If you’re not already aware, the Wanda Jackson story is a quite incredible tale and one that she recounts in her new autobiography Every Night Is Saturday Night: A Country Girl’s Journey To The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
The Preface to the book opens with her falling asleep as her daddy ferries her from show to show with a fellow teen hopeful… “As soon as he saw it, Daddy would pull over and tell me to get in the backseat,” she writes. “‘If you’re tired,’ he’d say, ‘you can stretch out and get some good rest back there. WANDA! I’m sure Elvis doesn’t need you leaning all over him. We want our passengers to be comfortable, don’t we?”
Not long after giving a young buck called Elvis Presley rides to shows, Jackson made even more of an impression. “Every teenage girl liked his music. But I liked being around him. I liked the way he made me feel. And he liked me, too. Soon after, he would give me his ring and ask me to be his girl.”
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