Jean Shepard - Dear John Letter:the Singles Collection 1953-62 AEC Music at this point already a

at this point already a critically and commercially dominant force

What they played proved that it was possible for younger musicians to recreate music heard originally on the scratchy old pre-WW2 78-rpm records

which only adds to it's singular reception in his canon of symphonies

as well as being an entertaining showcase for his distinctive talent

Beach Boys and others

Jean Shepard - Dear John Letter:the Singles Collection 1953-62 AEC Music at this point already aThe US country charts were for many years in the post war era the exclusive domain of male artists and it was not until Kitty Wells in 1952, soon followed by Jean Shepard in 1953, that a female artist topped the country charts. Specialising in songs redolent with the familiar country themes, especially for female artists during those times, of relationships, lost love, betrayal and heartache, and having had her first hit at No. 1 with "A Dear John