1. Let's Have a Party - Wanda Jackson, Robinson, Jessie Ma
2. Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad - Wanda Jackson, Barker, Danny
3. Fujiyama Mama - Wanda Jackson, Burrows, Earl
4. Money Honey - Wanda Jackson, Stone, Jesse
5. Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Wanda Jackson, Berry, Chuck
6. Long Tall Sally - Wanda Jackson, Johnson, Enotris
7. Hard Headed Woman - Wanda Jackson, Demetruis, Claude
8. Lonely Weekends - Wanda Jackson, Rich, Charlie
9. Memphis, Tennessee - Wanda Jackson, Berry, Chuck
10. Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On - Wanda Jackson, David
11. Honey Don't - Wanda Jackson, Perkins, Carl
12. Candy Man - Wanda Jackson, Ross, B.
13. Rip It Up - Wanda Jackson, Blackwell, Bumps
14. Riot in Cell Block Number Nine - Wanda Jackson, Leiber, Jerry
15. Stupid Cupid - Wanda Jackson, Sedaka, Neil
16. Slippin' and Slidin' - Wanda Jackson, Penniman, Richard W
17. My Baby Left Me - Wanda Jackson, Crudup, Arthur
18. Who Shot Sam - Wanda Jackson, Jackson, C.
19. Kansas City - Wanda Jackson, Leiber, Jerry
20. Mean, Mean Man - Wanda Jackson, Jackson, Wanda
21. It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Wanda Jackson, Anka, Paul
22. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Wanda Jackson, Williams, Hank
23. Honey Bop - Wanda Jackson, Axton, Mae Boren
24. Yakety-Yak - Wanda Jackson, Leiber, Jerry
Album Description
2007 two CD collection from the female wildcat herself, Miss Wanda Jackson. Often referred to as 'the female Elvis', Wanda was a '50s Rock 'N' Roll dynamo that may not have had Elvis' fame, but she sure did have his fire! Don't call her diva, call her Miss Jackson, the wildest kitten in Rock history! 48 tracks including 'I Gotta Know', 'Slippin'', 'My Big Iron Skillet', 'Right Or Wrong', 'My Baby Walked Right Out On Me' and many more. EMI Gold.
Album Details
2007 Digitally Remastered Anthology of the Original Recordings by "The First Female Rock N Roll Singer" from the 1950's who Drifted Into Rockabilly Territory Toward the End of that Decade and Into the 1960's, Then all Out Country Later in Life.
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- Audio CD: 0 pages (2007-07-09)
- Publisher: EMI Europe Generic
- Label: EMI Europe Generic
- Format: Import
- Studio: EMI Europe Generic
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- Sales Rank in Music: #33064
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Summary: Justifies its ultimate collection 2008-05-09
Comment: So many compilations are called ultimate collections but this is one of the few that justifies it, at least as far as the music is concerned. The liner notes are informative regarding her formative years (before she signed for Capitol) but don't say much about the actual music. Fortunately, there are plenty of other places from which this information is obtainable including Wikipedia.
Wanda Jackson started as a country singer but quickly switched to rock'n'roll. Later, she returned to country music although this phase of her career generally yielded mellower music than her brief early period as a country singer. On this compilation, the first CD is devoted to country music and the second to rock'n'roll. Of course, if you are only interested in one period of her career, there are plenty of other compilations of Wanda's music to choose from. This compilation is for those who enjoy all of Wanda's music.
Wanda's first Capitol single (I gotta know) opens the first CD. Also from 1956 comes Wanda's recording of Silver threads and golden needles. Wanda was the first singer to record this song but it seemed to have been ignored until Skeeter Davis included a cover of it on her debut album. The Springfields heard Skeeter's version, covered it and had an American pop and country hit with it. Linda Ronstadt recorded the song twice (once for Capitol and once for Asylum). Since then, it has become a popular song with country music fans, but few of them realize that Wanda Jackson was the original singer. The remaining tracks on the first CD are from the sixties. We'll come to those later.
The rock'n'roll CD opens with Let's have a party (a minor American pop hit) and includes Fujiyama Mama (a Japanese number one hit) that was itself a cover of a blues song first recorded by Annisteen Allen. The remainder of this CD contains plenty of covers of familiar songs associated with such stars as Connie Francis (Stupid Cupid), Buddy Holly (It doesn't matter anymore), Chuck Berry (Brown eyed handsome man, Memphis Tennessee), Little Richard (Long tall Sally), the Coasters (Yakety axe - an instrumental version of this title eventually became Benny Hill's theme tune) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Whole lot of shaking going on). There are also rocking covers of songs originally recorded by Hank Williams (Jambalaya) and George Jones (Who shot Sam). Wanda recorded some of the tracks on this CD after returning to country music, but the compiler wisely included them on this CD.
Wanda returned to country music in 1961, scoring top ten country hits with Right or wrong (the title of one of George Strait's early hits, but his song is completely different - it is not a cover of Wanda's song) and In the middle of a heartache. In subsequent years, Wanda had 23 more hits on the country charts, the last coming in 1972, but never again made the top ten. Some of these hits were very minor but all of Wanda's hits that really matter are included. If I cried every time you hurt me, The violet and the rose, The box it came in, Both sides of the line, Tears will be the chaser for your wine, My baby walked out on me, A girl don't have to drink to have fun, My big iron skillet, Two separate bar stools, A woman lives for love and Fancy satin pillows all made the top forty in the country charts and are included here. Two other top forty country hits (Because it's you, I already know what I'm getting for my birthday) are omitted, along with all the hits that didn't get that high. Wanda's fanatical supporters will (if able to afford it) already have the two Bear Family boxed sets that contain twelve CD's between them, so they won't worry about the omissions.
Instead of including as many minor hits as they could squeeze in, the compiler chose to include a selection of covers of songs made famous by others including three Hank Williams songs (I'm so lonesome I could cry, You win again, Cold cold heart) and two live duets with Mike Post of songs associated with Johnny Cash and June Carter (Jackson, Long legged guitar picking man).
This double CD contains all of Wanda's essential music and will satisfy most needs. Bear Family cater (at a price) for those who want everything that Wanda recorded on Capitol. The rest of us can listen to this and wonder why Wanda didn't become a huge star.
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