Every Night Is Saturday Night
A Country Girl's Journey To The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
by Wanda Jackson, Scott B. Bomar
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Pub Date Nov 14 2017 | Archive Date Dec 14 2017
BMG Books | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
Description
An iconic performer known as the “Queen of Rockabilly” and the “First Lady of Rock & Roll,” Wanda Jackson landed more than thirty singles on the country and pop charts between 1954 and 1974. Starting out as a country singer, Wanda hit the road after high school graduation, playing package shows with Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley. It was Elvis who gave Wanda his ring, asked her to be "his girl," and encouraged the Oklahoma native to become one of the first females to record rock music. Every Night is Saturday Night is the rockin’ great-grandmother’s chance to share personal memories of her relationship with Elvis; the challenges she and her integrated band, The Party Timers, faced when touring in a less racially tolerant era; the hurdles she overcame as a woman who introduced sex appeal to country music and growling femininity to rock & roll; how she ultimately found the love of her life; her recent work with rock luminaries such as Jack White and Joan Jett; and how her deep faith has sustained her over more than seven decades of rocking, shocking, and thrilling audiences around the globe.
Advance Praise
“I love her. She’s so brilliant. I don’t think ‘Rollin’ in the Deep’ would exist if it wasn’t for Wanda Jackson.” —Adele
"Look around today and you can hear lots of rocking girl singers who owe an unconscious debt to the mere idea of a woman like Wanda. She was standing up on stage with a guitar in her hands and making a sound that was as wild and raw as any rocker, man or woman, while other gals were still asking, 'How much is that doggy in the window?'" —Elvis Costello
“She’s influential to every modern female singer, whether they know about her or not. She broke down those walls in the beginning, when it was the hardest to do.” —Jack White
“There’s an authenticity in her voice that conjures up a world and a very distinct and particular place in time.” —Bruce Springsteen
“As you look up the history of your roots in music, you don’t find a lot of women. But Wanda Jackson was right there, at the beginning of it….“I learned to sing rock ’n’ roll by listening to Wanda Jackson, but I learned about country music from her, too.” —Cyndi Lauper
“Wanda Jackson, an atomic fireball of a lady, could have a smash hit with just about anything.” —Bob Dylan
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781947026018 |
| PRICE | $24.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 350 |
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