Every Night Is Saturday Night, Wanda Jackson
Every Night Is Saturday Night, Wanda Jackson
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Every Night Is Saturday Night
A Country Girl's Journey to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Author: Wanda Jackson, Scott B. Bomar, Elvis Costello

Narrator: Grey Delisle, Elvis Costello

Unabridged: 7 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/25/2022


Synopsis

Wanda Jackson's debut single, "You Can't Have My Love," reached the Top 10 while she was still a sixteen-year-old high school student. She hit the road after graduation, playing package shows with Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley, who gave Wanda his ring and asked her to be "his girl." With Presley's encouragement, the Oklahoma native began recording rock music, often releasing singles with country on one side and rock on the other during her decade-and-a-half tenure on Capitol Records.

Known for her energetic stage shows and pioneering presence as a female artist, Wanda stormed the charts with a series of hit singles, including "Let's Have a Party," "Right or Wrong," and "In the Middle of a Heartache." With more than 40 albums to her credit, Wanda has proven to be an enduring and genre-defying legend of American music.

In Every Night is Saturday Night, Wanda tells her own story of getting discovered by Country Music Hall of Famer Hank Thompson; why she refused to return to The Grand Ole Opry for more than fifty years; the challenges she and her integrated band, The Party Timers, faced in the early 1960s; finding the love of her life; her recent work with rock luminaries Jack White and Joan Jett; and how her deep faith has sustained her over more than seven decades of rocking, shocking, and thrilling audiences around the globe.

About The Author

Known as the queen of rockabilly, Wanda Jackson combined grit with glamour to set a new template for country music's "girl singers" of the 1950s. With urging from Elvis, she soon showed the world that girls could rock, too! Wanda landed more than 30 singles on the country and pop charts between 1954 and 1974. She is a multiple Grammy nominee, a recipient of the Americana Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, and a 2009 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.   Scott B. Bomar is an award-winning writer who has authored or co-authored several books, including Southbound: An Illustrated History of Southern Rock; The Bakersfield Sound: Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and California Country; and The "Odessey": The Zombies in Words and Images. He earned a Grammy nomination for his liner notes to the rockabilly compilation The Other Side of Bakersfield, and co-hosts the podcast, Songcraft: Conversations with Great Songwriters.   Elvis Costello is a Grammy award-winning musician whose career spans almost four decades. His first three albums all appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. A prolific singer-songwriter, Costello has gone on to release a long list of critically-acclaimed albums, and in 2003 was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Khris on November 10, 2023

We love Wanda Jackson so much, we named our dogs after her (Wanda and Jackson, our two cocker spaniels)! A fun read about the Queen of Rockabilly and one of the first women rockers, told in her own words, and you can almost hear her voice when you read it. From her time dating Elvis to her collabora......more

Goodreads review by Phil on February 07, 2018

A delight. The spirit you hear behind "Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad!" is present in every chapter here, and her collaboration with Bomar results in a sprightly, witty read. So many neat (and hilarious) revelations here. HIGHLY recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Keith Albrecht on December 08, 2017

A Book You Need To Read What a great book! It is very interesting, informative, and fun to read. No matter if you're interested in country, rock, or rockabilly music you need to read this book. Keith......more

Goodreads review by patrick on February 13, 2018

A wonderful book by who I think is the first Lady of Rock and Roll and Rockabilly. A story that will take you on an enjoyable ride with a woman who had a top10 at the age of 16 and had songs of empowerment for young women. Songs like “That made him Mad” “Hot Dog”, “Right or Wrong”, “In the Middle of......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on December 21, 2017

Wanda Jackson truly is one of the pioneers of rock music, with a unique voice and sound that have influenced many of today's musicians. With her new memoir, she brings her unique voice to the written word as well. She writes candidly without being a "kiss and tell" type ... which, considering that sh......more