Ahhh....another great little Wanda Jackson tune. Great tune.....reminds me just a little bit of'
Laurie Collins... of the " Collins Kids". Rockabilly forever.......where is Wanda when we need here most.....lol.....thanks for posting. Fiftys4ever jeffs45rpm
I played a show with her back in 1956 she stole the whole show.. What a good looking woman-and very good singer ,,Been in love with her ever since.I hit on her she didn't even look... She was a star...
50's Yummy! No wonder Ronstadt had to cover her "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" - Envy in Action. What female vocalist wouldn't want to have her as an idol. What an incredible voice! She has become one of my all-time favorite female vocalists.
Wanda long belong to my favourite stars.She singing perfekt " Rock N" Roll same like Country.If you know somebody.Wanda recorded in our Czech republic with our singer Karel Zich.Called Czech Elvis.Since long past time.
Wow. Recently I saw her in Austin City Limits festival, I saw her first time there. Now she is old and not attractive of course. But now I am watching this and man, it's seems she was so attractive in youth.
If you did not know it was 1960..and in black and white..you could assume this gal would hold her own in today's music field. Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin and Martha Carson were very big in getting women to the front of popular music for the time. We will never see their kind again.
This quite the country classic, never heard it before. Back in my higschool days I knew of Let's Have a Party & Right or Wrong by Wanda, so I knew her as a Rock & Roll singer, even tho she was no Connie Francis, who had a multitude of hits in the doowop era, so this comes as a surprize to me and I take note of other songs by Wanda off to my right of the video. She really had a mover with Let'ss Have a Party, nothing country about that classic. Thanks4 postin'
Very good song that fits Wanda's style perfectly. This performance looks like it was done around 1960, maybe. Wanda has been singing for us for over 50 years! I had the honor of seeing her at a C&W ranch in New Hamp. around 1973. LG
I got to see Wanda Jackson last night here in town. She was so fisty so funny and cute as ever. It was so great being 38 years old and being able to see a legend like her! Awesome!
@smmp123 the announcer said "she's all set with her beautiful, if we had colour tv tonight, her beautiful red dress... " There was only black & white tv back then.
Great song! Can't stop listening to it. One of the first records I ever bought was Wanda Jackson's Let's Have a Party. Thought it was better than Elvis' version.
Lol I am too. But I happen to be Irish and Indian. I'm proud of my roots. Are you a fanatic nut or something? Geez. I know she's from here. Even your family came form someplace. lol
@Okpolosi Everybody's freakin mix. My Dad is Blackfoot and French. My Mother's Irish. Who to Hell knows what's WAY back. lol I know in Maine there are quite a few people that are Irish and Native American and figuring where's she's from she's possibly has Native American too. Look at boxer Tommy Morrison, and others from Oklahoma they have some Native American ancestry. Loretta Lynn and a few others you can see in their bone structure the native American. I mean offense to anyone.
Wow.. this has become one of my favorite tunes and until recently I had never heard much of Wanda Jackson.... wish her later stuff stayed more like this one though!
She dated elvis for some time if I remember correctly. Don't quote me on that. But there's no way she would be as famous. A female as the creator of rock n' roll during the 50's. America would have had no way with it. Sam Phillips made Elvis famous, not the music, there were many others doing it before him.
Sam Philips didn't make Elvis famous. Elvis' talent made Elvis famous. If Sam Philips made Elvis famous, he would have been able to make others just as or even more famous, and he didn't. Besides Elvis didn't really become famous until he went to RCA, and the reason Philips' sold Elvis' contract to RCA was so he could use the money to promote Carl Perkins, thinking Carl Perkins would be even bigger than Elvis was.
And Yes Elvis DID DO IT FIRST. No one before Elvis recorded a song that combined the beat of a country song with the words and passion of a blues song. Before Elvis, songs were either too bluesy or too country to be called Rock n Roll or Rockabilly, whatever you want to call it. Did he do it conscientiously, probably not, but he was still the first. Carl Perkins said, the very first Rockabilly song was Elvis' "That's alright Mama", and he should know he was the father of Rockabilly.
