Wanda Jackson albums discography

Wanda Jackson albums discography
Wanda Jackson performing at the Sjock Festival in Belgium, 2008.
Studio albums	45
Live albums	4
Compilation albums	22
Tribute albums	7
Collaborations	3
Box sets	2
International studio albums	1
Other appearances	27

The albums discography of Wanda Jackson, an American recording artist, consists of forty-five studio albums, one international studio album, seven tribute and cover albums, four live albums, twenty one compilation albums, and two box sets. In 1954 at age sixteen, Jackson signed with Decca Records as a country music artist.^[1] The label did not issue a record until 1962's compilation, Lovin' Country Style, six years after Jackson left Decca. She signed with Capitol Records in 1956 and three years later, her self-titled debut studio album was released. Although Jackson had recently been identifying herself as a rock and roll performer, the album consisted of country music recordings. However, it did contain Jackson's future rock and roll hit, "Let's Have a Party", which would be discovered in 1960 and reach the Billboard Pop top-forty.^[2] The success of her rock recording led to the release of two more rock and roll studio LP's: Rockin' with Wanda (1960) and There's a Party Goin' On (1961). Additionally, Capitol issued two "split" studio albums (Right or Wrong and Two Sides of Wanda) which separated rock on one side and country on the other.^[3]

As rock and roll started declining in the early 1960s, Jackson was re-marketed as a country artist. During this transitional period, her album production moved towards country pop and Nashville Sound styles on studio LP's such as, Wonderful Wanda (1962) and Love Me Forever (1963).^[3] Jackson's 1965 studio album, Blues in My Heart, became her first to chart on a Billboard Magazine album list, peaking at number nine on the "Country LP's" chart.^[4] While recording a tribute album to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967,^[5] Jackson issued an album of German songs entitled, Made in Germany. While remaining on Capitol Records, various country-marketed studio albums were issued that peaked in the Billboard Top Country Albums chart: Reckless Love Affair (#17), Cream of the Crop (#25), The Many Moods of Wanda Jackson (#28), and I've Gotta Sing (#19).^[6] In 1968, The Best of Wanda Jackson compilation reached #29 on the Top Country Albums chart^[7] and her first live album was released the following year, Live in Person at Mr. Lucky's.^[8]

Converting to Christianity in 1971, Jackson released her first religious studio album entitled, Praise the Lord. Deciding to record more religious music, she signed with the Word and Myrrh labels in the mid 1970s.^[3] Several albums of gospel hymns were issued such as Make Me Like a Child Again (1975), I'll Still Love You (1976), and Show Me the Way to Calvary (1981). Additionally, Jackson released several cover records of country recordings including Good Times (1980), Let's Have a Party (1981), and Classic Country (1988).^[9] Around this time, Jackson's rock and roll material was revived in Europe, where she launched a tour and issued several Rockabilly studio efforts.^[1][3][10] This included an album recorded in Sweden titled Rockabilly Fever (1984), a duet album with Karel Zich in 1987, and a live album in 1989.^[9] In response, German-based, Bear Family Records, issued two box sets of Jackson's rock and country recordings.^[3] Jackson continued issuing gospel as well as rock albums into the 1990s.^[9] After a fourth live album in 2000, Heart Trouble (2003) and a cover album of Elvis Presley songs both received critical acclaim.^[11][12] Following her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2009), The White Stripes member, Jack White, produced Jackson's "comeback album" entitled, The Party Ain't Over (2011).^[10] Bringing renewed success to Jackson, the studio album became her first since 1973 to chart, peaking at #58 on the Billboard 200 and #17 on the Top Rock Albums chart.^[6] With The Party Ain't Over, Jackson became the oldest female artist to chart the Billboard 200 list, at age seventy three. In October 2012, Justin Townes Earle produced her forty-fifth studio record entitled, Unfinished Business,^[13] which reached #61 on the Top Country Albums chart.^[6]

Studio albums

1950s–1970s

1980s–2000s

2010s

Other albums

Collaborations

International studio albums

Live albums

Box sets

Compilation albums

1960s and 1970s

1980s–2010s

Other appearances

Notes

• A^ Rockabilly Fever was retitled in the United States as Rock and Roll Away Your Blues and was released on Warrick Records.^[9]
• B^ Teach Me to Love was retitled in the United States as Country Gospel and released on Country Montana Records.^[9]

References

External links

• Official Website
• Wanda Jackson Complete Discography, Part 1
• Wanda Jackson Complete Discography, Part 2