Here's a delightful clip of a 1956 edition of Purina's Grand Ole Opry Show. It features Anita Carter, Rita Robbins, and Ruby Wells ... a short-lived trio called "Nita, Rita, and Ruby". From October 15, 1955 to September 1956, ABC-TV aired a live, hour-long television version of the Opry once a month on Saturday nights that pre-empted one hour of the then-90-minute Ozark Jubilee. It was shot on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium, with relatively sophisticated choreography and TV production for its

Remembering Anita Carter (March 31, 1933 – July 29, 1999)She was the youngest daughter of Ezra and Mother Maybelle Carter, was an American singer who experimented with several different types of music and played upright bass and guitar with her sisters Helen Carter and June Carter Cash and mother Maybelle Carter as The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle. Maybelle and her three daughters joined WSM and the Grand Ole Opry radio show in 1950 (Anita was 17 years old at the time), The Carter Sisters

Remembering singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, comedian, and author June Carter on her birthday. (born Valerie June Carter; June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) She was born in Maces Spring, Virginia, to Ezra and Mother Maybelle Carter, of The Carter Family. In the 50's and early 60's she sang with her sisters Anita and Helen with Mother Maybelle on guitar. Later she married Johnny Cash, recorded several songs with him and appeared together with him on his TV show. | GatorRock