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Jan Howard: A Life of Sunshine and Shadow
Country music and the folk heritage from which it emerged tells timeless stories of heartbreaks, heroics and happy endings. Jan Howard’s life embodied that legacy.
When Howard passed away on March 28, 2020, at age 91, she had been a member of the Grand Ole Opry for 49 years and was its oldest living member.
Opry Vice President and Executive Producer Dan Rogers said that Howard was “a force of nature in country music, at the Opry and in life, adding, “We’re all better for having had her in our lives.”
Born Lula Grace Johnson on March 13, 1929, at the onset of the Great Depression, her parents and 10 siblings struggled to survive. Her life would continue to be very challenging.
She was raped by a family friend at age 8. As teenager during WWII she worked for food for her family. She dropped out of high school, limiting her future job options as a single mother to the point that she once supported her children by working as a strip
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Jan Howard discography
| Jan Howard discography | |
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Jan Howard live at the Grand Ole Opry, 2007. | |
| Studio albums | 17 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Singles | 51 |
| Box sets | 1 |
| Collaborative studio albums | 5 |
| Collaborative singles | 7 |
| Other charted songs | 2 |
| Other album appearances | 12 |
The discography of American country artist Jan Howard contains 17 studio albums (five of which were collaborative releases), six compilation albums, 51 singles (seven of which were collaborative singles), one box set, two other charted songs and 12 additional album appearances. Her recordings were issued as singles beginning in 1958. The first to chart was issued by Challenge Records called "The One You Slip Around With". Released in 1959, it rose into the US Hot Country Songs top 20. It was followed by two duets with Wynn Stewart, including the chart record "Wrong Company". Howard's debut studio album, Sweet and Sentimental, featured dual credit with The Jordanaires and was issued by
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Celebrating her life, music, and 49-year Opry membership
To säga that Jan Howard laid a strong foundation for country music and kvinna artists fryst vatten an understatement, but to really know her was to know her direkt, no-nonsense view on life, peppered with a great sense of humor, a heart of gold, and what her friends call, “a zest for life.”
Jan was a member of the Grand Ole Opry for 49 years, and to her it was home and a place to gather with friends. Jan made her debut on the Opry scen in 1959 and had her first hit single the next year with “The One You Slip Around With.” It was a Top 10 hit that came with the title of Most Promising Country Vocalist of the Year bygd Billboard and Cashbox.
Success in country music didn’t början as any kind of path for Jan. Born in West Plains, Missouri, one of 11 children, Jan survived many childhood, marital and motherhood struggles in her life, but she never wanted to be pitied. Only when her songwriter