us to discover people like her.
You should check out ‘One by one ‘ by kitty wells and Red Foley
It has dual purpose for the good and for the gods
She-stops time itself! She gives depth to "Country" no one else can.
That duet killed it. Thanks for posting.
SINGING, as it should be. Raw talent. Something that none has today.
Wow Best Duet in Country Music EVER just for this alone
The way her eyes look at Hank
Wow, thanks for posting i never knew there was any other video of Hank other than that one they show all the time of him. Anita was just gorgeous and a voice to match.
So beautiful her voice true heart felt soul to it..Oldies country is number one in my book.Modern music no soul.
Anita had one of the most perfect "country" voices
Her voice would be "perfect" had she sang any other music as well as country. A nice voice is a nice voice. A good singer is a good singer. Just my 2-cents...
@@charleswhite7134 You and Pavarotti.
Always someone's dumb opion. She was truely.great singer.no 1 has to change their profile to please someone else who doesn't like her music
Anita is fine but Hank is the star here
Anita Carter was such a sweetheart. I used to be a Johnny Cash nut and I went to every J.C. show I could. At every one of those great shows, he would introduce the Carter Family and Anita would WOW us with her angelic voice. I'm still a nut. I miss these guys, all of them! Anyway, the sweetness of Anita and the closeness of the Carter family, I truly wish history would have played out differently and they would have had the opportunity to get Hank on the straight and narrow just as they did for Johnny. That clip with Anita and Hank is about as sweet as they come.
My God, listen to that steel guitar sing in the background during their duet. This is what I wanna hear if I ever make it to heaven.
Yep, that leaning in at the end of the song is a dead giveaway clue. I love this video. My hero.
Love the Carter Family......From UK.
I have watched this for years and I still get chills and goose bumps
I am 66, still single, because I have not found anyone close to the ladies of that era. She was amazing!
I'm that woman. I'm 66 and been looking for a man looking for that kind of woman.
Gary Mahon and Nancy Selzer ... a match made in heaven!
Tak tato rodinka se povedla. Škoda, že již nejsou , ale písničky zůstaly a to je dobře, já je miluji….díky
Wow! Hank and Anita. I wish I could have been there. That was like giving a starving man one Lays potato chip. Hank was quite the charmer! Who wouldn’t be. Beautiful,with an amazing voice. When Hank joins in she initially won’t make eye contact but he does. When she does look him in the eyes, I don’t think she seen the famous Hank Williams anymore, she seen a a brokenhearted man who had just ran into his true love with another man. And that’s when it really comes together. I don’t think he let very many people see that brokenhearted soul that lived inside of him and wrote all those beautiful songs. maybe Hank let her see that tortured man for a few seconds. Sometimes I wonder how many more of those beautiful songs that could have been. Anyway, just the opinion of a man that has loved Hanks music for almost 70 years.
She was the prettiest and most talented of the Carter sisters, in my opinion.
sure she was
Her talent does not really shine through in the first part of the clip, when she is singing with the other Carters, but hang in there because it sure bursts through when she teams up with Hank Williams in the second part. What a voice!
Anita was decidedly _NOT_ the most talented of the three Carter Sisters. Historians rate Helen as the best overall musician/instrumentalist of the three, and I agree, wholeheartedly. She was also the most invested in keeping their history alive, and with her mother recorded songs for the Smithsonian. Anita may have had the best voice, but Helen chose not to carry the lead voice and instead sang harmony, and she was exceptionally good at playing the accordion, mandolin, guitar, piano and autoharp. She also was a master arranger, and did all of the arrangements of the songs they sang. I won’t go into technicalities for a vocal arrangement skill she was master of....you can read her Wikipedia article if you want to. Just bc a girl has a pretty face and a pretty voice doesn’t automatically translate to talent!
@@voraciousreader3341 Well, I sure as hell ain't gonna get into a debate about whether the Carter sister with what you describe as "the best voice" of the sisters, was the most talented of them. You say that Helen was more talented in playing various musical instruments and in the composing and arranging of music. I have no reason to doubt you. Heck, for all I know, one of the others may have been more talented with keeping the books or a more talented cook. But, I think we are talking about singing here. And if having the best voice is not the criteria for most talented singer, I'd sure like to know what "decidedly" is. It's really all a matter of opinion, anyway.
I will tell you this, when it comes to considering opinions of experts, historians are way down near the bottom on my list of expert opinions on musical talent. How other musicians view the sisters would carry a lot more weight with me than how historians rate them on musical talent. One other note: how much you want to bet that Maybelle had a lot more to say about which sister would take the lead vocals than either Helen or Anita.
June said that also.
Great harmony between Hank and Anita!!
Total beauty, no frills, just a beautiful young lady!! Awesome!!!💕
She was beautiful and sweet!
I love to see these old videos! To think when this was filmed, nobody had ever heard of Elvis yet. Great video!
Both her voice and her looks are absolutely gorgeous, even with the early washed-out TV color. And then in the Hank segment, watching her, tears came to my eyes. She was transcendent!!!