Okay well I say differently as do most music historians. I think you need to look a little further into modern music history. There are MANY tales made around the story of Elvis. I'd suggest looking into visiting Memphis & across the river in Mississipi and speaking with the 60-70 year old crowd. Ask the people there yourself. Stop by the Sun Studio while you're there, take a tour; there you'll hear plenty that will discredit most of what you know about the story of Elvis.
You do realize that most of Elvis's earlier songs were actually copies of music that were made by other musicians already, correct? In fact, the legal battles relative to copyright enfrigement, bankrupted Sam Philips & that's why Elvis was sold off to RCA. His contract went for a mere $50k. It sounds like you've fallen for the media misdirection that the Presley family has put out to pull away from the fact that Elvis's status was created by the likes of Sam Phillips & the entire RCA crowd.
Also, the SOLE reason Elvis' contract was sold to RCA was because Sam Philips' wanted to money to promote Carl Perkins. Perkins also being a song writer, Elvis only a singer, Philips' thought Carl Perkins would be a bigger success than Elvis. The reason again why Elvis was a success was because of his talent not because of any record company promotions. 32 years after Elvis death, he is the #1 selling recording artist in China, is that because Sun & RCA are promoting Elvis.
Is it Elvis' ghost that is recording songs in China, that we don't know about here in America. No it's because the Chinese people like the sound of his music. So don't give me the BS that the only reason Elvis was as big as he was was because Sun & RCA created him. If people didn't like him, no matter how much Sun and RCA promoted him he would not be successful.
Was Elvis the first white singer to sound like a black singer? No Frankie Laine did the same thing a generation before Elvis, Bing Crosby did the same thing a generation before Frankie Laine. But what Elvis did do, that no one before him did, was take a song and combine elements of blues passion and voice inflection and country beat into one song. And that was the beginning of Rock n Roll, not Rocket 88 or 60 Minute Man or The Fat Man '49 or Good Rockin ' Tonight from '47, or any other song
I never suggested that he was the first white to sound like a black. He was marketable in that sense though... and to talk theory...None of Elvis's music truly falls out of the genre of country...it has so many 7th chords and 5th chords. So if your argument is the sound/ theory of those other songs is they're too country or to bluesy...Elvis's stuff is too. You're twisting fact...and arguing opinion. I can go on for days like this...I have studied theory all my life.
You are right, songs like "Jailhouse Rock", "Hound Dog", "King Creole" all country songs.
Of course a lot of his early songs will sound a little like country, Rock n Roll is the offspring of Blues and Country combined. You take blues lyrics and passion add a country beat and u have rock n roll, and visa versa, take a country song's lyrics, add a blues sound and passion and u have rock and roll, but no matter which way you do it Elvis still recorded it first.
Yes I know Elvis only covered songs already released as well as having songs written for him. And I know all the songs he covered, in the early days, and his sounded nothing like the originals, except for that's alright mama which sounds like the original, and I have all the originals, as well as the covered of those originals before he covered them.
And get your facts, straight, Sun never filed for bankruptcy. Who filed for bankruptcy was the original tenet in the sun building prior to Sam Philips forming sun records, that Philips' bought out to start Sun Records.
I never said Sam Philips "filed for bankruptcy". I said that he was bankrupt, meaning: He himself was in a financial bind and the sale of Elvis's contract is what bailed him out.
I have been to Sun Records, according to them Rocket 88 from 1951 is the first Rock & Roll song. I disagree, that song is way to bluesy still to be a Rock n Roll song, Bill Haley's cover from the same year is just a country version of the same song. Elvis contract was sold for 35K not 50K, which at the time was the largest any recording contract was ever sold for, so you cant say a mere 50K.
Why worry about cameras - I'm still partial to any gal that plays guitar and sings and Wanda is one of the best - hadn't seen any footage of her until we finally got Hi-speed - VERY enjoyable thanks for posting - was this before the Elvis shows?? RMANL
Wow, terrific video. She starts out low-key, then really gets into it as the tune goes along . . . sassy, confident, talented. Real country music and real country music history. Enjoyed this a lot, thanks for sharing.
