Wanda Jackson singles discography
The singles discography of Wanda Jackson, an American recording artist, consists of seventy-eight singles, nine international singles, one charting b-side, and three music videos. In 1954 at age sixteen, she signed as a country artist with Decca Records. Her debut single was a duet recording with Billy Gray which reached the eighth spot on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, also in 1954. Refusing to tour until completing high school, Jackson's further singles for Decca failed gaining success.[1] She signed with Capitol Records in 1956 and began incorporating rock and roll into her musical style. Jackson's first Capitol single exemplified this format ("I Gotta Know") and became a national top-twenty country hit.[2] Follow-up rock singles between 1957 and 1959 failed gaining enough attention to become hits including, "Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad", "Fujiyama Mama", and "Honey Bop".[1] In 1960 however, the rock and roll-themed, "Let's Have a Party", became Jackson's first Billboard top-forty pop hit after it was picked up by an Iowa disc jockey.[2]
| Wanda Jackson singles discography | |
|---|---|
 Wanda Jackson performing at the Sjock Festival in Belgium, July 2008. | |
| Music videos | 3 |
| Singles | 79 |
| B-sides | 1 |
| International releases | 9 |
As rock and roll's popularity declined, Jackson started releasing singles targeted specifically toward the country market. Her 1961 releases, "Right or Wrong" and "In the Middle of a Heartache", became top-ten hits on the Billboard country chart respectively.[3] Further country pop releases from 1962 to 1964 became minor Billboard country and pop hits; "A Little Bitty Tear", "If I Cried Every Time You Hurt Me", and "Slippin'".[4] In 1965, Jackson started recording in German as well as English. Her debut German single, "Santo Domingo", went to number five in Germany and a series of international singles followed suit.[2] Continuing as a country performer, most of Jackson's singles peaked in the top-forty on the country chart. Considered "self-assertive" song names by critics, titles included, "The Box It Came In" (1966), "Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine" (1966), "A Girl Don't Have to Drink to Have Fun" (1967), "My Baby Walked Right Out on Me" (1968), and "My Big Iron Skillet" (1969).[2][4]
In 1971, Jackson converted to Christianity and recorded a gospel single that year entitled "People Gotta Be Loving".[2] Before signing to the Christian label, Word Records, Jackson had two top-twenty Billboard country hits with "A Woman Lives for Love" (1970) and "Fancy Satin Pillows" (1971).[4] Through Word and later Myrrh Records, she issued several Christian and gospel singles until the end of the 1970s such as "Jesus Put a Yodel in My Soul" (1974). She spent the next decade recording gospel music and performing religious touring shows, until European rock and roll revivalists sought out Jackson. From the renewed success, Jackson issued two rock and roll singles in the 1980s including, "My Party" (1988), a duet with Karel Zich. In the 1990s, she primarily toured as a rock and gospel artist without releasing any singles.[2] After several more album releases in the 2000s, Jack White of the successful rock band, The White Stripes, produced Jackson's comeback album, The Party Ain't Over.[3] The release spawned Jackson's first pair of singles since the 1980s: "Thunder on the Mountain" and "You Know I'm No Good".
Singles
1950s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [5] |
UK [6] | |||
| "You Can't Have My Love" (with Billy Gray) |
1954 | 8 | — | N/A |
| "The Right to Love" | — | — | Lovin' Country Style | |
| "You'd Be the First One to Know" | — | — | ||
| "Tears at the Grand Ole Opry" | 1955 | — | — | |
| "It's the Same World (Wherever You Go)" | — | — | ||
| "Wasted" | 1956 | — | — | |
| "I Gotta Know" | 15 | — | Rockin' with Wanda | |
| "Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad" | — | — | ||
| "The Heart You Could Have Had" | 1957 | — | — | Lovin' Country Style |
| "Baby Loves Him" | — | — | Rockin' with Wanda | |
| "Don'a Wan'a" | — | — | ||
| "Cool Love" | — | — | ||
| "Fujiyama Mama" | — | — | ||
| "Honey Bop" | 1958 | — | — | |
| "Mean, Mean Man"[A] | — | 40 | ||
| "Rock Your Baby" | — | — | ||
| "You've Turned to a Stranger" | 1959 | — | — | |
| "You're the One for Me" | — | — | ||
| "Reaching" | — | — | N/A | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
1960s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [5] |
US [5] |
US AC [5] |
CAN Country [7] |
NLD [8] |
UK [6] | |||
| "Please Call Today" | 1960 | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A |
| "Let's Have a Party" | — | 37 | — | — | 17 | 32 | Wanda Jackson | |
| "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Little Charm Bracelet" | 1961 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wanda Jackson Sings Country Songs |
| "Right or Wrong" | 9 | 29 | 9 | — | — | — | Right or Wrong | |
| "In the Middle of a Heartache" | 6 | 27 | — | — | — | — | Wonderful Wanda | |
| "A Little Bitty Tear" | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "If I Cried Every Time You Hurt Me" | 1962 | 28 | 58 | 16 | — | — | — | |
| "I Misunderstood"[B] | — | 117 | — | — | — | — | N/A | |
| "The Greatest Actor"[B] | — | 117 | — | — | — | — | N/A | |
| "One Teardrop at a Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wanda Jackson Sings Country Songs | |
| "But I Was Lying" | 1963 | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A |
| "This Should Go on Forever" | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A | |
| "Let Me Talk to You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Reckless Love Affair | |
| "Slippin'" | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | Wanda Jackson Sings Country Songs | |
| "The Violet and the Rose" | 1964 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Leave My Baby Alone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A | |
| "Candy Man" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Two Sides of Wanda | |
| "Kickin' Our Hearts Around" | 1965 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wanda Jackson Sings Country Songs |
