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  • Jean Shepard
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  • Jean Shepard
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  • American country singer-songwriters
  • American female singers
  • United Artists Records artists
  • Bakersfield sound
  • 1933 births
  • American female country singers
  • Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
  • Grand Ole Opry members
  • Members of the Country Music Association
  • Musicians from Oklahoma
  • People from Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
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  • Jean Shepard (born November 21, 1933, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, USA – died September 25, 2016) was an American country and honky tonk singer-songwriter. She was a pioneer for women in country music. In 2011, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and on November 21, 2015, Shepard became the first female to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry for 60 consecutive years.
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  • Ollie Imogene Shepard (born November 21, 1933), better known as Jean Shepard, is an American honky tonk singer-songwriter who was a pioneer 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 has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1955.After Kitty Wells' 1952 breakthrough, Shepard quickly followed, and a national television gig and the Opry helped make her a star when few female country singers had enduring success. Her first hit, %22A Dear John Letter%22, a 1953 duet with Ferlin Husky, was the first post-World War II record by a woman country artist to sell more than a million copies.
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  • Jean Shephard
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  • American honky tonk singer-songwriter
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  • 1933-11-21
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  • 2016-09-25
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  • Jean Shepard
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  • Country
  • Honky Tonk
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