Jean Shepard
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Worthy to Be Loved
- The very best of Jean Shepard
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female vocalistscountryrockabilly50sHonky Tonk
Ollie Imogene Shepard (November 21, 1933 - September 25, 2016), better known as Jean Shepard, was an American honky tonk singer-songwriter who pioneered for women in country music. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which reached the No. 1 spot. She recorded a total of 24 studio albums between 1956 and 1981, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955. After Kitty Wells' 1952 breakthrough, Shepard quickly followed <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pauls Valley
- Place of death
- Hendersonville
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Capitol Records
- Official website
- www.jeanshepardcountry.com
- Image
- Jean Shepard (1971).png
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- Commons category
- Jean Shepard
- date of birth
- 1933-11-21
- date of death
- 2016-09-25
- birth name
- Ollie Imogene Shepard
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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