Sings like an angel, so pretty and with dimples! ❤️🔥 Both Elvis (not yet a superstar) and Hank Williams pursued her. She was not interested. She was married and had strong country morals.
Hank was hard-drinking, quick-tempered and married, so she’s very careful with the eye contact in the video.
She got through it.
The man that was her husband was a blessed man, I wrote a paragraph about how I felt just finally seeing her in 2021. If she was singing with Hank Williams then I wasn't born yet for another 5 years in 1957. The woman did not have to do anything but sing, she was stunning with her assurance of herself and a devoted wife!!!
Look again. She wasn't careful. 😅
Wonderful tone. Natural harmonies, real music. Refreshing!
What a true American talent and beauty Good Music
She was gorgeous,what a voice.
Anita with Hank Sr must be the greatest duet "happening" in country music history.
She certainly was beautiful and had a great voice. I especially liked video with Hank Williams. That was really special. Thanks for posting it!
She had magic in her eyes, darting from your eyes to your lips and looking away coyly and then back into your eyes and your knees would give out
What is this public roleplay
Trader....you nailed it! Watching that clip brought back old memories!
The melody is easy, sung by Hank. The harmony is what shows an angelic soul, sung by Anita.
Pure and unadulterated country soul unmatched in the modern era.
💚I would argue that a cousin is just as good but that would be her great niece 💚 TY from Hayesville,NC💚
The way she gazed into Hank's eyes! Coy and shy and sultry all in one. Wow.
Anita the hottest of the Carter girls with the best voice.
She had a wonderful voice- and what a total Babe too- WOW! ❤
I'm in heaven: Hank and Anita. WoW!
Don't forget Patsy Cline.
@@doncorleone8686 Well, sure. But she isn't on this video.
@@doncorleone8686 Yes, Patsy had not come to be known as of the early 50's. I think this video was taped in 1952 before Hank died!
Mr. Cash is correct, I too love Anita Carters gorgeous looks and her beautiful, unique, singing voice.
😢 man I miss the old world
So, you're white and straight. Got it.
Me too
@@cogitaretoo so am I, whats your point
@@sharonrobinson3186 My point is that only white, straight men are nostalgic for America's past. The rest of us remember being discriminated against and subjugated and are therefore appreciative of what little social progress our country has made. Racist simpletons, afraid of change, minorities, immigrants, science, reason, atheists, gay people, anyone better educated than themselves, anyone who is eloquent and well-spoken, and anything they don't understand-which covers a lot of ground-long for times in which the bar was low enough that they could crawl over it. As a full-blooded Cherokee with a PhD in stable isotope geochemistry, I'm both better educated than most hillbillies and cognizent of their lack of mental ambition. Also, I actually know the difference between communism and socialism, which they consistently confuse while commenting from their double-wides.
@@cogitaretoo Feel better doc? Hope you got it off your chest cuz uh...nobody cares.
I can see why they wanted her, a beautiful woman who was totally real!!! Very hard to find!
Hank Williams was the closest thing to a Rockstar as you could get at that time. The Carters took his death pretty hard, and when they saw Jonny Cash heading for that same cliff,(with June's emotional investment), they were not about to let history repeat itself.
I knew of the Carter Sisters, because of June Carter marriage to Johnny Cash. I had never heard of Anita Carter and how beautiful she was and what an amazing voice she had. I feel cheated not having had the pleasure of listening to her in my past 60 odd years.
So simple and heartfelt! The best!
The look in her eyes when she turned to Hank Williams........
Absolutely lovely and poised!
Anita was a very special lady.
I’ve never heard of her, but I’m glad I saw this video, will have to seek out a record or cd of her work
She's an older sister of June Carter who was married to Johnny Cash.
She was a younger sister of June...sorry
Voice of an angel!
A country girl can bring words to life!
I remember being in the back of a 1958 mercury turnpike cruiser comming across Nebraska listening to this music on AM radio.
What a beauty and also a great voice.
Oh my. I only knew about June Carter. Anita was definitely very beautiful and could sing beautifully also.
The whole Carter family...just wow!
Glenn Johnson CLASSIC!This is what real country music is all about!What a voice!
I never heard any gossip about Anita and Hank. The Carters toured with Hank a lot I think they knew better. They saw Hank at his worst. June was friends with Elvis, never heard of Elvis and Anita either. From what I remember June spent time with him when she went out on her own. I think they were just friends.
Had I been a teenager in those days and seen either of these performances on live television it is quite possible that I would have gone to my grave wanting her.
Some of the best things in life. The best!. You only get once. That's what makes them special
amazing talent and stunning beauty.
Thank you for posting this, Tonto. I just want to point out that the fellow playing guitar is Chet (Chester) Adkins. Mother Maybelle Carter recruited him and refused to let him go to any other band. For a good time, I recommend the album "Chester & Lester"...it is Chet Adkins and Les Paul (He invented the electric guitar and modern recording methods).
