Oklahoma Alert: Wanda Jackson interview airs Tuesday (Oct. 6) on OETA-13
Wanda Jackson with Elvis Presley
OETA-13 will air “A Conversation With … Wanda Jackson” at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Dick Pryor hosts the in-depth interview with he Oklahoma City native whom many consider the “First Lady of Rock ‘n’Roll.”
While in junior high school, Jackson regularly sang on a radio show in Oklahoma City, and she had her first hit record by the time she was 17.
She sang country songs until Elvis Presley encouraged her to try a new form of music called rockabilly – a combination of country, rhythm and blues, gospel and swing. She toured with Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Buddy Holly and became the “Queen of Rockabilly.”
In April, 2009, Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
–Penny TV
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