@blueshirt94 Its Rockabilly, the begining of rock n roll. She is known to many as the First Lady (or Queen) of Rockabilly. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence on April 4, 2009.
@mondo78 Yeah, you're right, that's a better label. I know rockabilly - would you believe that a couple of years ago the guy who came to fix our home freezer turned out to be Eddie Cochran's nephew Bobby Cochran. We got to talking, I pulled out a guitar and handed it to him, and he TORE IT UP. I mean well-done Danny Gatton type stuff. Thanks for the correction.
Thank you so much sharing this clip. I had a lot of fun watching that. She seems so natural there; an eloquent performer. And she seemed to be having such a good time too! Great stuff.
truly one of the premeir rockabilly performers of her time and finally her time has come to be inducted in the rock and roll hall of fame .well deserved!!!
What ? You don't like pukes who wear shirts that are too small for them and spew cliche-laden songs ? You know the ones , " Gimme a dirt road , Bud Light , and Skynyrd ... " .
Wanda Jackson , John Anderson , Don Williams , Gary Stewart , Charlie Pride , or Dwight Yoakam will do just fine , thanks .
She could get it.....about 60 years ago. lol
Mikelovision 1 week ago
Ahhh....another great little Wanda Jackson tune. Great tune.....reminds me just a little bit of'
Laurie Collins... of the " Collins Kids". Rockabilly forever.......where is Wanda when we need here most.....lol.....thanks for posting. Fiftys4ever jeffs45rpm
Jeffs45rpm 1 month ago
I played a show with her back in 1956 she stole the whole show.. What a good looking woman-and very good singer ,,Been in love with her ever since.I hit on her she didn't even look... She was a star...
MrLongtimegone 2 months ago
wonder if she's singin' about my eyes! LOL
coreyrydermusic 2 months ago
ok!!!.
rock&roll
se sale....,es la hostia,toco hace 1semana en madrid,y no me entere!!!
la reina!!!
punkisdead36 2 months ago
50's Yummy! No wonder Ronstadt had to cover her "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" - Envy in Action. What female vocalist wouldn't want to have her as an idol. What an incredible voice! She has become one of my all-time favorite female vocalists.
Informed104 2 months ago
Not only did she have the voice, but what a gorgeous woman!
sampleking84 3 months ago
Wanda long belong to my favourite stars.She singing perfekt " Rock N" Roll same like Country.If you know somebody.Wanda recorded in our Czech republic with our singer Karel Zich.Called Czech Elvis.Since long past time.
jaromir1942 3 months ago
Wow. Recently I saw her in Austin City Limits festival, I saw her first time there. Now she is old and not attractive of course. But now I am watching this and man, it's seems she was so attractive in youth.
zukaka84 3 months ago
Man, she was a lovely muffin!
GriffonKeeper 5 months ago
whta is wrong with the 11 dislikes,,, they must be queers,
MrRifleman270 5 months ago
Jesus, she was good.
johniedesk1 5 months ago
Um, where have i been~how come I've never heard of her before? YES~. Rock on Wanda!!!
eliz49 5 months ago 3
Witch year is it?
RasPoeTa 5 months ago
@RasPoeTa Which year, you ask ? Mid 1950's.
goducks20101 5 months ago
only cool people listen to this
Coralloblu123 5 months ago 3
@Coralloblu123
You're so right!
jamcrane3 5 months ago
YES, THIS IS A REAL COUNTRY....WANDA THE QUEEN OF ROCKABILLY
ericvonmelo 5 months ago
going to an adele concert! im so glad she's gonna be opening!
flyarkantos 6 months ago
SHE WAS HOT!!
haole345 6 months ago 2
saw wanda jackson at a kvoo picnic in tulsa when i was a kido....she was short...lol...but a really really lovely person nice as can be
braintech928 6 months ago
Wanda is Fantastic! WHy is there not any music like this today?
BackriverRebel 6 months ago
the 11 dislikes must be 11 faggots
MrRifleman270 6 months ago
Renegades of Punk
RevDrDark 6 months ago
She is my fucking idol
1Beatlemaniac1 7 months ago
What a filly!
