A. P. Carter
Biography
Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (December 15, 1891 – November 7, 1960) was an American musician and a founding member of the Carter Family, one of the most popular acts in the history of country music. A.P. suffered from a tremor in his right hand, which his mother ascribed to a lightning strike when she was pregnant. Despite this, he successfully learned to play the fiddle and guitar during his childhood. A.P., Sara Dougherty, and Maybelle Carter started the Carter Family with Maybelle's husband and A.P.'s brother, Ezra, as manager in 1927. They played up until Sara and A.P.'s divorce in 1936, but reunited in 1956.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Johnny Cash At San Quentin
1969
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Music From The Motion Picture)
2000
Willie And Family Live
1978
Luxury Liner
1977
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
1972
Roses In The Snow
1980
The Troublemaker
1976
Diamonds In The Rough
1972
Inside Llewyn Davis (Original Soundtrack Recording)
2013
Orange Blossom Special
1965
His Hand In Mine
1960
A Night To Remember
2020
Profile / Best Of Emmylou Harris
1978
On Tour
1970
The Basement Tapes Complete (The Bootleg Series Vol. 11)
2014
Fair & Square
2005
Travelin' Thru (The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 1967–1969)
2019
No Depression
1990
Stop All That Jazz
1974
In Concert
1962
Through The Open Window (The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 1956-1963)
2025
At The Carousel Ballroom - April 24, 1968
2021
Personal File
2006
Transistor Radio
2005
Credited work
3,619 releases · 804 albums · active 1951–2026
- Performance · 5,062
- Other credits · 79
Studios: Enactron Truck · Sound Emporium · Atlantic Studios · Woodland Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Carter Family
- Johnny Cash
- Flatt & Scruggs
- Emmylou Harris
- Willie Nelson
- Roy Acuff
- Lonnie Donegan