Jan Howard Musical artist

Lula Grace Johnson (born March 13, 1932), known professionally as Jan Howard, is an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star. She attained popular success as a country female vocalist during the 1960s and early 1970s and was twice nominated for the Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy award. Many of her hits were written by her husband at the time, Harlan Howard.Howard's biggest hit and signature song was the 1966 country hit "Evil on Your Mind", which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard country charts. The song is included in the book Heartaches By the Number: The 500 Greatest Country Music Singles. In the late 1960s and early 70s, she dueted with Bill Anderson on a number of top-10 hits, including the No. 1 hit "For Loving You".

Personal facts

Jan Howard
Alias (AKA)Jan Howard
Birth dateMarch 13, 1930
Hometown
West Plains Missouri
United States

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Musical artist

Career started1960
associated musical artist
Dolly Parton
Jean Shepard
Bill Anderson (singer)
Jeannie Seely
Wynn Stewart
Harlan Howard
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Country music
record label
GRT Records
Capitol Records
Con Brio Records
Decca Records
Challenge Records (1950s)

Jan Howard on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.countryworks.com/artist_full.asp?KEY=HOWARDJ
  2. http://www.janhoward.com
  3. http://www.opry.com/MeetTheOpry/Members.aspx?id=75