One of his last radio shows was titled Shepherds Pie, which was broadcasted on WBAI in the mid-1990s. The 1930 Federal Census Record for Hammond, Indiana, indicates that Jean's father did work for a dairy company. Shepherd had two children, a son Randall and a daughter Adrian, by his second wife, Joan Warner, but according to them, had virtually no contact with them after he divorced their mother. Shepherd preferred the engineer to watch and listen to his stories. Staff (March 6, 1953). As the news became public, the show got multiple producers. Media related to Jean Shepard at Wikimedia Commons, This article is about the honky-tonk singer and songwriter. During an interview on the Long John Nebel Show an all-night radio program that ran on WOR starting at midnight [41], American writer and radio host (19211999), Not to be confused with American country music singer. The childhood friends included in many of his stories were people he claimed to have invented, yet high-school yearbooks and numerous other sources confirm that many of them, including school buddies "Flick" and "Schwartz", did indeed exist. Jean Shepard had two children; a son, Shepard, and a daughter, adrian, boen in 1942 and 1948 respectively. Her second single, A Dear John Letter (1953), was a smash hit, reaching No. Vaughn declined to reveal the name of the man. He was also emcee for several important jazz concerts in the late 1950s. 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On some of his broadcasts, he played parts of recordings of such novelty songs as "The Bear Missed the Train" (a parody of the Yiddish ballad "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen") and "The Sheik of Araby". In the early 1950s, Jean also wrote many short stories which were semi-autobiographical about his growing up years. Needless to say, the Times didn't take kindly to having been fooled, and when they reviewed the book, they implied that Shepherd had misled his fans into asking for the book, when in fact the listeners were part of the hoax from the very beginning. She retired from the stage that night. During a discussion on how easy it was to manipulate the best-seller lists based on demand, as well as sales, Shepherd suggested that his listeners visit bookstores and ask for a copy of I, Libertine, which led to booksellers attempting to order the book from their distributors. Mom Who Was 37 Weeks Pregnant and Recently Had Baby Shower Is Killed Along with Man, Calif. The theme song used on his long-running radio show was "The Bahn Frei Polka" by Edouard Strauss. Family (1) Trivia (3) Has 2 sons with Hawkshaw Hawkins. Its flip side, "I Thought of You", peaked in the country top 10. pointedly refused to make eye contact with him. Born in Oklahoma, one of ten children in a sharecropper's family, Shepard grew up in Visalia, California, about 100 miles north of Bakersfield. Was named "Jazz Personality of the Year" for 1959 by "Metronome" Magazine. Boy Killed in Drive-By Shooting Police Believe Targeted Other Person in Car, N.Y. The family lived a hardscrabble life trying to eke out an existence as sharecroppers. * All prices are excluding shipping costs. [6], Because she was a honky-tonk singer when the Nashville sound was popular, Shepard had just two charting country singles between 1956 and 1963. had ant children. They put it up for collateral to buy me my bass fiddle. However, his style had found a loyal fan-base for him over the years. The film, directed by Bob Clark had Jean playing the narrator as the adult Ralphie, the main character. The couple divorced Copyright Bear Family Records. - Jean Shepard , often referred to as The Grand Lady of the Grand Ole Opry, has enjoyed a highly successful country music career stretching back over CD on JASMINE RECORDS by Jean Shepard - Beautiful Lies - The Early Years. He then married Joan Laverne Warner in 1950 and the couple got divorced in 1960. [12] Shepard's hits continued throughout the 1970s, though as the decade wore on, she hit the top 40 less frequently. She recorded a total of 24 studio albums between 1956 and 1981, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955. Adams, Magee (November 2, 1948). After Kitty Wells' 1952 breakthrough, Shepard quickly followed, and a national television gig and the Opry helped make her a star when few female country singers had enduring success. 