Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson
Wanda Lavonne Jacksonis an American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 1960s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and a pioneering rock and roll artist. She is known to many as the "Queen of Rockabilly"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth20 October 1937
CityMaud, OK
CountryUnited States of America
america fans realizing
I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America.
song german-language numbers
I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
jerry
I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis... not only were they personal friends.
writing mind easy
If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it.
california oklahoma heard
You could have a hit in California that no one had heard of in Oklahoma.
girl inspiration people
Getting comments like that from even the young people at the shows who probably aren't singers, the girls who just tell me that I'm an inspiration to them, for one reason or another.
singing records nelson
I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.
firsts albums sweden
And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour.
country rocks records
On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that.
media today
But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.
animal rooms bears
I never kissed a bear, I've never kissed a goon, but I can shake a chicken in the middle of a room.
mean i-love-him men
He's a mean, mean man, but I love him all I can.
watches stills performers
I'm still learnin'. I pick up something from every performer I watch.
nashville records coast
If I needed to record, I'd head to the coast or Nashville, one or the other.