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Jan Howard (born Lula Grace Johnson on March 13,
1930 in West Plains, Missouri) was one of the
trail-blazing country music female vocalists of
the 1960's. 

Married for a number of years to country music
songwriter Harlan Howard, Jan Howard recorded demo
versions of songs he had written for female
singers in the late 1950's.  Her vocal talent lead
to a career of her own as a singer.  She had her
first major hit in 1960 with "The One You Slip
Around With", beating out another newcomer named
Loretta Lynn for Billboard magazine|Billboard's
most promising female vocalist award. After stints
on Challenge Records and Capitol Records, Howard's
career really took off when she signed with Decca
Records in 1965.  She enjoyed a number of major
hits and received Grammy nominations for two of
them as Best Female Country Vocal Performance for
"Evil on Your Mind" (1966) and "My Son" (1968). 
Other popular Howard songs included "Bad Seed"
(1966), "Rock Me Back to Little Rock" (1970), and
"Love is Like Spinning Wheel" (1972). Howard's
duets with Bill Anderson were enormously popular
and earned the duo several Country Music
Association nominations and top ten hits including
the number one "For Loving You" (1967). 

She became an official member of the Grand Ole
Opry in 1971, although she had been making fairly
regular appearances there since 1959. Howard
became the featured "girl singer" on Anderson's
syndicated television show and road act. 
Devastated by the deaths of two of her three sons,
Howard retreated from the spotlight for a period
in the early 1970's and ended her association with
Anderson. She later returned to recording and
stage appearances and still enjoys an active
career to the present.  Howard published her
autobiography in 1987 titled "Sunshine and
Shadow".  In 2002, Howard made her acting debut in
the feature film "Changing Hearts" starring Faye
Dunaway.