Jean Shepard was all that and more. Neither a “girl singer” with a male-fronted band nor part of a husband–wife team, Shepard was among the first women in country music to front her own tour ...

Jean Shepard, one of the first women to find success in country music as a solo act, died Sunday at age 82. Shepard was a feisty, straight-shooting singer who created a career in an industry where ...

Jean Shepard sits for an interview after being inducted into The Country Music Hall of Fame at The Country Music Hall of Fame Museum in Nashville, Tenn. on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. NASHVILLE ...