Jean Shepard - Wikipedia
Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016), was an American country singer who was considered by many writers and authors to be one of the genre's first significant female artists.
Jean Shepard Biography | Country Music | Ken Burns - PBS
Jean Shepard was a part of the Grand Ole Opry cast for 60 consecutive years, making hers the longest tenure of any female member. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011....
Jean Shepard - Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
No mere “girl singer” with a band or part of a husband-wife team, Jean Shepard was one of the first women in country music to front her own tours, thus helping to pave the way for artists such as Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette in the 1960s and beyond.
Country Music Hall of Famer Jean Shepard dead at 82 - The Tennessean
Sep 25, 2016 · Trailblazer Jean Shepard, a Country Music Hall of Fame member, a member of the Grand Ole Opry for more than 60 years and one of traditional country music’s greatest, feistiest advocates, died...
Grand Ole Opry Icon Jean Shepard Dead at 82 - Rolling Stone
Sep 25, 2016 · Jean Shepard, whose pure honky-tonk voice and consistently vibrant recordings with their tales of romantic entanglements made her one of the most important country artists of the last half of the...
Jean Shepard - YouTube Music
Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard, was an American country singer who was considered by many writers and authors to be one of the genre's first significant female artists. Her early successes during...
U.S. country singer Jean Shepard dead at 82 | Reuters
Sep 26, 2016 · Jean Shepard, who played a pioneering role for women in country music and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame, died on Sunday at age 82, the Nashville Tennessean...
Country singer Jean Shepard dies; was Grand Ole Opry staple
Sep 25, 2016 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jean Shepard, “the grand lady of the Grand Ole Opry” who had a long recording career as an influential female in country music, died Sunday, according to an Opry spokeswoman.
Jean Shepard, a Female Country Voice With Muscle and Ambition, …
Sep 27, 2016 · Jean Shepard, a mainstay of the Grand Ole Opry whose feisty honky-tonk songs of the 1950s and ’60s paved the way for the brash, assertive style of singers like Loretta Lynn, died on Sunday in...
'There Wasn't None Of Us': Jean Shepard, Country Music ... - NPR
Sep 27, 2016 · Jean Shepard, one of the first women to find success in country music as a solo act, died Sunday at age 82. Shepard was a feisty, straight-shooting singer who created a career in an industry...
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