Rose Carter

US soprano vocalist, founding member of the [a=Chuck Wagon Gang]. Lola "Rose" Carter was the daughter of [a=D.P. Carter], an itinerant cotton farmer who in 1935 successfully auditioned with his son [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/4545492-Ernest-Jim-Carter]Ernest[/url] and daughter Lola for radio station KFYO in Lubbock, TX, in order to make enough money to buy medicine for their 18-year-old sister Effie, who was suffering from pneumonia. Once Effie had recovered, Lola, Effie, Ernest and their dad performed as the Carter Quartet, first for KFYO, then a year later for the larger station WBAP in Forth Worth, TX. At WBAP, they became the [a=Chuck Wagon Gang], and Lola acquired her stage name "Rose." Lola "Rose" Carter (married name: Karnes) performed as part of that group from 1936 to 1975.