GriffonKeeper 7 months ago
What a filly!
GriffonKeeper 7 months ago 3
She is so cute and sweet.
lancetuffy 7 months ago
ANNY RESEMBLANCE WITH LILLY ALLEN IT´S MERE COINCIDENCE JAJAJA!!
Adpugnam 7 months ago
She Knew How to Rock Before women were allowd. One Hot Chick in her Time
sunrecords56 8 months ago 20
Wanda and Fujijama,o.k
44zbyszek 8 months ago
Elle est tellement belle!
yrmop 9 months ago
very good stuff
MrRifleman270 9 months ago
wanda is hot. Bet you didnt cross her without taking a real chance though lol
itsdandamage 10 months ago
Yep this old Ampex tapes....
wastl700 10 months ago
Camaraman is a complete technical retard. Damnit.
Khultan 10 months ago
Man, she was hot !
18roger1986 11 months ago
she's so amazing! <3
1wolfiesLady 11 months ago
She looks like Megan Fox here
hellokittydolll 11 months ago
i'm kinda fonda wanda...
thepofmeister 11 months ago 3
Rockabilly Badass Babe - and FIRST woman of ROCK! WOOT! :D
LillyBunnyBoo 1 year ago
saw her on conan the other day and you could just tell by the way she acted that she was a badass so i had to look her up and i was right
pulpnonfiction13 1 year ago 13
@pulpnonfiction13 same here lol
mytastycakes69 1 year ago
She really does look like Miley Cyrus that is ridiculous!
TheBigfatmadcowmoo 1 year ago
Man, she was HOT back in the day!!
wvClifton 1 year ago 2
Love HER!!
ATXpothead420 1 year ago
epic
HajrudinPranjga 1 year ago
man i don't even like country music but this is just so badass.
instasis 1 year ago 3
grande
lacasitademadera 1 year ago
cool
FiswaT 1 year ago
Wow, Miley Cyrus is a dead ringer for her.
mitsteig 1 year ago
Elvis = King ! Wanda Jackson = Queen!
sberardo 1 year ago 3
What show was that from? Year? Curious, thanks
pants44610 1 year ago
This is a brilliant version, by far my favourie. Wanda is just magnificent.
ikilledawhale 1 year ago
Wow !! Keep 'em coming !!
pyramidprowler 1 year ago
she's great.. but her eyes look crzy/ evil
ktbaby077 1 year ago
@ktbaby077 Just because she has veryb high cheek bones and is a little boney.
dkfelix 1 year ago
If you did not know it was 1960..and in black and white..you could assume this gal would hold her own in today's music field. Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin and Martha Carson were very big in getting women to the front of popular music for the time. We will never see their kind again.
MrBollinger1967 1 year ago
Well there´s my mom haha she looks just like her (when young :P) Wanda is great!!!
Lorenacorsa 1 year ago
The queen of rockabilly.
brian4858 1 year ago
This is a stumble upon that sent memories rushing back, thank you for posting this gtichy ya made me younger for a spell
JahaysusKahrist 1 year ago
buena musica
buena presencia
exelente voz
akua102 1 year ago
Wanda likes sweden her last at "Droskan" in Umeå
I got her to our town
she likes sweden but she is old now and it cost money
on tour...many thanks for this movie :)
hotdog4sex 1 year ago
LOVE THIS!!
socaldad55 1 year ago
She's just wonderful..
RocknRollMadam 1 year ago
Didn't know much about her... man she was a natural beauty.
OlfArts 1 year ago
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She is soooo hot.
ChrisWinters68 1 year ago
Think she's from Alabama--such a wnderful vid
micmoable 1 year ago
@micmoable Nope, she's from Oklahoma.
