For my Art and Popular Culture class I've decided to do a presentation on Rock 'n' Roll music. As I've been researching it I've realised all over again just how much I adore Wanda Jackson. (Official website) I love her amazing voice, her country ballads and her upbeat rockabilly numbers and I absolutely love her style! I admire her a lot and find her to be inspiring in many ways - she's definitely one of my icons and not just style-wise, either.



One of the things I admire about her is that she wrote a lot of her own songs:
"In 1956 there wasn't an abundance of rockabilly numbers for gals to cut - so Wanda decided to write her own, beginning with the raucous Mean Mean Man. "I needed a rockabilly song to record, and none were being written for girls since I was the only one recording it," Wanda recalled in 2002. "My Daddy gave me the idea, and I wrote it - the first of many I wrote and recorded." (from the insert for Rockin' With Wanda)
Oh, and that she's still touring! Here's a video from 2006 (and another one from this year performing Fujiyama Mama, again - there's a lot of talking at the beginning, though) - Wanda's still the Queen of Rockabilly!

Take a look around youtube for some more videos and tunes!
Love,
Andi B. Goode
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how wonderful!
ReplyDeleteShe sounds like a fascinating lady! I lover her style!
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I love finding unique ladies from the past. They kind of become secret role models that no one else knows about!
ReplyDeleteI love Wanda Jackson. I have almost all her albums! Her songs are great for burlesque numbers. Awesome post!
ReplyDeleteLine: Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLizzy: Yeah, she's fantastic.
Amanda: Thanks. =D So do I!
Cheri: Oh, neat. I got a couple of her albums a few years ago and couldn't listen to anything else for weeks! I'd never thought of her tracks for burlesque but I bet they would be great!! Thank-you. =]
Cute! She sounds like someone I would like.
ReplyDeletegreat post. i learned a lot from it! thank you for sharing!
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missredlips
Solanah: Thanks. I'm glad to hear that! =D
ReplyDeleteMiss Red Lips: You're welcome - I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Hey Andi-
ReplyDeleteI was exploring your blog when I came across this post about Miss Wanda, whom I love very dearly! I think I even have a post about her on my blog from a few months ago.
I actually got to see her play when she came through San Francisco in May. She played all the old rockabilly tunes and I practically fought some girls to get to the front. Let me tell you, if she rocks as hard as she does now at the age of 76 (I think) I can barely imagine how amazing it would have been to see her back in the day!
<3, Molly