Lighthearted and Blue

Lighthearted and Blue
Studio album by Jean Shepard
Released	October 1964 (1964-10)
Recorded	August 1963–January 1964
Studio	Bradley Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country[1]
Label	Capitol
Producer	Marvin Hughes
Jean Shepard chronology
The Best of Jean Shepard (1963) Lighthearted and Blue (1964) It's a Man Every Time (1965)

Lighthearted and Blue is a studio album by American country singer Jean Shepard. It was released in October 1964 by Capitol Records and was her fifth studio album. It was the first studio project released following the death of Shepard's husband in a plane crash in 1963. The album was a collection of 12 cover songs that was reviewed positively by both Billboard and AllMusic. It was her first album to make the US country chart as well.