Altanon 1 year ago
What year was this, do you suppose? 1958-1960?
soverysneaky 1 year ago
This quite the country classic, never heard it before. Back in my higschool days I knew of Let's Have a Party & Right or Wrong by Wanda, so I knew her as a Rock & Roll singer, even tho she was no Connie Francis, who had a multitude of hits in the doowop era, so this comes as a surprize to me and I take note of other songs by Wanda off to my right of the video. She really had a mover with Let'ss Have a Party, nothing country about that classic. Thanks4 postin'
Ezdduf4kuZ 1 year ago
Very good song that fits Wanda's style perfectly. This performance looks like it was done around 1960, maybe. Wanda has been singing for us for over 50 years! I had the honor of seeing her at a C&W ranch in New Hamp. around 1973. LG
obg3leng3 1 year ago
Southern Belle
sunrecords56 1 year ago
god bless the internet!
xanfus 1 year ago
super!!!
rdvslade 1 year ago
This is great! Thanks for posting it.
bulbheadmyass 1 year ago
I got to see Wanda Jackson last night here in town. She was so fisty so funny and cute as ever. It was so great being 38 years old and being able to see a legend like her! Awesome!
debidodaday 1 year ago 3
Can anyone tell me what the person introducing Wanda says here: "with her beautiful .......... colored ........ tonight"?
smmp123 1 year ago
@smmp123 the announcer said "she's all set with her beautiful, if we had colour tv tonight, her beautiful red dress... " There was only black & white tv back then.
RobMackenzie 1 year ago
@RobMackenzie Thanks a lot for answering. That's cleared it up!
smmp123 1 year ago
cool
Doderhultarn89 1 year ago
i saw her at viva las vegas!!!!! :o)
nino1nino 1 year ago
this song was originally done by Webb Pierce, but his version sucks compared to this!! Wanda Jackson is a true singing legend!
julie0348 1 year ago 2
@julie0348
With the Wilburn Brothers
kjun03 1 year ago
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kjun03 1 year ago
Love Wanda. I'd love to see her in that red dress in color. ♥
motownmaniax 1 year ago
Great song! Can't stop listening to it. One of the first records I ever bought was Wanda Jackson's Let's Have a Party. Thought it was better than Elvis' version.
smmp123 1 year ago
I probably won't sleep tonight now.
wvdogknot 1 year ago
Did they film her only at the waist up like Elvis? She did have some moves on other video's.
SuesDaytona 1 year ago
@SuesDaytona Yes, Sue. Wanda mentions that they did her like they did Elvis.
Wanda dressed and moved with a complete stage awareness (intelligent). Then when she left the stage she was a consummate Lady!
kjun03 1 year ago
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SuesDaytona 1 year ago
@kjun03
That's what I thought, It was obvious!! LOL! I'm sure she's every bit of a lady and no buddies fool too!!
SuesDaytona 1 year ago
Not that it really matters. But what nationality is she? I'm guessing maybe Irish, Indian, or Mexican heritage.
SuesDaytona 1 year ago
Shes full blooded American and don't you forget that.
joker1ification 1 year ago
Lol I am too. But I happen to be Irish and Indian. I'm proud of my roots. Are you a fanatic nut or something? Geez. I know she's from here. Even your family came form someplace. lol
SuesDaytona 1 year ago 16
@SuesDaytona Chickasaw & Irish here...are you saying Wanda is a mix?
Okpolosi 9 months ago
@Okpolosi Everybody's freakin mix. My Dad is Blackfoot and French. My Mother's Irish. Who to Hell knows what's WAY back. lol I know in Maine there are quite a few people that are Irish and Native American and figuring where's she's from she's possibly has Native American too. Look at boxer Tommy Morrison, and others from Oklahoma they have some Native American ancestry. Loretta Lynn and a few others you can see in their bone structure the native American. I mean offense to anyone.
SuesDaytona 9 months ago
@SuesDaytona I meant to say "no offense" HAHAHAHAHAHA
SuesDaytona 9 months ago
I'll be seein' her in 3 weeks @ Viva Las Vegas the day I'm gettin' Married!
teddyboyward 1 year ago
Wow.. this has become one of my favorite tunes and until recently I had never heard much of Wanda Jackson.... wish her later stuff stayed more like this one though!
baarrsski 1 year ago
Quite possibly the most beautiful Woman I have ever seen...!!!
