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JACKSON, STONEWALL

(*1932)

JACKSON, STONEWALL (b. Tabor City, N.C., November 6, 1932) Stonewall Jackson was a minor country star of the late 1950s who had one crossover hit, 1959's Waterloo. Jackson came from a poor, rural background. When he was ten, he swapped a beat-up bicycle for a GUITAR, and immediately began to play. He served in the Navy in the early 1950s and then worked as a farmhand until 1956, when he moved to Nashville. He was signed by Acuff-Rose Publishing and, thanks to his good looks and pleasant voice…

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