American singer-songwriter Wanda LaVonne Jackson was born on October 20, 1937. She has made recordings and distributed gospel, rock, and country music since the 1950s.
She was one of the first women to pursue a career in rock and roll, and a string of songs she released in the 1950s helped her earn the moniker “The Queen of Rockabilly.” She was one of the first female stars in the country music genre as well.
Did Elvis date Wanda Jackson?
Following Jackson’s stint on the road with Elvis Presley, the two started dating in 1955. By gifting Jackson a little diamond ring that she wore on a necklace as a proposal, he requested that they make their relationship official.
Presley “won my heart when I was just beginning to comprehend what it actually meant to accept my femininity and express myself as a young lady,” she said in her book. Jackson claims that the couple’s union came to an end in 1956 when Presley started acting in movies and Colonel Tom Parker seized charge of his career.
