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unusual facts about Wanda Jackson


It Doesn't Matter Anymore

Wanda Jackson included a cover of this song on her 1961 album, There's a Party Goin' On.


He Gives Us All His Love

The song has sometimes been taken at face value, however, and has been covered by Wanda Jackson and Sherie Rene Scott, both born-again Christians.

Helen Carter

Music acts as diverse as Red Foley, the Byrds, Jan Howard, Wanda Jackson, Johnny Cash, Billy Grammer, Ray Price, Willie Nelson, Faron Young, Jean Shepard, the Louvin Brothers, Ann-Margret, Waylon Jennings and Mark Dinning are among the more than sixty who have recorded her songs.

Joe Maphis

Later based in Bakersfield, California, he rose to prominence with his own hits such as "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (and Loud, Loud Music)" as well as playing with acts like Johnny Burnette, Doyle Holly, The Collins Kids, Wanda Jackson, Rose Maddox and Ricky Nelson.

Josh Alan Friedman

Josh Alan has recorded and/or played with Sara Hickman, Keb' Mo', Kinky Friedman, Bugs Henderson, Phoebe Legere, and was a perennial opener in Texas for dozens of rock and blues acts, including Johnny Winter, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, War, Huey Lewis and the News, Bad Company, Mitch Ryder, Michael Nesmith and Wanda Jackson.

Riot in Cell Block Number 9

The song has been covered by many cross-genre artists such as The Grateful Dead, The Beach Boys, Wanda Jackson, Vicki Young, Johnny Winter, Dr. Feelgood, The Blues Brothers, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, Johnny Cash, The Coasters and Flat Duo Jets.

Rockabilly 514

Some of the original 1950s rockabilly stars also appear in the documentary: Wanda Jackson (the first lady of rockabilly); The Comets (Bill Haley's original band) and Joe Clay.

Silver Threads and Golden Needles

"Silver Threads and Golden Needles", a song written by Jack Rhodes and Dick Reynolds, was first recorded by Wanda Jackson in 1956.

The Unforgiving Sounds of Maow

The album's best-known song, "Ms. Lefevre", is a silly romp celebrating the character "Renee Lefebvre" from Woody Allen's movie What's New, Pussycat? The album also includes covers of songs by Wanda Jackson ("Mean Mean Mean") and Nancy Sinatra ("How Does That Grab You?").

We'll Sing in the Sunshine

"We'll Sing in the Sunshine" has also been recorded as an album cut in 1964 by Bobbi Martin and also by Dean Martin, in 1965 by the Fleetwoods and also Jane Morgan plus as a duet by Bobby Bare and Skeeter Davis, in 1967 by Sonny & Cher, in 1969 by Wanda Jackson, in 1972 by Wayne Newton, in 1974 by Susan Maughan and in 1984 by Dolly Parton.


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