WANDA JACKSON
A nice, innocent country girl from mid-state Maud, Oklahoma in Seminole territory had a protective father who aimed to keep her sheltered from a perilous world full of evil adults. Then Wanda Lavonne Jackson, who'd been a singer and musician since she was a child, became a recording artist at 16 and within a few years had developed a wild, "nasty" vocal sound (as even she referred to it), inviting everyone to party with her in downright flirty fashion. It was all part of an act synchronous with the rock and roll manner she assumed a couple of years into her career. Friend and tourmate Elvis Presley was the one who'd encouraged that visible wildness...the selfsame singer who would soon anger watchdog adults seeking to protect '50s youth from ... MORE ››
