Jean Shepard - Dear John Letter:the Singles Collection 1953-62 In Stock but equally deserving belters like

but equally deserving belters like Hit Git And Split by Young Jessie

The white vocal groups often came from the barbershop tradition

The releases were under various guises - Clara Ward as a solo artist

followed by most of her A & B sides with Her Boy Friends on Premier/Mercury and Capitol from this era

Jean Shepard - Dear John Letter:the Singles Collection 1953-62 In Stock but equally deserving belters likeThe US country charts were for many years in the post war era the exclusive domain of male artists and it was not until Kitty Wells in 1952, soon followed by Jean Shepard in 1953, that a female artist topped the country charts. Specialising in songs redolent with the familiar country themes, especially for female artists during those times, of relationships, lost love, betrayal and heartache, and having had her first hit at No. 1 with "A Dear John