Carlene Carter
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Rebecca Carlene Smith (b. September 26, 1955 and professionally known as Carlene Carter) is an American country singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter Cash and her first husband, Carl Smith.
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[edit] Career
Though her recording career had begun in the late 1970s with her eponymous debut album, it was with 1990's I Fell in Love that Carter's career really took off, with the album and title song topping the US country albums and singles charts, respectively. The album, which featured straight-ahead, retro-sounding country (her prior work had combined country, rock and roll and pop sounds), was among the first successes of the 1990s "neotraditionalist" movement in country. 1993's Little Love Letters featured the hit "Every Little Thing", which was accompanied by one of the top-rated music videos of the year.
Carter's winning streak ended with 1995's Little Acts of Treason, which, while critically well received, failed to achieve the commercial success of the Carter's two previous releases.
She also found limited amounts of fame with the song "It takes one to know me", which was released on the albums "Johnny Cash the Legend" and "Johnny and June duets". Originally recorded in 1977 with a full string backing group, it was lost in a tape collection in Hendersonville and uncovered in 2003. It was then remastered by her brother John Carter Cash. In the remastered version John added his and his wife Laura's her sister in law backing vocals and a guest appearance from Carlene herself - more than 25 years after she wrote and recorded the song.
She was played by Victoria Hester in the movie Walk the Line.
Carter provided the voice of "Red" in the 1994 Williams pinball machine, Red & Ted's Road Show, designed by Pat Lawlor. A clip of Carter's hit, "Every Little Thing," is played after the player scores a jackpot. A picture of Carter appears in the game's backglass artwork.
Carter had a cameo appearance in the 1994 film Maverick. She played a waitress on the gambling casino ship run by Commodore Duvall (James Coburn).
[edit] Controversies
Aside from her music, Carter's career and private life have included significant controversy. During a 1979 performance at New York's Bottom Line, she introduced a song stating, "If this don't put the cunt back in country, nothing will" [1], unaware that her mother, June Carter and stepfather, Johnny Cash were in the audience. Cash was reportedly enormously offended and would not speak to his stepdaughter for several months as a result; the incident and statement were widely quoted in the press, and Carter spent much of the next decade trying to live the comment down. Shooter Jennings, another progeny of country legend, would later release the album Put The "O" Back In Country (2003) which makes a similar play on words, and Hank Williams III used the phrase in his song "Dick in Dixie" on his 2006 release Straight to Hell.
In 2001, a New Mexico police officer pulled over Carter and musician Howie Epstein. A search of the vehicle revealed that it was stolen and drugs were found. [2]
[edit] Personal life
[edit] Marriages
Carlene Carter has been married four times:
- Joseph Simpkins Jr. (1971-1972)
- One child Tiffany Anastasia Lowe
- Jack Wesley Routh (1974-1977)
- One child John Jackson Routh
- Nick Lowe from (1979-1990)
- Joseph Breen (2006- )
[edit] Children
Tiffany Anastasia Lowe
Tiffany Anastasia Lowe is the first born child of Carlene Carter born on February 23, 1972 in Nashville, Tennessee. She is a professional Makeup Artist in Los Angeles working on numerous commercials and most recently doing Jane Seymour's makeup for the Sept. 1st, 2006 issue of Woman's Day magazine. She sings and writes her own songs but, has only recorded one EP " Queen of Everything" to date and has not pursued a recording contract with any major labels. Carter gave birth to Tiffany at the age of 16 during her marriage to Joe Simpkins. [3]. When Carter married her third husband Nick Lowe he adopted Tiffany and legally changed her surname to Lowe and moved her to London. After her mother's divorce from Nick Lowe she elected to keep her adopted father's surname. She is notable because she is the namesake of the last songwritten and recorded by her grandmother, June Carter Cash. The song also mentions Lowe's courtship by Quentin Tarantino. Tiffany Anastasia Lowe is married to Noah Darling and has two children: Luna Kai Darling and Lux Noah Darling.
John Jackson Routh
John Jackson Routh is the second born child of Carlene Carter born January 15th, 1976. His father is Jack Wesley Routh, Carlene Carter's second husband, a musician who played guitar with Johnny Cash, his father in law, on his records and opened on the Johnny Cash Road Show. [4] In addition to this he "played guitar and traveled on the road with the Carter Family". [5] John Jackson Routh has two children: Anita Grace Routh and Jackson Maddox Routh.
[edit] Discography
- Carlene Carter (1978)
- Two Sides to Every Woman (1979)
- Musical Shapes (1980)
- Blue Nun (1981)
- C'est C Bon (1983)
- I Fell in Love (1990)
- Little Love Letters (1993)
- Little Acts of Treason (1995)
- Hindsight 20/20 (1996)
- Stronger (To be released 2007)
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. Country | |||
| 1990 | "Time's Up" (Duet with Southern Pacific) | - | #26 | County Line (Southern Pacific Album) |
| 1990 | "I Fell In Love" | - | #3 | I Fell In Love |
| 1991 | "Come On Back" | - | #3 | I Fell In Love |
| 1991 | "One Love" | - | #33 | I Fell In Love |
| 1991 | "The Sweetest Thing" | - | #25 | I Fell In Love |
| 1993 | "Every Little Thing" | - | #3 | Little Love Letters |
| 1993 | "Unbreakable Heart" | - | #51 | Little Love Letters |
| 1994 | "I Love You Cause I Want To" | - | #50 | Little Love Letters |
| 1994 | "Something Already Gone" | - | #46 | Maverick Soundtrack |
| 1995 | "Hurricane" | - | Little Acts of Treason | |
