A Woman's Hand (album)
''A Woman's Hand'' is a studio album by American Country music, country singer Jean Shepard. It was released in September 1970 by Capitol Records and was her sixteenth studio album. The collection of ten tracks featured a series of cover tunes by male country artists. Some of the songs were new material. Among them were its three Single (music), singles: "Then He Touched Me", "I Want You Free" and the A Woman's Hand, title track. Of the three, "Then He Touched Me" was its highest-charting, reaching the top ten on the US country chart. ''A Woman's Hand'' was reviewed positively by both ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' and ''Cashbox (magazine), Cash Box'' magazines. Background, recording and content Jean Shepard was one of the first female country artists to find commercial success as solo act. Between the 1950s and 1970s, Shepard continuously made the country music popularity charts. In the late sixties, Shepard made the transition from working with Kelso Herston to aspiring recor ...
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Jean Shepard
Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016) was an American honky-tonk singer-songwriter who pioneered for women in country music. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which reached the number-one spot. She recorded a total of 24 studio albums between 1956 and 1981, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955. 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. Her first hit, "A Dear John Letter", a 1953 duet with Ferlin Husky, was the first post-World War II record by a woman country artist to sell more than a million copies.''Grand Ole Opry.com.'Grand Ole Opry members – Jean Shepardretrieved June 20, 2008. Biography Ollie Imogene Shepard was born November 21, 1933, in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, one of 10 children. She was raised in Visalia, California, near Bakersfield. A ...
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