DraggDaddy 2 years ago 3
I Love Wanda Jackson!
LittleMissStuckUp 2 years ago 2
superb!!
laurelfan1 2 years ago
Love her singing!
dearmalika 2 years ago
Wow, She just made another fan. What a singer.
SuesDaytona 2 years ago
Beautiful. Thanks
friscolobo 2 years ago
Wanda<33333
SuperRosie666 2 years ago
Wow this woman could sing, and I've never even heard of her. Hear the way how she says " beautiful dove " ? Classic Vocals .
truthhitmanisback 2 years ago
One of a kind! Love Wanda!!!
lifeisloveislife7 2 years ago 2
She dated elvis for some time if I remember correctly. Don't quote me on that. But there's no way she would be as famous. A female as the creator of rock n' roll during the 50's. America would have had no way with it. Sam Phillips made Elvis famous, not the music, there were many others doing it before him.
adamroorda 2 years ago
Saw her in concert last night & she talked about dating Elvis, so you are correct about that!
lifeisloveislife7 2 years ago
Sam Philips didn't make Elvis famous. Elvis' talent made Elvis famous. If Sam Philips made Elvis famous, he would have been able to make others just as or even more famous, and he didn't. Besides Elvis didn't really become famous until he went to RCA, and the reason Philips' sold Elvis' contract to RCA was so he could use the money to promote Carl Perkins, thinking Carl Perkins would be even bigger than Elvis was.
EbonyBunny1 2 years ago 2
And Yes Elvis DID DO IT FIRST. No one before Elvis recorded a song that combined the beat of a country song with the words and passion of a blues song. Before Elvis, songs were either too bluesy or too country to be called Rock n Roll or Rockabilly, whatever you want to call it. Did he do it conscientiously, probably not, but he was still the first. Carl Perkins said, the very first Rockabilly song was Elvis' "That's alright Mama", and he should know he was the father of Rockabilly.
EbonyBunny1 2 years ago 2
Okay well I say differently as do most music historians. I think you need to look a little further into modern music history. There are MANY tales made around the story of Elvis. I'd suggest looking into visiting Memphis & across the river in Mississipi and speaking with the 60-70 year old crowd. Ask the people there yourself. Stop by the Sun Studio while you're there, take a tour; there you'll hear plenty that will discredit most of what you know about the story of Elvis.
adamroorda 2 years ago
You do realize that most of Elvis's earlier songs were actually copies of music that were made by other musicians already, correct? In fact, the legal battles relative to copyright enfrigement, bankrupted Sam Philips & that's why Elvis was sold off to RCA. His contract went for a mere $50k. It sounds like you've fallen for the media misdirection that the Presley family has put out to pull away from the fact that Elvis's status was created by the likes of Sam Phillips & the entire RCA crowd.
adamroorda 2 years ago
Also, the SOLE reason Elvis' contract was sold to RCA was because Sam Philips' wanted to money to promote Carl Perkins. Perkins also being a song writer, Elvis only a singer, Philips' thought Carl Perkins would be a bigger success than Elvis. The reason again why Elvis was a success was because of his talent not because of any record company promotions. 32 years after Elvis death, he is the #1 selling recording artist in China, is that because Sun & RCA are promoting Elvis.
EbonyBunny1 2 years ago
Is it Elvis' ghost that is recording songs in China, that we don't know about here in America. No it's because the Chinese people like the sound of his music. So don't give me the BS that the only reason Elvis was as big as he was was because Sun & RCA created him. If people didn't like him, no matter how much Sun and RCA promoted him he would not be successful.
EbonyBunny1 2 years ago
Was Elvis the first white singer to sound like a black singer? No Frankie Laine did the same thing a generation before Elvis, Bing Crosby did the same thing a generation before Frankie Laine. But what Elvis did do, that no one before him did, was take a song and combine elements of blues passion and voice inflection and country beat into one song. And that was the beginning of Rock n Roll, not Rocket 88 or 60 Minute Man or The Fat Man '49 or Good Rockin ' Tonight from '47, or any other song
EbonyBunny1 2 years ago
I never suggested that he was the first white to sound like a black. He was marketable in that sense though... and to talk theory...None of Elvis's music truly falls out of the genre of country...it has so many 7th chords and 5th chords. So if your argument is the sound/ theory of those other songs is they're too country or to bluesy...Elvis's stuff is too. You're twisting fact...and arguing opinion. I can go on for days like this...I have studied theory all my life.
adamroorda 2 years ago
You are right, songs like "Jailhouse Rock", "Hound Dog", "King Creole" all country songs.
