Wanda Jackson

Cause I'm a Fujiyama Mama and I'm just about to blow my top
And when I start erupting ain't nobody gonna make me stop.

I've been in love with Wanda Jean Jackson for the past twenty some odd years. There has never been a more independent, hot voice in Rock and Roll history than hers. A national treasure

Here she is wailing on "Cool Love"


Wanda Jackson website
Never been one to lobby for The R&R Hall of Fame but ferfucksake.... do the right thing. Here is a tribute and plea from Elvis Costello.

Help Get Wanda into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame !

To Whom It May Concern:

This is to propose that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame finally nominates Wanda Jackson for induction. For heaven's sake, the whole thing risks ridicule and having the appearance of being a little boy's club unless it acknowledges the contribution of one of the first women of rock and roll.

It might be hard to admit but the musical influence of several male pioneers is somewhat obscure today. Even though their records will always be thrilling, their sound is not really heard in echo.

Look around today and you can hear lots of rocking girl singers who owe an unconscious debt to the mere idea of a woman like Wanda. She was standing up on stage with a guitar in her hands and making a sound that was as wild and raw as any rocker, man or woman, while other gals were still asking, "How much is that doggy in the window?"…

It is strange to find myself a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame while there seem still be a number of notable absentees. I'd like to be able to send the museum some old guitar that I played in '77, with a good heart and clear conscience. Right now I'd be embarrassed to see it on display in a glass case in Cleveland while Wanda is still rocking and still missing from the Hall…

Come on you guys. DO THE RIGHT THING…HELP INDUCT WANDA…

Yours through music,

Elvis Costello