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Jean Shepard
Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard is an American singer and songwriter who pioneered country music for women. Shepard released a total of 73 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which reached number one. She recorded a total of 24 studio albums from 1956 to 1981, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955. Following Kitty Wells' breakout in 1952, Shepard soon followed, and a concert. music on national television and Opry made her a star as few country music singers enjoyed lasting success. Her first hit, "A Dear John Letter", a 1953 duet with Ferlin Husky, was a country artist's first post World War II record to sell more than a million copies.
Birth nameOllie Imogene Shepard
BornNovember 21, 1933, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedSeptember 25, 2016, Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S.
GenresCountry, honky tonk
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Years active1952–2015
LabelsCapitol, United Artists, GRT, Laserlight
Associated actsFerlin Husky, Ray Pillow

About Jean Shepard

Country Singer Jean Shepard was born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, United States on November 21, 1933. She dies at the age of 82, on September 25, 2016.

She has 73 hit singles during her long and famous career.

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Jean Shepard before becoming famous

Jean Shepard was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1933 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.

When she was a youngster in 1948, she was a bass player in the Melody Ranch Girls, and she signed to Capitol Records in 1952 after being seen by Country Singer Hank Thompson.

Achievement of Jean Shepard

She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011.

Jean Shepard's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Country Singer Hawkshaw Hawkins, another country singer, was married to her for three years before he died in a plane crash in 1963 with Country Singer Patsy Cline and Country Singer Cowboy Copas. Shepard and Hawkins were the parents of two boys, the second of whom she was expecting at the time of the accident. Her subsequent husband was Benny Birchfield.

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"A Dear John Letter", a duet she recorded with Country Singer Ferlin Husky in 1953, became the first post-World War II song sold over a million copies by a female country performer.

Jean Shepard Income & Net worth

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Jean Shepard Height and Weight

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Latest information about Jean Shepard updated on March 10 2023.