Jean Shepard – **TRIBUTE** – I’ve Got To Talk To Mary (1961).

Jean Shepard was an American country music singer and songwriter. She was born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and raised in Visalia, California. Shepard began her career as a singer on the radio show “The Ozark Jubilee” in the early 1950s. She had several hit songs during the 1950s and 1960s, including “A Satisfied Mind,” “The Other Woman,” and “Beautiful Lies.” Shepard was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2012.

Issued on SINGLE 4640 B.
From LP “The Best Of Jean Shepard” (1963).

Recorded 10 May 1961* [no. 10068, 10:00-13:00] Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN – Jean Shepard (vcl),Grady Martin [lead gt], Hal Rugg [steel gt] + more unknown musicians…Producer: Marvin Hughes.

*Overdub Session 10 May 1961(10068A) Jean Shepard (vcl)

Born Ollie Imogene Shepard in Paul’s Valley, OK (1933 – 2016)… aka “The Grand Lady of the Grand Ole Opry”…Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011 (About Time)