Jan Howard

E505605

Grand Ole Opry member country singer human singer-songwriter

Jan Howard was an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star known for hits like "Evil on Your Mind" and her collaborations with Bill Anderson.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Jan Howard canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5199246 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jan Howard
Context triple: [Hendersonville Memory Gardens, hasNotableBurial, Jan Howard]

A. Shirley Owens
Shirley Owens is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the girl group The Shirelles, pioneers of the early 1960s pop and R&B sound.
B. Darlene Hunt
Darlene Hunt is an American television writer and producer best known for creating the Showtime series "The Big C" and serving as an executive producer on various TV projects.
C. Marilyn Vance
Marilyn Vance is an American costume designer known for her influential work on numerous popular films, including iconic 1980s and 1990s movies.
D. Amy Lou Adams
Amy Lou Adams is an acclaimed American actress known for her versatile performances in both comedic and dramatic films, including roles in "Enchanted," "American Hustle," and "Arrival."
E. Anna Marvin
Anna Marvin is a supporting character in the 1991 comedy film "What About Bob?", appearing as one of Dr. Leo Marvin’s family members who become increasingly fond of Bob Wiley.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jan Howard
Target entity description: Jan Howard was an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star known for hits like "Evil on Your Mind" and her collaborations with Bill Anderson.

A. Shirley Owens
Shirley Owens is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the girl group The Shirelles, pioneers of the early 1960s pop and R&B sound.
B. Darlene Hunt
Darlene Hunt is an American television writer and producer best known for creating the Showtime series "The Big C" and serving as an executive producer on various TV projects.
C. Marilyn Vance
Marilyn Vance is an American costume designer known for her influential work on numerous popular films, including iconic 1980s and 1990s movies.
D. Amy Lou Adams
Amy Lou Adams is an acclaimed American actress known for her versatile performances in both comedic and dramatic films, including roles in "Enchanted," "American Hustle," and "Arrival."
E. Anna Marvin
Anna Marvin is a supporting character in the 1991 comedy film "What About Bob?", appearing as one of Dr. Leo Marvin’s family members who become increasingly fond of Bob Wiley.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grand Ole Opry member ⓘ country singer ⓘ human ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ
associatedAct	Bill Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Ole Opry NERFINISHED ⓘ Harlan Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName	Lula Grace Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	pneumonia ⓘ
chartAchievement	Evil on Your Mind reached the Billboard country top 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ For Loving You reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1929-03-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2020-03-28 ⓘ
dateOfGrandOleOpryMembership	1971 ⓘ
familyName	Johnson ⓘ
genre	Nashville sound NERFINISHED ⓘ country music ⓘ
givenName	Lula NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChild	Carter Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan Howard Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ
instrument	vocals ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Grand Ole Opry NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Jan Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCollaboration	For Loving You (duet with Bill Anderson) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Bad Seed NERFINISHED ⓘ Count Your Blessings, Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ Evil on Your Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ For Loving You NERFINISHED ⓘ I Never Once Stopped Loving You NERFINISHED ⓘ My Son NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunshine and Rain (autobiography) NERFINISHED ⓘ The One You Slip Around With NERFINISHED ⓘ We Had All the Good Things Going NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	West Plains, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Gallatin, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Capitol Records ⓘ Challenge Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Decca Records ⓘ MCA Records ⓘ
residence	Nashville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Harlan Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ
stageName	Jan Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States → hasNotableBurial → Jan Howard ⓘ

subject surface form: Hendersonville Memory Gardens

West Plains, Missouri, United States → hasNotablePerson → Jan Howard ⓘ

subject surface form: West Plains, Missouri

West Plains, Missouri, United States → birthplaceOf → Jan Howard ⓘ