Member Since: 12/7/2005
Band Website: carolinacotton.org
Band Members: NOTE: This tribute page is created and maintained by Carolina's daughter, Sharon Marie.
Want to learn more about Carolina and the Good Ol' Days of Western Entertainment? Be sure to visit her Official web site, CarolinaCotton.Org -- a virtual museum of memorabilia, clips, history and great Western nostalgia.
Here's a soundie of Carolina with Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, performing "Three Miles South of Cash in Arkansas", ca. 1951:.. width="425" height="350" ..
Another soundie, with Carolina playing bass fiddle with Deuce Spriggens' Orchestra, performing "Missouri's Calling Me", ca. 1946. Spriggens and Hank Penny share lead vocals (few folks knew it, but Carolina and Deuce were married at the time):.. width="425" height="350" ..
Check out this Warner Bros. film short, featuring Carolina with Spade Cooley, ca. 1945. (Her performance is shown later in the film, but the whole clip is worth watching):
Influences: People she worked with: Roy Rogers, Dude Martin's Roundup Gang, Arvada Miller, Spade Cooley and his Western Dance Gang, Joaquin Murphey, George Bamby, Walkin' Charley Aldridge, Tex Atchison, Jimmy Wakely, Joe Maphis, Tex Williams, Smokey Rogers, Deuce Spriggens and his Orchestra, Andy Parker and the Plainsmen, Merle Travis, Hank Penny and his Orchestra, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Sons of the Pioneers, Ramblin' Tommy Scott, Eddie Dean, Hoosier Hot Shots, Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage, Roy Acuff, Cottonseed Clark, Broome Brothers, Scotty Harrell, Jimmy Bryant, Speedy West, Doye O'Dell, Eddie Arnold, Ernest Tubb, Pee Wee King, Les Paul, LeRoy Holmes Orchestra, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ken Curtis, and many others
Sounds Like: B Western Films, Western Swing artists from the 1940s and 1950s, and Western style Yodeling
BELOW: Lobby cards from several B Westerns starring Carolina Cotton:
WATCH ONE OF CAROLINA'S MOVIES!
In PRC Pictures' "I'm From Arkansas", Carolina plays Abigail 'Abby' Alden, daughter of a rural farmer, whose prized pig gives birth to a record-breaking litter! (it gets better from there...). It also features Carolina singing "I Love To Yodel".
Click on the picture below to watch the entire film:
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The new Carolina Cotton CD, Yodeling Blonde Bombshell, is a fully restored, high-quality compilation featuring many of her best loved songs, with some of the fanciest yodeling you've ever heard...from the heyday of Western Swing.
Enjoy 19 tracks of vintage performances, as Carolina is joined by the likes of Tex Williams, Hank Penny, Deuce Spriggens, Walkin' Charley Aldridge and Bob Wills. Also included: a full 15 minute episode of the AFRS Radio program, Carolina Cotton Calls.
A must for fans of Western Swing, early Rockabilly and Western yodeling!
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ORDER CAROLINA COTTON'S CD HERE
NEW: DOWNLOAD CAROLINA'S SONGS!
Add Carolina's songs to your MP3 player...any individual tune, or the entire album. Just click on the link below:
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Visit our new ringtone store, Western Swingtones, and download Carolina's music as your ringtone:
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Record Label: Kit Fox
Type of Label: Indie