Five-time Grammy award-winner June Carter was Country Music royalty twice over, being a member of The Carter Family and much later, the second wife of Johnny Cash. This collection presents a selected “Very Best Of” June’s early, pre-Johnny Cash career, between 1949 and 1962, drawn largely from singles plus a trio of ultra-rare live sides from The Grand Ole Opry and The Louisiana Hayride. These encompass Hillbilly, Honky-Tonk, Country, and even an unlikely tilt at rock 'n' roll covering Chuck Berry’s Thirty Days. Included are duets with Homer & Jethro, The Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle, and her first husband, Carl Smith. It features her earliest hits, Baby It's Cold Outside, The Heel and Overalls and Dungarees. Many of these are near-impossible to find elsewhere on CD, making this an absolutely essential release.