I recognized Chet too. Also think "Pig" sitting at piano and a young "Stringbean" on far right.
atkins not adkins. adkins was the diet person. Chet Atkins. I flew up (my arms are still killing me) the problem is all of them in the video were gone. But Flo wanted me to go to church and she was going to take me where AP met Sarah. I was not prepared and had to get to the plane. worst mistake I ever made. Carter fold was great. Sarahs house still sits to this day but its been 20 years I assume its still there. Maybelle watched over the girls like a hawk and almost killed Hank Williams when he almost run off the road with them she said "dont you ever call me mother again" he was the source of mother maybelle. Maybelle especially disliked Jimmie Rodgers who she viewed as a drunk and played grab ass with the girls. They did not meet at the Bristol Sessions but they did when they made the recordings of meeting each other. and she didnt like it. The mother of them all was a bit different when asked about AP father she said "when you get run through the briar patch so many times no way to know who stung ya"
A voice of an angel. And dimples.
In the number with Hank it is her micro-expressions, which seem to show her genuine fleeting emotional reactions which make her seem so innocent and appealing.
I am sure she was an experienced performer at this stage (ha-ha), but IDK, maybe she was still a bit shy with Hank's stardom.
Simply beyond MAGNIFICENT!!!!
Heard a story this duet happened because Acuff would not give an airtime to Anita and when Hank heard because of his love of momma Maybelle he said she can sing with me.
Yours is a true story.
I am 64 years old and was maybe just born when Anita Carter was singing on these shows. Especially in these color videos I am taken back by her beauty of looks, voice and humor! If I were her same age she would not have had to sing Making Believe!!! And she did not have to have a face put her by make-up people, her face was already beautiful with out any help. But of course her real beauty is her simple dressing, her personality and the way she carried herself. Pure attraction. Women dressed in long dresses and no showing of skin are what is really sexy for me, she has nothing to prove to anyone and is sure of herself!! That is what I've seen in the few videos of Anita Carter. I'll bet too she was a good practical joker when given the opportunity!! Laughter is always good even if I am being laughed at for humor!!!
So true.
How have I lived 56 years and never heard of her.
I'm 68 and just this year became aware of Anita. I am her new biggest fan. Of course I've been aware of the Carter Family, but not Anita by herself. Love these videos.
I'm 64 and just discovered Anita within the past year. Lucky to find so many videos of her songs on RUclips. Beautiful woman. Beautiful voice.
I'm 67 years old and have never heard of Anita Carter.
My loss completely.
Lovely lady with a beautiful voice.
Prettiest and best voice while Helen was the best musician and June had the best personality and stage presence. Just my humble opinion.
You are correct, sir. I'm surprised 100 trolls haven't bombarded you with their stupidity.
June briefly studied at the Actors Studio in NYC to polish her skills.
Spent a lot of Saturday nights setting in the Ryman watching all these Grand ole Opry doing their shows, while I was stationed at Ft Campbell KY. in the 1950s.
Fort Campbell, 1967. 101st Airborne Division.
@@christopherfranklin1881 , hi, yes my outfit 508th ARCT came back to Ft Campbell in 1956 to act as Cadre to reactivate the 101 which was brought back to Ft Campbell from Frankfort. I took my discharge, turning down Medevac Helicopter training at Ft Rucker. I’m kind of sorry I did but Dern the Dust-off Helicopter pilots from then were the first in to NAM. I did later re-enlist in the Air Force and did Medevac of NAM wounded from Clark AB, to Travis AFB from the 60s on thru to 1977. Got in on the POW returning to CONUS
She’s beautiful with a sweet voice.
Chet on guitar.....
Wow, I was just thinking of this last performance just about an hour ago. Crazy coincidence!
Hardly Knows How Lovely She Is: Wide Set Eyes, Peaches'n Cream Skin - Lithe As An Arctic Fox ...
She had a gorgeous voice. And she was a very attractive woman to boot .
Hank was in love with every woman that he met. Just ask his first wife.
in the end every poets just a horn dog out to get some tail
One of the privileges of being a famous singer is banging hot chicks and perhaps being able to afford child payments if you knock one more or of 'em up. But wait...paternity tests didn't exist back then did they? Shotgun marriages did though right?
If I was married to his first wife I'd be in love with every woman I met too...😂
@@captainkrunchthewall I can't believe you would say such a terrible thing about these talented souls especially since some of them like Hank Williams are dead, are you so perfect that you can cast stones?
It was Anita that had a crush on Hank. Get your facts straight, and have more respect for the dead.
Still lovin you for sharing this with us..
Good God what a voice. Anita is by far the most talented singer of the Carter family. How she's not Loretta Lynn famous is a travesty.
Wow this is true country music. Anita should have been a huge star.
I can remember them coming from Louisiana hay ride on way to Fort worth and stopping by grandma's...to rest and sing ..we had great times on that farm 🚜
Amazing how videos and pictures of beautiful women from past eras can move subsequent generations to the core. Perhaps it is because time is a distance we can not (re)cover.
M A N 0 h M A N ! !
Ms . ANITA CARTE R WAS GORGEOUS !❤