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Jean Shepard

Jean Shepard (1933–2016) was an American singer-songwriter, singer and autobiographer.

Trade ad for Jean Shepard 's single "Safe in These Lovin' Arms of Mine". To better adapt it to his respective Wikipedia article, the ad was cropped and cleaned in a graphics editing program. The original can be viewed at the source below.

Capitol Records · Billboard , page 54, 22 January 1972 · Public domain

Biography

Recorded at birth as Ollie Imogene Shepard.

Born at Pauls Valley in 1933, died in Hendersonville in 2016.

The field of work recorded is music composing. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are country music and folk music.

Distinctions recorded are Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.

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Places

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  • Pauls Valley

    Birth place

  • Hendersonville

    Death place

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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 20 August 2026.

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