Let's Have a Party! The Very Best of Wanda Jackson

by Wanda Jackson

Overview

Wanda Jackson may not have ended up a household name, but her musical career -- which found her releasing impressive sides in both rockabilly and country in the late '50s and early '60s before branching out mostly into gospel in the 1970s and then returning to her secular rock and country style as a touring act in the 1980s -- has been remarkably consistent in tone, approach, and energy, no matter what genre hat she happened to be wearing at the time. She was simply and clearly Wanda Jackson, and by being so, she provided a template for the female country stars with a yen for rocking and assertiveness who emerged to wide audiences in the 1980s and 1990s. This 16-track set collects some of Jackson's best tracks for Capitol Records -- she was with the label from 1956 through the early '70s -- including 1958's "Fujiyama Mama" and 1960's "Let's Have a Party," both of which are now considered rockabilly classics, and 1961's "Right or Wrong" and "In the Middle of a Heartache," which showed Jackson was very much a country singer, too. This makes a nice introduction to Jackson's peak commercial years. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	05/03/2011
Label:	Var?Se Fontana / Var?Se Sarabande
UPC:	0030206708127
Rank:	107950

Tracks

1. I Gotta Know
2. Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad
3. Don¿¿¿a Wan¿¿¿a
4. Cool Love
5. Fujiyama Mama
6. Mean Mean Man
7. Rock Your Baby
8. Hard Headed Woman
9. Let¿¿¿s Have a Party
10. Riot in Cell Block #9
11. Funnel of Love
12. Rip It Up
13. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
14. Right or Wrong
15. Blue Yodel #6
16. In the Middle of a Heartache

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Wanda Jackson   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Jerry Diez   Source Material
Laurie Christenson   Composer
Thelma Blackman   Composer
Mike Stroller   Composer
Ben Block   Reissue Coordination
Claude de Metruis   Composer
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell   Composer
Earl Burrows   Composer
Vicki Countryman   Composer
Bill Pitzonka   Art Direction,Design
Wanda Jackson   Composer
Pat Franzese   Composer
Danny Barker   Composer
Thelma Blackmon   Composer
David "Curly" Williams   Composer
Dave Williams   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Sunny David   Composer
Ken Nelson   Producer
Kent Westberry   Composer
Boudleaux Bryant   Composer
Laurence Zwisohn   Producer,Liner Notes
Cary E. Mansfield   Producer
Don Raye   Composer
John Marascalco   Composer
Steve Massie   Mastering
Charlie McCoy   Composer
Robert Vosgien   Transfers
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Jessie Mae Robinson   Composer
Jimmie Rodgers   Composer