Of course a lot of his early songs will sound a little like country, Rock n Roll is the offspring of Blues and Country combined. You take blues lyrics and passion add a country beat and u have rock n roll, and visa versa, take a country song's lyrics, add a blues sound and passion and u have rock and roll, but no matter which way you do it Elvis still recorded it first.
EbonyBunny1 2 years ago
Yes I know Elvis only covered songs already released as well as having songs written for him. And I know all the songs he covered, in the early days, and his sounded nothing like the originals, except for that's alright mama which sounds like the original, and I have all the originals, as well as the covered of those originals before he covered them.
EbonyBunny1 2 years ago
And get your facts, straight, Sun never filed for bankruptcy. Who filed for bankruptcy was the original tenet in the sun building prior to Sam Philips forming sun records, that Philips' bought out to start Sun Records.
EbonyBunny1 2 years ago
I never said Sam Philips "filed for bankruptcy". I said that he was bankrupt, meaning: He himself was in a financial bind and the sale of Elvis's contract is what bailed him out.
adamroorda 2 years ago
I have been to Sun Records, according to them Rocket 88 from 1951 is the first Rock & Roll song. I disagree, that song is way to bluesy still to be a Rock n Roll song, Bill Haley's cover from the same year is just a country version of the same song. Elvis contract was sold for 35K not 50K, which at the time was the largest any recording contract was ever sold for, so you cant say a mere 50K.
EbonyBunny1 2 years ago
Heh, she looked like she'd rather be somewhere else.
She looked like a rough country gal. Nice to look at too.
ManilaSyndicate 2 years ago
Are you sure you have never heard "Let´s Have A Party"?
I have to admit I needed youtube to get to know her other songs, too...
lapislazuli7 2 years ago
Still working some and still lives in Okalhoma City.
85oldschool 2 years ago
"those two brown eyes, that sparkle with love..."
I had this stuck in my head during school all day today... haha. but I love Wanda Jackson.
WishingOnSunflowers 2 years ago
WANDA has just landed from outer space - hasn´t she ??? I´m real´glad to see this
MercNCaddriver 2 years ago
A beautiful woman with a beautiful voice to match. Enough said.
Preacherman1882 2 years ago 2
Phenominal as always!!! Go Wanda!
MrSunlazer 2 years ago
I loooooooooove Wanda!
slopbucket74 2 years ago
Why worry about cameras - I'm still partial to any gal that plays guitar and sings and Wanda is one of the best - hadn't seen any footage of her until we finally got Hi-speed - VERY enjoyable thanks for posting - was this before the Elvis shows?? RMANL
stjoeisle 2 years ago
got all her rockabilly song G-R-E-A-T-
Lungomolto 2 years ago
Hell yea, she's my numero unO!
2kool4skewl77 2 years ago
I like the comment about the cameras, I had to watch again and laugh! Cute Wanda... She's one funny great woman!
babyrebbel 2 years ago 2
Great stuff!
ColdFusionGames 2 years ago
Wanda, Baby !!! -- you're supposed to face the camera with the light on it !!
forasong1 2 years ago
shane fentone does a good rock and roll version of this song
greaser1993 2 years ago
shes the whole package i have all her earliest albums
vincenz55 2 years ago
Wow, terrific video. She starts out low-key, then really gets into it as the tune goes along . . . sassy, confident, talented. Real country music and real country music history. Enjoyed this a lot, thanks for sharing.
blueshirt94 2 years ago 18
@blueshirt94 Its Rockabilly, the begining of rock n roll. She is known to many as the First Lady (or Queen) of Rockabilly. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence on April 4, 2009.