17 - If You Were Losing Him To Me 18 - Second Best I learned to yodel from Jimmie Rodgers' records. [33] His third wife was actress Lois Nettleton. Shepherd was an influence on Bill Griffith's Zippy comic strip, as Griffith noted in his strip for January 9, 2000. He died from a .38 caliber gunshot wound. Hawkins was living at the Elnora Court home, according to Vaughn, but Sanders did not reside there. That was when he started complaining about "too many commercials". [6], In 2005, Shepard celebrated 50 years as a member of the Opry[14] and, at the time of her death, she was the longest-running living member of the Opry. He performed at Princeton University for over 30 years, beginning in 1956 until 1996, three years before his death. Jean, though, found time for the normal adolescent activities such as school clubs, horses, and the like. Shepard was born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and was one of 10 children. [15] In 2011, Shepard was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame along with songwriter Bobby Braddock and fellow Oklahoma singer Reba McEntire. Jean Shepard even went so far as to publically deny he This article is deleted and can no longer be ordered! She grew up in Visalia . Whitaker, John (November 19, 1946). The award is presented to ". 1 on the country charts, crossing over to No. However, The Tennessean reports that records show the address matches the home of Shepards husband, Benny Birchfield, 79, as well as Shepards former residence. | Provided the voice of the Narrator/Father character in the "Carousel of Progress" attraction at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL. It's not just a possibility. "New Series for Shepherd". A sequel, "My Summer Story" (aka My Summer Story (1994)) was made in 1994. In the early 1950s, country music was still a largely (Hump Head) 50 tracks - Capitol 1963-1979 - 12 page booklet with notes by Alan Cackett. PBS aired several television movies based on Shepherd stories, also featuring the Parker family. I did this for about two years. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. 1 country hit. Columnist for the "Villiage Voice" weekly newspaper in New York City, called "The Night People Column", in 1956 and '57. father: Jean Shepherd mother: Anna Shepherd children: Adrien Shepherd, Randall Shepherd Born Country: United States Actors Writers Died on: October 16, 1999 place of death: Fort Myers, Florida, United States City: Chicago, Illinois U.S. State: Illinois More Facts Recommended Lists: American Celebrities Radio Personalities American Men He found a good fan-base among listeners and this time, he lasted on the show for 2 years. Playing time approx. She was raised near Bakersfield, California, where she listened to the Grand Ole Opry, the show she later performed on. His listeners besieged WOR with complaints, and when Sweetheart offered to sponsor him, he was reinstated. Jean Shepard was born on November 21, 1933 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, USA. Amazon.com: JEAN SHEPARD: Books 1-16 of 35 results RESULTS Worthy To Be Loved: By Myself and Others by Jean Branson Shepard | Dec 21, 2022 5.0 (4) Paperback $1916 $5.99 delivery Jan 3 - 6 Or fastest delivery Dec 30 - Jan 5 More Buying Choices $12.88 (6 used & new offers) Kindle $699$15.99 Available instantly Down Through The Years We got our name from that. [35] His father was a cashier at the Borden Milk Company. The attacks took place at the Elnora Court home of Benny Birchfield, the 79-year-old husband of Shepard, who died at 82 in September. Railing against conformity, he forged a unique personal bond with his loyal listeners, who participated in his legendary literary prank by asking bookstores for the nonexistent novel I, Libertine (when publisher Ian Ballantine had Shepherd, author Theodore Sturgeon, and illustrator Frank Kelly Freas make the fake real, PW called it "the hoax that became a book"). Birchfield, a musician,and Shepard had been married since 1968. She continued to perform at the Grand Ole Opry and to tour, both in the US and in the UK, where she had a strong fan base,[3] until 2015. [3] She had three top-20 hits in 1974, beginning with the number-13 smash "At the Time" and "I'll Do Anything it Takes (to Stay with You)". "We didn't have a lot (of money). $48.88 $ 48. However, most of those stories are fabricated. That left little time to load the turntables and cue the appropriate cuts. In the 1950s, he began a long career as a radio personality telling stories of his youth, commenting on current topics and performing silly songs. In an interview with New York magazine, Steely Dan's Donald Fagen says that the eponymous figure from his solo album The Nightfly was based on Jean Shepherd. [7] From 1951 to 1953, he had a late-night broadcast on KYW in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[8][9] after which he returned to Cincinnati for several different shows on WLW. The Tennessean reports that police are not searching for a suspect. