4 Rockabilly PARTY songs - Wanda Jackson plus

There's A Party Goin' On was Wanda's 1961 rock+roll album, very rare. Along with general R+R songs there were two other "Party" songs as followups to Let's Have a Party (not on the album): Man We Had a Party, and the title song, which was original. The first one had been around before as Did We Have a Party.
Here's the groove:

1) Did We Have a Party by Billy Brown from 1957
2) Man We Had a Party by Wanda
3) There's a Party Goin' On by Wanda
4) Crash the Party by Benny Joy from 1959

None of these were hits.
Don't buy a Wanda collection unless it has all 3 party songs.
This album is available for download at Amazon.com.
The lead guitarist on this album was Roy Clark.
Let's Have a Party was recorded in 1958 using Gene Vincent's group The BlueCaps. The song was simply included on her country album "Wanda Jackson" (Capitol #1041). In 1960 there was the LP "Rockin' With Wanda" which included her recent rockabilly singles, but all the songs were not pure R+R. Let's Have a Party was released as a single in 1960 and reached #37, but wasn't widely known at the time.
She was mainly Country in her career, only had the one r+r hit on the pop charts, and so is not currently in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. She's still performing and singing well.
Did you know Elvis Presley was her boyfriend in their early careers.

A discography of her early rock+roll records can be seen at:
http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/j/jack7000.htm

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• rockabilly
• 1950s
• oldies
• Wanda Jackson

[Gatorrock786]

I recommend the CD "Wanda Rocks" for all the best R 'n' R songs Wanda recorded. It's from Bear Family Records and available on Amazon and everywhere online. It includes well-researched liner notes and tons of fun pics. Also please check out my channel for the mother-load of Wanda videos... old and new!

[GSilverWorld]

I was just looking at your motherlode the last couple days before posting. Those Town Hall Parties are something. Don't see hers on DVD, but it's on vinyl (from digital I suppose).

You found this one as soon as it came on!

[BigM74]

Wanda Jackson will be a 2009 inductee into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame.

Congradulations Wanda!

[Follaton]

Wanda Jackson... The rockabilly queen.

She's just the best. Congratulations to this incredible woman.

[TheLongshot11]

Sorry I am not a RACIAN but I do lean to the South.Jack

[roberto48882]

gRACIAS DESDE MEXICO!! sALUDOS

[John1948ThirteenA]

Thank you.

[ojce]

......

1) Did We Have a Party by Billy Brown from 1957

2) Man We Had a Party by Wanda

3) There's a Party Goin' On by Wanda

4) Crash the Party by Benny Joy from 1959

[GeoSilverMore]

There's a "+" after her name.

[John1948ThirteenA]

That man singing certainly isn't Wanda Jackson. Come on...

[GSMovieMoments]

musicstack(com), gemm(com) ...

[marcelhurtubise]

j'ai 3 longs jeux de wanda jackson et je

voudras en procuré d'autres dans qu'elle

magasin je doit aller

merci

[rorygg1]

maybe so, but i never heard of them, with the exception of janis martin, brenda lee, lulu, and a few local singers in country bands. wanda kicks the crap out of all of them. if you know of some other girls , let me know !!!!!!!!!