mondo78 1 year ago
@mondo78 Yeah, you're right, that's a better label. I know rockabilly - would you believe that a couple of years ago the guy who came to fix our home freezer turned out to be Eddie Cochran's nephew Bobby Cochran. We got to talking, I pulled out a guitar and handed it to him, and he TORE IT UP. I mean well-done Danny Gatton type stuff. Thanks for the correction.
blueshirt94 1 year ago
@blueshirt94 i dunno - she kinda looks angry and wounded and full of ' tude which is real for them times
Jeddystardog 1 year ago
This is a terrific video. Her beauty and singing talent shows why I had a thing for her when I was a young boy in the 50's.
mcdoodad60 2 years ago 3
what a beautiful lady!
patjames123 2 years ago 4
Yiee-pe-yoo-ho!! I'm stomping my feet and snapping my fingers! This makes me happy. Thanks for sharing :-)
MauriceFlower 2 years ago 4
thankyou great singer
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xxlabasxx 2 years ago
THAT VOICE!!
greatness
addicted0MUSIC 2 years ago 3
Saw her perform a couple of years ago and she still has that spark and enthusiasm.
wally1435 2 years ago 3
This woman is a phenomenon, just so wonderful
KYellow38 2 years ago 6
Thank you so much sharing this clip. I had a lot of fun watching that. She seems so natural there; an eloquent performer. And she seemed to be having such a good time too! Great stuff.
FrasierDelboyFan 2 years ago 16
Wanda - fly to my little shack in austria. I have blue eyes - hope that doesn't matter 8o))
viennacat68 2 years ago
Thanks For Uploading This Video Its Great!
50sRocKabilly 2 years ago 3
stunning ..thxs..
spliff4peace08 2 years ago
truly one of the premeir rockabilly performers of her time and finally her time has come to be inducted in the rock and roll hall of fame .well deserved!!!
lumberjavk 2 years ago 5
Missing link between Hank Williams and the B52s
solarisqs 2 years ago 5
great comment!!!!!!!!!!!!
kickfostermac 2 years ago
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Why does she sound like she sucked in a bunch of helium? Distorted sound from old film?
nikkk0123 2 years ago
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wait...this is getting into the rock and roll hall of fame??
ThaJoker71 2 years ago
Yes, what did you expect? Rock and Roll. That's what's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
signjay 2 years ago 4
Well Run-DMC is being inducted as well, which is not rock and roll.
ThaJoker71 2 years ago 2
i don't think run dmc should be inducted, but it's because hip-hop came from rock.
MidEastSoprano 2 years ago
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signjay 2 years ago 2
She is going to be inducted on April 4th !
WonderWomandc 2 years ago 4
Thanks! Good news indeed!
signjay 2 years ago 2
I agree and saw her several times in concert!
386due 2 years ago
she IS getting inducted into the Rock Hall.
ohbibliophile 2 years ago 2
i've never heard of this chic but she can rock! this is cool!
jonmorr777 2 years ago 2
iusnt a brown eye your butthole?
GooksOnHeroin 2 years ago
the queen of rockabilly
lumberjavk 2 years ago 2
This should SCHOOL all those "pop-country vixens" of today...none can hold a candle to Ms. Jackson!!!
outsidetherain 2 years ago
Just Great!
eckerbat 2 years ago
can't top it, with anything today.
hindview 3 years ago
What a film.
She is otherwordly -is that a word?
Thanks for posting.
prestodan 3 years ago
I wouldn't give you two cents for this crap today that they call country music.
hindview 3 years ago 15
Being 78, I know exactly what you mean.
whitt702 2 years ago 2
@hindview the new country is gay
fleischpudding 1 year ago 63
@fleischpudding
What ? You don't like pukes who wear shirts that are too small for them and spew cliche-laden songs ? You know the ones , " Gimme a dirt road , Bud Light , and Skynyrd ... " .
Wanda Jackson , John Anderson , Don Williams , Gary Stewart , Charlie Pride , or Dwight Yoakam will do just fine , thanks .
squabs217 1 year ago