Cotton Carrier papers, circa 1940-1984

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Cotton Carrier papers, circa 1940-1984

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These papers consist of two folders and one oversize folder of photocopied printed materials, part of one reel of microfilm, and twenty-three photographs. The first folder of printed materials contains three pages of typewritten biographical material on Cotton Carrier, including information on his professional activities for WSB Radio, WAGA-TV, and the Lowery Music Group, and some details on his army service during World War II. One additional page lists Carrier's memberships, offices, and honors obtained from various professional and social organizations. The second folder contains two handbills advertising Jane and Cotton Carrier's appearances in Georgia festivals, and an issue of Mason Mint, a periodical published by the Mason Candy Company (a sponsor of WSB's "Barn Dance"), which includes an article titled "Mason Sponsors a Barn Dance." On microfilm are two scrapbooks relating to Carrier's professional activities. Included in the oversize folder is a 1980 issue of Marquee and a photocopy of an undated issue of Country Song Roundup.

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Carrier, Cotton (Joseph W.), ca.1919-1994.

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Born near Arthur, Kentucky, Joseph "Cotton" Carrier proved himself proficient on the mandolin, guitar, and fiddle at an early age. As a member of such early country music groups as Goober and His Kentuckians and later, The Plantation Gang, Carrier presented himself as a talented musician. It was reportedly his personality, however, that landed him the position of emcee on WSB Radio's popular "Barn Dance" program in 1941. After a hiatus between 1942 and 1946, when Carrier served in the army, he r...

WSB (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.)

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WSB (Welcome South, Brother) Radio, the first radio station in the south, began broadcasting on March 15, 1922. From the description of WSB Radio Broadcasting Script, 1939. (Georgia Institute of Technology). WorldCat record id: 50144464 WSB Radio was the first radio station to broadcast from the city of Atlanta, with its first broadcast on March 15, 1922. The station was originally owned and operated by the Atlanta journal newspaper. Both the Atlanta journal and WSB were pur...

Carrier, Billy (William S.), 1913-

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Born June 16, 1913, near Arthur, Kentucky, William S. Carrier ("Billy") was a guitarist, later attending the James D. Vaughan School of Music in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Graduating in 1936, he performed in a quartet, the Vaughan Four, that later changed names, becoming the Swanee River Boys. The popular Swanee River Boys, playing white southern gospel as well as traditional folk songs and Negro spirituals, were featured on a variety of radio programs around the southeast...

WAGA-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)

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Bill Lowery Music Co.

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