Jan Howard
| Jan Howard | |
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Howard at the Grand Ole Opry in 2007
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lula Grace Johnson |
| Also known as | Jan Howard |
| Born | March 13, 1930 |
| Origin | 9650 Natural Bridge Rd, Berkeley, MO 63134 West Plains, Missouri, U.S. |
| Genres | country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, actress |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Labels |
Challenge Records Capitol Decca GRT Records Con Brio Records MCA/Dot Records |
| Associated acts | Harlan Howard, Bill Anderson, Wynn Stewart, Jeannie Seely, Dolly Parton, Jean Shepard |
| Website | www |
Lula Grace Johnson (born March 13, 1930), 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 number five 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 1970s, she dueted with Bill Anderson on a number of top-10 hits, including the number-one hit "For Loving You".
Howard was born in West Plains, Missouri, in 1930, one of eight children. At age 15, she married, and soon had children. After dealing with two unsuccessful marriages, she moved to Los Angeles, California, where she met aspiring songwriter Harlan Howard. They married in Las Vegas one month later. One evening, she was singing while washing dishes in her kitchen and Harlan heard her sing for the first time, and liked what he heard. He thought Jan had talent and wanted her to become a country music singer.
Harlan persuaded Jan to make a demonstration (demo) tape of one of the songs he wrote, "Mommy For a Day". The song was later a big hit for Kitty Wells. She soon worked as a demo singer for her husband, singing demos for other country artists, such as Buck Owens and Tex Ritter. Jan Howard originally sang the demo for the Patsy Cline hit "I Fall to Pieces".
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