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Wanda Jackson

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CountryFolkGospel

Wanda Jackson is a Country and Folk act. Their catalogue also touches Gospel. Their sound grew out of Patsy Cline, Carl Perkins, Hank Thompson, Elvis Presley and Bob Wills. Those roots explain a lot about how Wanda Jackson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Duane Eddy, Sonny Burgess and Larry Williams, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dolly Parton, Rolling in the Deep, Rosie Flores, Jack White and Neko Case, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Wanda Jackson, reaching back through Patsy Cline and forward to Dolly Parton. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Wanda JacksonPatsy ClineCarl PerkinsHank ThompsonElvis PresleyBob WillsRoy ClarkMel TillisAshley MonroeDolly PartonRolling in the DeepRosie FloresJack WhiteNeko CaseBuck OwensNikki LaneRuby AmanfuCarl PerkinsJerry Lee LewisDuane EddySonny BurgessLarry WilliamsBuddy HollyJimmie RodgersFats Domino

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Wanda Jackson connections

Wanda Jackson grew out of Patsy Cline, Carl Perkins, Hank Thompson and Elvis Presley, shares an orbit with Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Duane Eddy and Sonny Burgess, went on to shape Dolly Parton, Rolling in the Deep, Rosie Flores and Jack White. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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