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Wanda Jackson Biography

Wanda Lavonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is 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" or the "First Lady of Rockabilly".

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I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.

1965, German Language, Language, Numbers, Song

I'm still learnin'. I pick up something from every performer I watch.

Learnin, Performers, Pick, Stills, Watch, Watches

I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America.

America, Fans, Realizing, Rockabilly, True

On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that.

Country, Record, Records, Rocks, Show

None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in.

Band, Guy, Guys, Other Guys, Roy, Sang

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.

Girl, Inspiration, People, Reason, Young

You could have a hit in California that no one had heard of in Oklahoma.

California, Heard, Hit, Oklahoma

So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.

Inspired, Know, Nice, Nice Day, Work

Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.

Hit, Plan, Plans, Wanted, Wells

If I needed to record, I'd head to the coast or Nashville, one or the other.

Coast, Head, Nashville, Record, Records

I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis. . . not only were they personal friends.

Friends, Jerry, Lewis, Perkins, Personal

He's a mean, mean man, but I love him all I can.

I Love Him, Love, Man, Mean, Men

It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.

Career, Careers, Good Things, Make, Push, Trying

I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.

Appreciate, Inspired, Like, People, Rosie

And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour.

Albums, Asked, Come, Concert, Firsts, Sweden

I never kissed a bear, I've never kissed a goon, but I can shake a chicken in the middle of a room.

Animal, Bears, Goon, Middle, Rooms, Shake

If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it.

Easy, Mind, Pops, Writing

I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.

Nelson, Records, Singing

But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.

Media, Today