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which reached the number-one spot. [3] "A Satisfied Mind" peaked at number four on the Billboard country chart. Officers interviewed the manand based on his account, and the conditions at the crime scene,they are satisfied that "the situation was contained at the house," Vaughn said. [citation needed]. Top 5,000 1828 Play trailer 1:22 A Christmas Story (1983) Raised in Hammond, Indiana, Jean Shepherd went on to work in the steel mills and was a veteran of the Army Signal Corps before entering the arts. The particular version he used was recorded by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. To be able to use Bear Family Records in full range, we recommend activating Javascript in your browser. She recorded a total of 24 studio albums between 1956 and 1981, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955. In 1952, she released "Crying Steel Guitar Waltz," her debut single for the label, but it failed to chart. American country artist Jean Shepard released twenty-five studio albums, fifteen compilation albums, one live album, seventy-one singles, two charting B-sides, and appeared on nine albums.Signing in 1952 with Capitol Records, her second single "A Dear John Letter" (a 1953 duet with Ferlin Husky) became a breakthrough hit.It topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs for six weeks and reached the . A teacher walks into the Classroom and says If only Yesterday was Tomorrow Today would have been a Saturday Which Day did the Teacher make this Statement? "Shepherd, man in the ironic mask". Sometimes, Shepherd would accompany the recordings by playing the Jew's harp, nose flute, or kazoo, and occasionally even by thumping his knuckles on his head. However, he did not assume the position permanently until Shepherd and Ernie Kovacs had co-hosted the show. He confirmed the importance of Shepherd on his career. Randall has said that Mr. Shepherd left his mother shortly before they divorced in 1957. In the 1950s, self-supporting female country artists were rare. There, as opposed to other radio stations, during his spot, Jean talked more and played less music. See the events in life of Jean Shepherd in Chronological Order, (American Storyteller, Writer, Radio and TV Personality), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97XwlEhs8Ns, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn7ibjobPaw, https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jean-shepherd-10840.php, 20th Century Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century American Film & Theater Personalities. Beloved Grandmother on Morning Walk Is Fatally Stabbed in Calif. Alleyway, Neighbor Is Suspect, Toddler and Father Killed in Montana After Man Drives Into Family and Started Shooting: Police, At Least 15 Dead After Mass Shooting at a Bar in South Africa. "Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid", the basis for the 1983 movie. A farmer has 19 sheep All but 7 die How many are left? In 1969, Shepard's LP, Seven Lonely Days, produced the hit single of the same name that reached the top 20. [11] Her first single for the label in 1973, the Bill Anderson-penned "Slippin' Away", was her biggest solo hit since the 1950s. Publicity Listings So it was a beautiful wedding, in front of about four thousand people. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for JEAN SHEPHERD LOT 2 Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories Fistful & of Fig New at the best online prices at eBay! She. He is the on screen host and narrator for the made for video film, THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX: A VISUAL HISTORY (1987). In 1993, Shepherd recorded the opening narration and the voice of the Audio-Animatronics "Father" character for the updated Carousel of Progress attraction at Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom.[27][28]. In 1966, Shepard recorded a duet with country singer Ray Pillow titled "I'll Take the Dog", which peaked at number 9 on the Billboard country chart. She was previously married to Benny Howard Birchfield, Archie Leon Summers and Harold Hawkshaw Hawkins. Jean rounded out the group on the bass fiddle. Jean was born into a sharecroppers family in Oklahoma, in the midst of the Great Depression. In 2005, she became the first female singer to reach 50 years as a Grand Ole Opry member, according to the Opry's website. So I went back the next week, I had to save my 39 cents, you know, and bought another one. Anna's parents, August and Katherine, were born in Germany. 5-CD box (LP-size) with 36-page book, 151 tracks. Officers interviewed the man, and based on his account, along with the conditions at the crime scene, they are satisfied that the situation was contained at the house, said Vaughn. "Jean Shepherd in TV Debut". As his radio listeners included airline pilots who traveled overseas and press agents who fed information to leading gossip columnists in the city, The phony book and its phony author were soon a hot topic in transatlantic publishing circles, appearing on best-seller lists, getting mentioned in Earl Wilson's syndicated gossip column, and even getting Banned in Boston. FollowJoey Garrison on Twitter@joeygarrison. Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard (November 21, 1933 September 25, 2016) was an American honky-tonk singer-songwriter who is often acknowledged as a pioneer for women in country music. If you could witness one event past, present, or future, what would it be? His father worked in a dairy while his mother was a housewife. Starting from 1971, Jean has worked on many television series and films, mostly as a writer. This was followed by two solo hit singles the same year: the top-10 hit "If the Teardrops Were Silver" and the top-15 hit "Many Happy Hangovers to You". Shepherd always referred to him as "the old man". Devane, James (March 19, 1953). [3] With Thompson's help, Shepard signed with Capitol Records in 1952, following the success of Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" Shepard cut four songs at her first session with popular band players Jimmy Bryant, Speedy West, Cliffie Stone, and Billy Strange. [36], Shepherd's oral narrative style was a precursor to that used by Spalding Gray and Garrison Keillor. When Eugene B. Bergmann's Excelsior, You Fathead! Says Jean, "We were farmers. [2] He claimed that he was recommended to replace the resigning Steve Allen on NBC's Tonight Show. [31], Shepherd was married four times. Early in his tenure at WOR, he and his listeners decided to play a prank on the New York Times best-seller list; he suggested that they go to bookstores around the city and start asking for a book that didn't even exist; the listeners suggested the title (I, Libertine! [10] After a stint on television there, he returned to radio. He wrote and narrated many works, the most famous being the 1983 MGM feature film A Christmas Story, filmed at A Christmas Story House, which is now considered a holiday classic. Staff (October 27, 1977). In 1975, Shepard recorded an album of songs written by Bill Anderson titled Poor Sweet Baby (and Ten More Bill Anderson Songs). Jim Vaughn told The Tennesseean. After making his acting debut with the 1954 film titled New Faces, he appeared in TV series such as NET Playhouse and Jean Shepherds America, where he also served as a writer. 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Jean Shepard The Melody Ranch Girl (5-CD)Read more at:https://www.bear-family.de/shepard-jean-the-melody-ranch-girl-5-cd.htmlCopyright Bear Family Records. As a teenager, she began her musical career by playing bass in the Melody Ranch Girls, an all-female band formed in 1948. His son even went to But when the 79-year-old returned home last Saturday night, he heard . Seinfeld was interviewed for the hour and discussed how Shepherd and he had similar ways of humorously discussing minor incidents in life. Hank Thompson discovered Shepard a few years later. In 1964 and 1965, she had two top-40 hits with "A Tear Dropped By" and "Someone's Gotta Cry", from the Heart, We Did All That We Could LP released in 1967. To what extent Shepherd's radio and published stories were fact, fiction, or a combination of the two is unknown. Shepherd was a mainstay of the magazine in the 1960s and early '70s. Staff (April 4, 1953). Her parents had 10 children to support with no way to earn a real living, so they moved to Visalia, California, about 80 miles north of Bakersfield. previous 1 2 next sort by previous 1 2 next * Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. Five time winner of "Playboy" Magazine Best Writing Award for Humor/Satire. Jean Shepard had two children; a son, Shepard, and a daughter, Shepherd wrote a series of humorous short stories about growing up in northwest Indiana and its steel towns, many of which were first told by him on his programs and then published in Playboy. Zac has 2: Shepherd and Junia Country Music Hall of Famer Jean Shepard dies Inside the house, where the attacks took place, police found Sanders, who was. Jerry & Jessica Seinfeld's second son, Shepherd is named after him. Shepard had another top-five hit the same year with "Beautiful Lies". Raised in Hammond, Indiana, Jean Shepherd went on to work in the steel mills and was a veteran of the Army Signal Corps before entering the arts. In the same year, he married Lois Nettleton, an actress and the marriage lasted seven years. During a radio interview, Shepherd claimed that some shows took weeks to prepare, but this may have been in the planning rather than the writing of a script. Vaughn said police received a phone call about a stabbing at the home on the 200 block of Elnora Court around 3 a.m. Saturday. Because at 20 she was still a minor, Shepard's parents signed her rights to Husky so she could tour. This may well have not been true, but Shepherd's ink drawings do adorn some of his published writings, and a number of previously unknown ones were sold on eBay from the collection of his former wife, actress Lois Nettleton, after her death in 2008. Learn more about the various musicians and leading influencers that bring Country Music to life. In the show, Jean narrated his stories, uncut and uninterruptedly. Less than two-and-a-half years later, their love affair ended in tragedy when Hawkins died in the same 1963 airplane crash that took the lives of Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Randy Hughes. Shepard came to the attention of Capitol Records powerhouse Hank