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.
Today I Started Loving You again
Wanda Jackson Lyrics
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I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend
And then today I started loving you again
What a fool I was to think I could get by with only these few million tears I've cried
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And that crying time for me had just begun
Today I started loving you again,
Yes today I started loving you again
The song "Today I Started Loving You Again" by Wanda Jackson poignantly conveys the emotions of a person who has recently rekindled their feelings for someone they had once loved but set aside. The singer acknowledges that they had only temporarily managed to move on, but now that they have fallen in love again, they realize that they have been in love all along. The pain and heartaches they had previously experienced have led them back to this point and made them appreciate their beloved even more.
Line by Line Meaning
Today I started loving you again
I have realized my love for you once again, and it feels like I have come back to where I belong.
I'm right back where I've really always been
My love for you has always been there, even when I thought I was over you.
I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend
I tried to move on from my love for you, but it only caused me more pain, and I needed time to heal from that pain.
And then today I started loving you again
Despite my effort to move on, I have realized that my love for you is too strong and I have fallen for you again.
What a fool I was to think I could get by with only these few million tears I've cried
I now realize that my tears for you are countless, and I was foolish to believe that I could forget you with few tears.
I should have known the worst was yet to come
I should have known that my pain was not over and I had to suffer more without you.
And that crying time for me had just begun
I now know that my crying and pain had just started, and that I will suffer more without you.
Yes today I started loving you again
I have fallen in love with you once again, and it feels like a new beginning for me.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: BONNIE OWENS, MERLE HAGGARD
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@Mr91495osh
Love the honesty of all the original country singers.
@Cream1959
perfect version of this song
@webbjr37
AS good as it gets, What a voice & Beautiful also
@alexarolasgarcia1747
Esta bonita canción la canto MERLE HAGGARD en el año 1968 y en el mismo año la versiono WANDA JACKSON en el 1968
@jerrysharp4501
love you Wanda!!
@christophergreen3809
That big hair of the 1960s! Remember it well as a child.
@ronniebishop2496
What’s a budget album?
@barrydelisle8655
Check out the Tom Jones version