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 "First Lady of Rockabilly").Jackson mixed country music with fast-moving rockabilly, often recording them on opposite sides of a record. As rockabilly declined in popularity in the mid-1960s, she moved to a successful career in mainstream country music with a string of hits between 1966 and 1973, including "Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine", "A Woman Lives for Love" and "Fancy Satin Pillows".She has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity among rockabilly revivalists in Europe and younger Americana fans, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence in 2009.
I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
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I'm still learning. I pick up something from every performer I watch.
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(observation, 2012) When you're going on seventy-five, you better do it now. It's been exciting for me. I always think, "I wish this crowd could have seen me do these songs when I was younger.".
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Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence on April 4, 2009.
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Inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
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Was a popular headliner in Las Vegas, Nevada from the mid-1950s until the 1970s.
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Title
Year
Status
Character
Rectify
2014
TV Series performer - 1 episode
'71
2014
performer: "RIGHT OR WRONG" / writer: "RIGHT OR WRONG"
Free Ride
2013
performer: "Funnel of Love"
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
performer: "Funnel Of Love"
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2012
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Straw Dogs
2011
performer: "Breathless"
So You Think You Can Dance Canada
2011
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Bridesmaids
2011/I
performer: "Shakin' All Over"
Conan
2011
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Late Show with David Letterman
2011
TV Series performer - 1 episode
True Blood
TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2009 - 2010 writer - 2 episodes, 2009 - 2010
Entourage
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Runaways
2010
performer: "Fujiyama Mama"
Everybody's Fine
2009
performer: "I'd Rather Have You"
Nowhere Boy
2009
performer: "Hard Headed Woman"
The Marty Stuart Show
2009
TV Series performer - 1 episode
RocknRolla
2008
performer: "Funnel of Love"
The Sweet Lady with the Nasty Voice
2008
Documentary performer: "Let's Have A Party", "Hard Headed Woman", "Rock Your Baby", "Funnel Of Love", "I Saw The Light", "Blues At Midnight", "Fujiyama Mama", "Good Rockin' Tonight", "Mean, Mean, Man", "Right Or Wrong", "Santo Domingo", "Rock-A-Billy Fever", "Testimony", "Rolling In My Sweet Baby's Arms" / writer: "Rock Your Baby", "Mean, Mean, Man", "Testimony"
In the Valley of Elah
2007
performer: "What Have We Done" / writer: "What Have We Done"
Big Love
2007
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Walk the Line
2005
performer: "Fujiyama Mama"
But I'm a Cheerleader
1999
performer: "Funnel Of Love"
A Texas Funeral
1999
writer: "Right Or Wrong"
Fast Horses
1998
"Right or Wrong"
A Gun for Jennifer
1997
performer: "This Gun Don't Care Who It Shoots"
Bastard Out of Carolina
1996
performer: "Right Or Wrong I'll Be With You" / writer: "Right Or Wrong I'll Be With You"
Tohuwabohu
1995
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Florida Lady
1994
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Dead Poets Society
1989
performer: "Let's Have a Party"
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Winding Stream
2014
Documentary thanks to
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
One Life No Regrets
2017
Documentary post-production
Herself
The Life and Times of Gene Vincent
2016
Documentary
Herself
Music City USA
2015
Documentary
Herself
Mama Mae: The Life and Music of Mae Boren Axton
2015
Documentary
Herself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2012
TV Series
Herself - Musical Guest
Queens of Country
2012
Herself
VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul
2011
TV Movie
Herself - Performer
CMT Insider
2011
TV Series
Herself
Conan
2011
TV Series
Herself - Musical Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
2011
TV Series
Herself - Musical Guest
Jools's Hootenanny
2010
TV Series
Herself
The Marty Stuart Show
2009
TV Series
Herself - Special Guest
Rockabilly 514
2008
Documentary
Herself
Zibb
2008
TV Series documentary
Herself
American Music: Off the Record
2008
Documentary
Herself
The Sweet Lady with the Nasty Voice
2008
Documentary
Herself
RocKwiz
2007
TV Series
Herself
Biography
2006
TV Series documentary
Herself
CMT: 40 Greatest Women of Country Music
2002
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Das ZDF-Sommerhitfestival
2001
TV Series
Herself
Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly
2001
Video documentary
Herself
The Women of Country
1993
TV Movie
Herself
Praise the Lord
1983
TV Series
Herself
Mallacoota Stampede
1979
Herself
Hee Haw
1970-1973
TV Series
Herself - Special Guest / Herself / Herself - Guest
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