Jean Shepard
Heartaches and Tears (1962)
The Best of Jean Shepard (1963)
Lighthearted and Blue (1964)
It’s a Man Every Time (1965)
I’ll Take the Dog (1966)
Many Happy Hangovers (1966)
Your Forevers Don’t Last Very Long (1967)
Hello Old Broken Heart (1967)
Heart, We Did All That We Could (1967)
Heart to Heart (1968)
Best by Request (1970)
Slippin’ Away (1973)
Mercy Ain’t Love Good (1976)
Dear John (1993)
Songs of a Love Affair (1956)
Lonesome Love (1959)
This Is Jean Shepard (1959)
Other Songs
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Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016) 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 number-one 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, and a national television gig and the Opry helped make her a star when few female country singers had enduring success. Her first hit, "A Dear John Letter", 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.