Comments on: 100 Greatest Women, #58: Jan Howard

By: Country Universe » Country Quizzin’, the Debut

Country Universe » Country Quizzin’, the Debut — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:26:00 +0000

[...] Jan Howard IMPORTANCE: Moderate. Howard is a good artist to know if you want to have an understanding of that [...]

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:04:26 +0000

You can get a used copy of her book for about eight bucks on Amazon. Search for “Jan Howard Sunshine” and it comes up.

Not sure about the movie, but again, Amazon is usually a good resource.

By: PeggyParker

PeggyParker — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:22:35 +0000

How can I find Jan Howards book SUNSHINE AND SHADOWS also the movie she was in?

I would love info about Jan Howard.

Peggy Parker

By: Leeann

Leeann — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:20:18 +0000

I, too, want to pick up that autobiography.

By: Brady

Brady — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:10:56 +0000

Now this is such an engaging bio that I just might have to pick up the autobiography that Paul mentioned. I’d read the story about Patsy Cline before but forgot that the encounter was with Jan Howard.

By: the Rick

the Rick — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:36:14 +0000

This bio on Jan really got this “100 Greatest Women” series back on track after the Carrie derailment. I never knew she got her last name from being married to the great Harlan Howard, and the Patsy Cline story is classic. I’m a bit miffed at Jan as back in 2007 she hosted the Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree and didn’t let guest artist Sunny Sweeney perform until the last few minutes. Oh well…

Hey this reminds me of another totally unrelated female country singer named Jan, Jann Browne that is. Considering you’re down to # 58 I’d guess Miss Browne didn’t make the cut, but you still have space to work in Rose Maddox……

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:17:48 +0000

Jan’s autobiography is a fascinating read.

I notice you didn’t mention the terrific duets Jan did with Wynn Stewart. I think those were probably the best recordings of her career although only “Wrong Company” charted nationally.

“Evil On Your Mind” is unusual in that it spawned an answer song by a male artist, Burl Ives. Burl’s “Evil Off My Mind” wasn’t a big national hit although it was a regional hit in the southeast. The two songs really need to be played back-to-back for full impact

Jan had four top tens with Bill Anderson but only two as a solo artist . You didn’t mention that she was a featured part of the Bill Anderson Show on TV for seven years. I don’t think that Jan ever got the promotional push from her label Decca that was accorded Kitty Wells and Loretta Lynn.

I’ve seen Jan Howard perform live – she wasn’t a dynamic live performer although she had a certain charm.

Her autobiography and a box set are available available from Jan Howard’s website. The box set has 80 songs including most of her charted hits plus some key non-charting singles and album tracks and some other songs,

www,janhoward.com

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:16:01 +0000

Well now I feel like I HAVE to comment. Thanks, guys!

I really love Howard’s essential singles…except for Bill Anderson’s whisperin’ in “For Loving You,” which is a little creepy.

Imagining Patsy Cline talking about herself in third person makes my day.

By: Leeann

Leeann — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:57:11 +0000

While this thread won’t get as much traffic as Carrie’s, I think the stories found herein are riveting! I love the Patsy Cline story. The storyies about her sons are gut wrenching and I’m glad she has been able to overcome her trials. It’s nice that her story seems to have a happy ending or, at least, a calm one.