AUTOGRAPHS

CLASSIC COUNTRY..”WHO AM I”?..can you tell me who this LEGENDARY STAR IS by these CLUES?

I was born in Missouri, married at age 16 and a mother of 3 boys by age 21..Divorced by 24, single mother working as a waitress..remarried, moved to L.A in 1953, worked as a secretary…Divorced again, met Wynn Stewart who introduced me to an up and coming MASTER SONG WRITER who i later MARRIED..TEX RITTER encouraged me to SING,signed with DECCA RECORDS in 1964..still carries my DECEASED HUSBAND LAST NAME TODAY!

Jan Howard

During the ’60s, Jan Howard was one of the hottest female vocalists in country music. Born Lula Grace Johnson in West Plains, Missouri, she moved to L.A. in 1953 and became
involved with songwriter Harlan Howard, whom she married a month after they first met. Howard helped her break into country music, sending her demos to various companies. As a result she began singing demos for Tex Ritter and Johnny Bond. In 1959, using the pseudonym “Jan Howard,” she recorded “Yankee Go Home.”

Ralph Emery, Buck Owens and Wynn Stewart