Thompson, who recommended her to his producer, Ken Nelson. It is a certainty. "Shepherd: Actor, Humorist, Writer A Shifting Role from Coast to Coast". Neither a girl singer with a male-fronted band nor part of a husbandwife team, Shepard was among the first women in country music to front her own tour and sing on topics that dealt frankly with love, helping pave the way for artists such as Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton. He was 78 years old at the time of his demise. As America was pulling out of the Great Depression, the fifth of ten children was born to Hoit Adrian and Allie Mae (Isaac) Shepard. The Art and Enigma of Jean Shepherd by Eugene B. Lumenick, Lou (December 2, 1983). Is mentioned in the "Dictionary of American Slang" in the entry for "Night People", which is defined as "People who work or live at night, sleeping during the day" and "Noncomformists". "Bullfrog Holler, Rah!". a book signing of his father's when he was 16, and jean Shepard The show was one of WBAI's most popular of the period. He used a somewhat similar format for the New Jersey Network TV show Shepherd's Pie. In 1977, he married Leigh Brown and remained married to her until her demise in 1998. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. But that's what we needed to fill out the band. Jean Shepherd was born Jean Parker Shepherd Jr., on July 26, 1921, in Chicago, Illinois, to Jean Shepherd Sr. and Anna Shepherd. Joey Garrison, The (Nashville) Tennessean. On most of his Fourth of July broadcasts, he did read one of his most enduring and popular short stories, "Ludlow Kissel and the Dago Bomb that Struck Back", about a neighborhood drunk and his disastrous fireworks escapades. She grew up in Visalia, California, a small town near Bakersfield. Jean later wrote the book with two other authors. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Vaughn declined to reveal the name of the man, but records show the address matches the residence of Birchfield, who is 79, and the former residence of Shepard. Again, shepard took the reason for this to his Randall Shepherd describes his father as having frequently come home late or not at all. ONES MEDIA : Children - Jean Shepherd Old Time Radio mp3 CD Films Audio Books Old Time Radio Audio CD Old Time Radio mp3 DVD International Mail Service Box Sets Accessories FREE STUFF Custom-Made Products USA Priority Mail Service Old Time Radio, Jean Shepherd, Audio Books. The son left, [26], Eight record albums of live and studio performances of Shepherd's were released between 1955 and 1975. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011. On April 7, 1981, he had received the city's second annual Hammond Achievement Award, which was given in the name of the citizenry. According to this record, Jean Sr, Anna, Jean Jr, and Randall were all born in Illinois, and Jean Sr's parents (Emmett and Flora) were born in Kansas. humiliated. CREDIT: Buddy Squires, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 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I chopped corn and I picked cotton. [2], As a teenager, she played bass in the Melody Ranch Girls, an all-female band formed in 1948. Loretta Lynn talks about being poor, believe me she can't spell it compared to what were." During World War II, he served stateside in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He also spent many years with Roy Orbison, first as a band member and then as Orbison's road manager and bus driver. I had a hard life, but it was a good life. She presented a strong female point of view on songs like "Twice the Lovin' in Half the Time" and "The Root of All Evil (Is a Man)," influencing such key figures in country music as Loretta Lynn who came along a decade later. This was a time when the radio presenters had to work as a DJ and to play music perpetually. I had a lot of witnesses! Here you will find updates, news and in-detail product informations, Proud To Be Independent - Vinyl, CD, DVD - These Cats Dig Music. "Tuesday Radio Programs". She paired with fellow Hall of Fame member Ferlin Husky in 1953 on "A Dear John Letter," her first No. [25] Between 1971 and 1994, Shepherd became a screenwriter of note, writing and producing numerous works for both television and cinema, all based on his originally spoken and written stories. He conducted the magazine's interview with. After the publication in May 1973 of his short-story "Lost At C", only one more Shepherd story appeared in "Playboy", "A Fistful of Fig Newtons" in August 1981. Three large turntables were available to play them in sequence. Supplement 1, pp. Shepard, a Country Music Hall of Fame member and member of Grand Old Opry for more than 60 years, got her start in the 1950s and emerged as a pioneer for women in country music. Sanders died from a .38 caliber gunshot wound, Vaughn said. How Shepherd and he had similar ways of humorously discussing minor incidents in.. 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