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US alto vocalist, founding member of the [a=Chuck Wagon Gang] Effie 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 [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3961813-Rose-Carter]Lola[/url] for radio station KFYO in Lubbock, TX, in order to make enough money to buy medicine for the 18-year-old Effie, who was suffering from pneumonia. Once recovered, Effie and the other three 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 Effie acquired her stage name "Anna" even though she had a sister who was also called Anna. Effie "Anna" Carter (married name: Gordon) performed as part of that group from 1936 to 1975 and then again in 1978. Effie's second husband was Louisiana Governor [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/570696-Jimmie-Davis]Jimmie "The Singing Governor" Davis[/url].