Think of American rock’n’roll and rockabilly in the Fifties and Sixties and names like Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis come to mind. But there was an influential woman who rocked as hard as the guys – Wanda Jackson. Know to many as ‘The First Lady of Rockabilly’, Wanda steamrolled onto the scene in 1954 with her attitude-laden, gravelly tones, breaking up the boys’ club and becoming the first woman to try her hand at rock’n’roll.
Rarely does an artist storm in and shake up the status quo like Wanda Jackson did in the mid Fifties. This two-disc collection contains some of her most influential work, showing why critics and fans alike place her in the same bracket as rock’n’roll’s greatest men.
CD 1
1. Let’s Have A Party
2. Honey Bop
3. Fujiyama Mama
4. Hard Headed Woman
5. Baby Loves Him
6. Funnel Of Love
7. Mean Mean Man
8. Sticks And Stones
9. Long Tall Sally
10. Rock Your Baby
11. Tongue Tied
12. There’s A Party Goin’ On
13. Fallin’
14. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
15. Who Shot Sam
16. Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad
17. Money Honey
18. Cool Love
19. Riot In Cell Block #9
20. Man We Had A Party
21. Kansas City
22. Whirlpool
23. Slippin’ And Slidin’
24. My Baby Left Me
25. Savin’ My Love
CD 2
1. Lost Weekend
2. Sparkling Brown Eyes
3. Baby, Baby, Bye Bye
4. Lonely Weekends
5. Did You Miss Me
6. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
7. I’d Be Ashamed
8. I Wanna Waltz
9. Stupid Cupid
10. Let My Love Walk In
11. You’ve Turned Into A Stranger
12. I Don’t Wanta Go
13. Let Me Explain
14. Tweedle Dee
15. You Don’t Know Baby
16. You’re The One For Me
17. In The Middle Of A Heartache
18. Don’a Wan’a
19. Happy, Happy Birthday
20. A Little Bitty Tear
21. Seven Lonely Days
22. I’d Rather Have You
23. Right Or Wrong
24. You Bug Me Bad
25. I Misunderstood