Amoeba Music

By Jonny Whiteside

             With her pin-up girl good looks and built-in knack for supercharged, big beat ravers, singer-guitarist Wanda Jackson is an artistic and cultural force to be reckoned with, one who boldly disregarded mid-1950s social convention and recorded some of the most hard-charging examples of rockabilly ever created. Born October 20, 1937 in Maud, Oklahoma, where her father, Tom, had worked as musician in dance bands, the family re-located to Los Angeles in 1941, quickly moving north to Bakersfield after her father graduated from barber college. By 1943, he had presented Jackson with her first guitar, and by age nine, she was also dabbling both in... Read More

City Of Origin:

Maud, Oklahoma, United States

Genre:

Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Country, Honky Tonk, Gospel & Christian, Gospel

Birthdate:

10/20/1937