Jackson was still in high school when country singer Hank Thompson heard her sing on an Oklahoma City radio show and asked her to record with his band in 1954. She dated Elvis Presley, who encouraged her to step away from the country-tinged gospel she had been performing since childhood and try her hand at rock and roll. She developed her own distinctive voice and performed in a variety of styles, from folksy traditional tunes to country twang and high yodels to throaty, suggestive ballads. She was a prolific singer of songs with wry lyrics such as "Fujiyama Mama," which contained many references to the World War II bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; ironically, it became a #1 hit in Japan. Her biggest hit was 1959's "Let's Have a Party."
Jackson achieved great and continuing success throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia, but has never found the same level of fame in her native United States. She toured with rock and roll pioneers such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly. She has been nominated for two Grammys, and has been awarded the Oklahoma Native Daughter Award. She has been inducted into the Oklahoma Country Music Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the International Hall of Fame, the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, and the German Country Music Hall of Fame, and in 2009 was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an Early Influence.
A born-again Christian, Jackson and her husband/manager Wendell Goodman abandoned rock and roll in 1971 and spent the next 25 years performing gospel in churches.
In 1996, Jackson was invited by alt-country singer Rosie Flores to duet with her on an upcoming album. The two were so pleased with the results that Jackson joined Flores on a handful of promotional club dates which were soon extended into a five-week North American tour. Jackson, plesantly surprised to discover that she and her songs were known by a generation of rockabilly fans her grandchildren's age, soon assembled her own band and returned to clubs and festivals, where she continues to perform.
In recent years Jackson has recorded with such artists as The Cramps, Lee Rocker, Dave Alvin, and Elvis Costello. 2006 saw the release of a new Jackson album, I Remember Elvis.
In 2009, it was announced that Jackson would start work on new recordings with Jack White. The resulting album, The Party Ain't Over, was released on January 25, 2011. It included a cover of the Bob Dylan rockabilly song, "Thunder on the Mountain" and the Amy Winehouse song "You Know I'm No Good". On January 20, 2011, she performed with Jack White on The Late Show With David Letterman and again on January 25, 2011, on Conan.
Stop The World
Wanda Jackson Lyrics
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Once you told me that you loved me that your love would be forever true
And my heart believed you when you said no other love would ever do
Now you say you love another now you say our love can never be
My world is lonely lonely lonely for one and only my world has ended for me
So stop the world let me get off the world I don't wanna live in a world without you
Remember when you told me that no other love would ever win your heart
You were mine forever and that never come a day when we would part
My world is lonely lonely lonely for one and only my world has ended for me
So stop the world let me get off the world I don't wanna live in a world without you
So stop the world let me get off the world I don't wanna live in a world without you
The lyrics to Wanda Jackson's song "Stop the World" depict the feelings of heartbreak and despair that come with a love lost. The singer longs to escape the world without their lover, as their world has crumbled without them. The song speaks of a promise of eternal love that was once made, but was broken when the lover moved on to another. The singer's dreams and hopes were built around this love, but now they are nothing but memories.
The lyrics showcase the emotional pain that comes with a love that was once cherished, but has now vanished. The singer's world has become lonely and dark, and the only escape they desire is to stop the world and get off. This is a powerful metaphor for the feeling of a love that is so consuming that it feels as though the entire world revolves around it, and without it, life no longer holds any meaning.
Overall, the song is a poignant depiction of love and heartbreak. It captures the true essence of loss, despair, and the desire to escape from a world without love.
Line by Line Meaning
Stop the world let me get off the world I don't wanna live in a world without you
I am overwhelmed by the pain of losing you and I want everything to stop, I cannot bear to go on living in a world without you.
Once you told me that you loved me that your love would be forever true
You promised me that you would love me always and forever, and I believed you completely.
And my heart believed you when you said no other love would ever do
I trusted you when you said that no one else could ever replace me in your heart.
Now you say you love another now you say our love can never be
But now you have changed your mind, telling me that you love someone else and that our love cannot be.
My world is lonely lonely lonely for one and only my world has ended for me
Without you, my world is a desolate and lonely place. You were the only one for me, and now my world has completely ended.
Remember when you told me that no other love would ever win your heart
I remember how you used to tell me that I would always be the only one you loved, that no one else could ever take my place.
You were mine forever and that never come a day when we would part
I believed that we would be together always, that we would never have to face the pain of being apart.
So I built my dreams around you now my dreams are just a memory
I had built all of my hopes and dreams for the future around our love, but now they are just a distant memory.
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alex arolas garcia
Esta buena canción la canto WANDA JACKSON en el año 1970