Wanda Jackson (born Wanda Lavonne Jackson, October 20, 1937 in Maud, Oklaho… Read Full Bio ↴Wanda Jackson (born Wanda Lavonne Jackson, October 20, 1937 in Maud, Oklahoma) is an American rock and roll singer. Having made her debut recordings at the age of nineteen, she became one of the first popular female rock and roll singers in history and as a result, a pioneering and influential figure in female musicianship. She is known as the "Queen (or First Lady) of Rockabilly."

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.

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Wanda Jackson Lyrics

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Midnight I've spent another lonely day thinking of you
Midnight tomorrow is on its way empty and blue
I'm so lonely so lonely at midnight for you

Midnight oh what a lonely time to weep I ought to know
Midnight I should have been fast asleep hours ago
Still I'm crying I'm crying cause I miss you so

Midnight I've spent another lonely day....

Overall Meaning

The song "Midnight" by Wanda Jackson is a melancholic ballad about the singer's loneliness and longing for someone. The first verse implies that the singer has spent an entire day thinking about this person and that tomorrow does not hold much promise either. The second verse emphasizes the late hour and the singer's inability to fall asleep due to their feelings of sadness and despair. The repetition of the line "I'm so lonely, so lonely at midnight for you" throughout the song emphasizes the singer's deep sense of yearning.

The use of "midnight" as a metaphor for the depth of the singer's despair is significant because it implies that this is the darkest hour of the night- a time when things are at their bleakest. The use of the phrase "I ought to know" in the second verse suggests that the singer has been in this position before and has experienced similar bouts of loneliness.

Overall, "Midnight" is a poignant and emotional song that captures the rawness of human emotions and the difficulty of dealing with intense feelings of longing and despair.

Line by Line Meaning

Midnight I've spent another lonely day thinking of you
It's currently midnight and I've already spent an entire day by myself, only thinking about you.

Midnight tomorrow is on its way empty and blue
As it approaches midnight, tomorrow feels empty and bleak without you.

I'm so lonely so lonely at midnight for you
Being alone at midnight feels unbearable because I miss you so much.

Midnight oh what a lonely time to weep I ought to know
Midnight is a time where one tends to feel most alone and emotional, and I am all too familiar with that feeling.

Midnight I should have been fast asleep hours ago
It's late and I know I should have been asleep already, but I can't stop thinking about you.

Still I'm crying I'm crying cause I miss you so
I can't help but cry because the pain of missing you is too much to bear.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Fintage House Publishing
Written by: FLYNN ADAM ATKINS, JOHN DUST

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