| "Have I Grown Used to Missing You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "My First Day Without You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Box It Came In" | 1966 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | Reckless Love Affair |
| "Because It's You" | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "This Gun Don't Care" | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine" | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Both Sides of the Line" | 1967 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | You'll Always Have My Love |
| "My Heart Get's All the Breaks" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "A Girl Don't Have to Drink to Have Fun" | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | Cream of the Crop | |
| "By the Time You Get to Phoenix" | 1968 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | Wanda Jackson Country! |
| "My Baby Walked Out Right on Me" | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | Cream of the Crop | |
| "Little Boy Soldier" | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Wish I Was Your Friend" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | The Many Moods of Wanda Jackson | |
| "If I Had a Hammer" | 1969 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Your Tender Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Happy Side of Wanda | |
| "Everything's Leaving" | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | Wanda Jackson Country! | |
| "My Big Iron Skillet" | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Two Separate Bar Stools" | 35 | — | — | 41 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||
1970s
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [5] |
CAN Country [7] | |||
| "A Woman Lives for Love" | 1970 | 17 | — | A Woman Lives for Love |
| "Who Shot John" | 50 | — | N/A | |
| "Fancy Satin Pillows" | 13 | 26 | I've Gotta Sing | |
| "People Gotta Be Loving" | 1971 | — | — | Praise the Lord |
| "Back Then" | 25 | — | I Wouldn't Want You Any Other Way | |
| "I Already Know (What I'm Getting for My Birthday)" |
35 | — | ||
| "I'll Be Whatever You Say" | 1972 | 57 | — | |
| "I Wouldn't Want You Any Other Way" | — | — | ||
| "Tennessee Women's Prison" | — | — | Country Keepsakes | |
| "Your Memory Comes and Gets Me" | 1973 | — | — | |
| "When It's Time to Fall in Love Again" | — | — | When It's Time to Fall in Love Again | |
| "Come on Home (To This Lonely Heart)" | 98 | — | ||
| "Jesus Put a Yodel in My Soul" | 1974 | — | — | Now I Have Everything |
| "Where Do I Put His Memory" | — | — | I'll Still Love You | |
| "I Can't Stand to Hear You Say Goodbye" | 1975 | — | — | |
| "I'll Still Love You" | 1976 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
1980s – 2010s
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" | 1980 | Good Times |
| "Meet Me in Stockholm" | 1985 | Rockabilly Fever |
| "My Party" (with Karel Zich) |
1988 | Let's Have a Party in Prague |
| "Thunder on the Mountain | 2011 | The Party Ain't Over |
| "You Know I'm No Good" | ||
| "Tore Down" | 2012 | Unfinished Business |
International singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [9] |
BEL [10] |
GER [11] | |||
| "Santo Domingo" | 1965 | 1 | 14 | 5 | Made in Germany |
| "Morgen, Ja Morgen" | — | — | 36 | ||
| "Doch dann kam Johnny" | 8 | — | 26 | ||
| "Komm Heim, Mein Wandersmann" | — | — | — | ||
| "Wer an Das Meer Sein Herz Verliert" | 1966 | — | — | — | |
| "Wenn Der Abschied Kommt" | — | — | 32 | ||
| "Vom Winde Verweht" | 1967 | — | — | — | |
| "Addio My Love" | — | — | — | ||
| "Warum Gleich Tranen" | 1970 | — | — | — | N/A |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Other songs
As a featured artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Funnel of Love" (with Velvetone) |
2002 | Dark Blossom |
Charting b-sides
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
A-Side Single |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [5] | |||
| "You'll Always Have My Love" | 1967 | 64 | "My Heart Get's All the Breaks" |
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Thunder on the Mountain"[12] | 2011 | thirty two |
| "Tore Down"[13] | 2012 | Seth Graves |
| "Am I Even a Memory"[14] | ||
Notes
- A^ Upon its initial release in 1958, "Mean, Mean Man" did not chart. In 1960, the song entered the UK Singles Chart where it finally reached its peak position.[6]
- B^ Denotes songs that failed to enter the Billboard Hot 100 and instead reach peak positions on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles chart.[5]
References
- Fontenot, Robert. "In the Spotlight: Wanda Jackson". About. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- Finding Her Voice: Women in Country Music. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press. 2002. pp. 201–04. ISBN 0-8265-1432-4.
- Wolff, Kurt. "Wanda Jackson: Biography: Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- "Wanda Jackson: Awards: Allmusic". Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- "Wanda Jackson — Peak chart positions". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- "Search results for "Wanda Jackson" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- "Dutch charts portal -- Wanda Jackson". Dutch Charts.nl. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- "Austrian charts portal -- Wanda Jackson". Austrian charts.at. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- "Ultratop Beligian charts -- Wanda Jackson". ultratop.be. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- "Chartverfolgung / Jackson, Wanda / Single". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- "Wanda Jackson feat. Jack White - Thunder on the Mountain". Vimeo. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- "CMT : Videos : Wanda Jackson : Tore Down". Country Music Television. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- "CMT : Videos : Wanda Jackson : Am I Even a Memory". Country Music Television. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
External links
- Official Website
- Wanda Jackson Complete Discography, Part 1
- Wanda Jackson Complete Discography, Part 2
- Voices of Oklahoma interview with Wanda Jackson. First person interview conducted on January 17, 2012, with Wanda Jackson.