The One You Slip Around With - Music

Jan Howard Born Lula Grace Johnson In Gallatin Tennessee On 13 March 1929 Died 28 March 2020 Was An American Country Music Singer Songwriter And Author. As A Singer She Had 30 Singles On The Billboard Country Songs Chart Was A Grand Ole Opry Member And Was Nominated For Several Major Awards. As A Writer She Wrote Poems And Published An Autobiography. Married At Age 15 Howard Had Three Sons Before She Turned 21. After Two Divorces She Headed To Los Angeles And Took On Jobs As A Waitress And A Secretary To Support Her Family. Through Singer Wynn Stewart She Met And Later Married Then Up-And-Coming Songwriter Harlan Howard. Although She Had No Musical Training Or Experience Harlan Convinced Her To Record Demos Of His Songs. This Brought Her The Attention And Encouragement Of Johnny Bond And Tex Ritter. In 1959 She And Stewart Recorded The Duet “Yankee Go Home.” That Same Year She Made Her Opry Debut It Was One Of The First Times The $65-A-Week Secretary Had Ever Sung On Stage. The Howards Moved From California To Nashville In 1960. Her First Solo Single “The One You Slip Around With ” Was A Top 10 Hit And Both Billboard And Cash Box Magazines Named Her Their Most Promising Country Vocalist. In 1964 She Signed With Decca Records And Had Another Hit In 1965 With “What Makes A Man Wander.” That Same Year She Joined Bill Anderson’s Syndicated TV And Road Show And Sang With Him Regularly On The Opry. For Seven Years They Won Many Top-Duo Awards And She Enjoyed Her Greatest Chart Success With Their Duets “For Loving You” Went To No. 1 And Was Followed By Four Top 5 Hits. At The Same Time Her Solo Single “Evil On Your Mind” Named One Of Country Music’s 500 Greatest Singles By The Book Heartaches By The Number Went Top 5. “Bad Seed” Reached Number 10 In 1966 And Over The Next Seven Years She Charted Several More Singles. Her Single “My Son ” A Song That Began As A Letter To Her Son Jimmy In Vietnam Was Released Just A Few Weeks Before He Was Killed In Action In 1968. She Wrote Of Coping With The Tragedies Of His Death And That Of Her Youngest Son David In Her 1987 Autobiography Sunshine And Shadow. In 1992 Howard’s Efforts On Behalf Of The Armed Forces Mental Health The Veterans Administration Vietnam Veterans And The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Earned Her The Tennessee Adjutant General’s Distinguished Patriot Medal Its Highest Civilian Honor. In 2005 The Commander In Chief Of The Veterans Of Foreign Wars Presented Her With The Medal Of Merit Which Is Awarded For “exceptional Service Rendered To Country Community And Humankind.” A Regular Guest On The Opry For Years Howard Formally Joined The Cast In 1971. She Continued To Tour Periodically And To Work For Causes Related To Military Veterans. In 2005 She Was Recognized By Her Home State With Her Induction Into The Missouri Country Music Hall Of Fame. She Subsequently Appeared On Albums By Other Artists. In 2007 She Recorded A Duet With Bill Anderson And Vince Gill For Anderson's Studio Release Whisperin' Bluegrass. In 2017 Howard And Jessi Colter Appeared On Jeannie Seely's Studio Album Written In Song Singing On The Track "We're Still Hangin' In There Ain't We Jessi". In 2019 She Celebrated Her 90th Birthday At The Opry Making Her The Show's Oldest Living Member. On June 25 2019 The New York Times Magazine Listed Jan Howard Among Hundreds Of Artists Whose Material Was Reportedly Destroyed In The 2008 Universal Fire. read less