Ladies of Rockabilly, Pt. 1: Wanda Jackson

Well you could talk about her, say that she was mean. She’d blow your head off, baby, with nitroglycerine.

They were red hot and icy cool. The ladies of rockabilly redefined the role of the female singer in the nascent days of rock n’ roll. Our four-part look at the hep kittens begins with the story of Wanda Jackson, the original “Fujiyama Mama.”
