There’s A Party Goin’ On was Wanda’s 1961 rock+roll album, very rare. Along with general R+R songs there were two other “Party” songs as followups to Let’s Have a Party (not on the album): Man We Had a Party, and the title song, which was original. The first one had been around before as Did We Have a Party.
Here’s the groove:
1) Did We Have a Party by Billy Brown from 1957
2) Man We Had a Party by Wanda
3) There’s a Party Goin’ On by Wanda
4) Crash the Party by Benny Joy from 1959
None of these were hits.
Don’t buy a Wanda collection unless it has all 3 party songs.
This album is available for download at Amazon.com.
The lead guitarist on this album was Roy Clark.
Let’s Have a Party was recorded in 1958 using Gene Vincent’s group The BlueCaps. The song was simply included on her country album “Wanda Jackson” (Capitol #1041). In 1960 there was the LP “Rockin’ With Wanda” which included her recent rockabilly singles, but all the songs were not pure R+R. Let’s Have a Party was released as a single in 1960 and reached #37, but wasn’t widely known at the time.
She was mainly Country in her career, only had the one r+r hit on the pop charts, and so is not currently in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. She’s still performing and singing well.
Did you know Elvis Presley was her boyfriend in their early careers.
A discography of her early rock+roll records can be seen at:
http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/j/jack7000.htm
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March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
gRACIAS DESDE …
gRACIAS DESDE MEXICO!! sALUDOS
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
Thank you.
Thank you.
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
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1) Did We …
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1) Did We Have a Party by Billy Brown from 1957
2) Man We Had a Party by Wanda
3) There’s a Party Goin’ On by Wanda
4) Crash the Party by Benny Joy from 1959
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
There’s a “+” after …
There’s a “+” after her name.
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
That man singing …
That man singing certainly isn’t Wanda Jackson. Come on…
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
musicstack(com), …
musicstack(com), gemm(com) …
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
j’ai 3 longs jeux …
j’ai 3 longs jeux de wanda jackson et je
voudras en procuré d’autres dans qu’elle
magasin je doit aller
merci
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
maybe so, but i …
maybe so, but i never heard of them, with the exception of janis martin, brenda lee, lulu, and a few local singers in country bands. wanda kicks the crap out of all of them. if you know of some other girls , let me know !!!!!!!!!
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
desde Argentina , …
desde Argentina , me llamo Sergio, me gusta mucho la música de a fines de los 50 y 60, son excelente , buen baile , es música para bailar y bailar, . Saludos para todos ustedes.
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
I have all her …
I have all her early lps including her first on capitol i might sell them on ebay one day
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
Many girls were …
Many girls were doing rockabilly long before Wanda entered the scene….even though I love Wanda’s music…there are rocking girls who will fade into the clouds who actually started female rock n roll.
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
Another correction: …
Another correction: Gene Vincent’s Blue Caps didn’t play behind Wanda Jackson, although both were at Capitol Records at the time. Wanda Jackson’s recordings were backed by The Poe Kats (Big Al Downing, piano, Bobby Poe, guitar, and Vernon Huskell, bass) who recorded themselves for White Rock and Dot labels.
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
Oh, BTW Crash the …
Oh, BTW Crash the Party by Benny Joy WAS a hit, just not in the USA but in Italy.
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
Good songs
Good songs
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
vuuuuuhuuuu …
vuuuuuhuuuu rockabilly party jeeee
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
Wanda Jackson… …
Wanda Jackson… The rockabilly queen.
She’s just the best. Congratulations to this incredible woman.
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
Wanda Jackson will …
Wanda Jackson will be a 2009 inductee into the Rock’n'Roll Hall of Fame.
Congradulations Wanda!
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
Billy Brown’s …
Billy Brown’s version was the original. all these others copied him
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
uuuuuuuuhuuu we had …
uuuuuuuuhuuu we had a party..
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
Rockabilly is …
Rockabilly is perhaps the most underappreciated genre that helped shape and
develop R&R. These tracks are great, and I
love Wanda- rock on!
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
great keep on
great keep on
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
I was just looking …
I was just looking at your motherlode the last couple days before posting. Those Town Hall Parties are something. Don’t see hers on DVD, but it’s on vinyl (from digital I suppose).
You found this one as soon as it came on!
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
I recommend the CD …
I recommend the CD “Wanda Rocks” for all the best R ‘n’ R songs Wanda recorded. It’s from Bear Family Records and available on Amazon and everywhere online. It includes well-researched liner notes and tons of fun pics. Also please check out my channel for the mother-load of Wanda videos… old and new!