JACKSON, WANDA
(*1937)
JACKSON, WANDA (b. W. Lavonne J., Maud, Okla., October 20, 1937) Wanda Jackson is a country/GOSPEL belter best remembered for her ROCKABILLY hits of the 1950s and her spunky delivery. Jackson was the daughter of a small-town barber who played piano on the side and encouraged her to take up music at an early age. She was a prodigy on GUITAR and piano, and was performing on radio as early as age ten. In 1954 she toured with country star HANK THOMPSON, impressing Thompson's bandleader, who…