This Is Jan Howard Country

This Is Jan Howard Country is a studio album by American country music artist Jan Howard. The album was released in October 1967 on Decca Records and was the fourth studio album of her career. The disc featured two singles by Howard that reached the top 40 of the Billboard country songs chart. It was also among Howard's highest-charting studio albums, reaching the top ten of the Billboard country albums chart.

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Background and content

Jan Howard was considered among country music's most successful female artists during the sixties decade. Both as a solo artist and as a collaboration with Bill Anderson, she had a series of top ten and top 20 singles.^[2] Among her studio albums of the decade was This Is Jan Howard Country.^[1]

The disc was recorded in three separate sessions between 1966 and 1967. These sessions were recorded at Bradley's Barn, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The album was produced by Owen Bradley, Howard's collaborator through most of her Decca studio releases. The album featured among the first covers of "Gentle on My Mind". According to the album liner notes, songwriter John Hartford had played the song for Howard's friend, Bill Anderson. He encouraged Howard to record the track. Hartford "reworked the lyrics" for Howard, since it was originally written from the point of view of a man.^[3]

The album consisted of 12 tracks.^[1] Six songs appeared on each side of the record. It featured several covers versions of songs recorded by other artists. Among these tracks was Eddy Arnold's "You Don't Know Me", Dolly Parton's "Your Ole Handy Man" and Tammy Wynette's "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad".^[3]

Release, chart performance and singles

This Is Jan Howard Country was released in October 1967 via Decca Records. The album was issued in the United States in a vinyl record format. Six songs appeared on each side of the record.^[3] On the date listed for January 20, 1968, the album peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It would become Howard's highest-charting solo album to appear on the country albums list.^[4]

This Is Jan Howard Country also spawned two singles. The lead single was issued in March 1967, "Any Old Way You Do".^[5] The song reached a peak of 32 on the Billboard country songs chart. It was Howard's seventh single to reach the top 40.^[6] The second single, "Roll Over and Play Dead", was issued in July 1967.^[7] It peaked at number 26 on the country songs chart later that year.^[6]

Track listing

Side one^[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Roll Over and Play Dead"	Enslo Rich	2:18
2.	"Love Me and Make It All Better"	Eddie Rabbitt	2:28
3.	"Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad"	Billy Sherrill Glenn Sutton	1:50
4.	"You Don't Know Me"	Eddy Arnold Cindy Walker	2:35
5.	"You and Me and Tears and Roses"	Heinz Bucholz Jim Glaser Karl Goetz	2:22
6.	"Break My Mind"	John D. Loudermilk	3:01

Side two^[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gentle on My Mind"	John Hartford	3:01
2.	"A Fallen Star"	James Joiner	2:35
3.	"Your Ole Handy Man"	Dolly Parton	2:12
4.	"Burning Bridges"	Walter Scott	2:32
5.	"All the Time"	Mel Tillis Wayne Walker	2:32
6.	"Any Old Way You Do"	Harlan Howard	2:21

Chart performance

Chart (1967–68)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[8]	9

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
United States	October 1967	Vinyl	Decca	^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "This Is Jan Howard Country: Jan Howard: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ Brennan, Sandra. "Jan Howard Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Howard, Jan (1967). "This Is Jan Howard Country (Disc Information)". Decca Records. 74931.
^ "This Is Jan Howard Country -- chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ Howard, Jan (March 1967). ""Any Old Way You Do"/"Your Ole Handy Man" (vinyl single)". Decca Records. 32096.
^ ^a ^b "Jan Howard Chart History -- Country songs". Billboard. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ Howard, Jan (July 1967). ""Roll Over and Play Dead"/"You and Me and Tears and Roses" (vinyl single)". Decca Records. 32154.
^ "Jan Howard Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 21, 2020.

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Discography
Studio albums	Sweet and Sentimental (1962) Jan Howard Sings Evil on Your Mind (1966) Bad Seed (1966) This Is Jan Howard Country (1967) For Loving You (with Bill Anderson) (1968) Count Your Blessings, Woman (1968) Jan Howard (1969) For God and Country (1970) If It's All the Same to You (with Bill Anderson) (1970) Rock Me Back to Little Rock (1970) Bill and Jan (Or Jan and Bill) (with Bill Anderson) (1972) Love Is Like a Spinning Wheel (1972) Singing His Praise (with Bill Anderson) (1972) Sincerely, Jan Howard (1975) Stars of the Grand Ole Opry (1981) Tainted Love (1983) Jan Howard (1985)
Compilation albums	Sweethearts of Country Music (with Wynn Stewart) (1960)
Songs	"The One You Slip Around With" "Evil on Your Mind" "Bad Seed" "For Loving You" (with Bill Anderson) "Count Your Blessings, Woman" "I Still Believe in Love" "My Son" "We Had All the Good Things Going" "If It's All the Same to You" (with Bill Anderson) "Someday We'll Be Together" (with Bill Anderson) "Dis-Satisfied" (with Bill Anderson) "I Never Once Stopped Loving You" "Love Is a Sometimes Thing" "Love Is Like a Spinning Wheel" "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" "Tainted Love"
Related people and acts	Harlan Howard Wynn Stewart Patsy Cline Bill Anderson Johnny Cash Tammy Wynette
See also	Patsy & Loretta Grand Ole Opry

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