Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson was one of the most popular country stars of the early '60s, scoring a string of Top Ten country hits and becoming a fixture at the Grand Ole Opry with a pleading voice that seemed to reflect his hard, often-abusive upbringing on a south Georgia dirt farm. He was named after the Confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, to whom he was related, according to family legend. When he was ten he traded his bike for a guitar and began making up songs. Some of his later hits, such as "Don't Be Angry," were written very early in his creative life. Jackson began singing professionally in the mid-'50s, moving to Nashville in 1956. Within a few days of his arrival he delivered an unsolicited demo recording to the offices of the Acuff-Rose publishing house, and executive Wesley Rose heard his singing and set up an audition for Jackson at the Grand Ole Opry. Jackson became the first entertainer to join the Opry without a recording contract, performing first on the Opry's Friday Night Frolics before his official debut. Backed by Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours, he proved so popular that the audience demanded four encores.
Eventually Jackson hit the road with Tubb, who became a mentor to the young singer and songwriter. By early 1957, Jackson had signed a recording contract with Columbia and cut his first record, "Don't Be Angry." Jackson followed up with a cover of George Jones' "Life to Go," which peaked at number two in early 1959. The upbeat "Waterloo," with its mixture of novelty and melancholy, did even better, spending five weeks at the top of the country charts, hitting number four on the pop charts, and garnering Jackson some national television exposure. Through the early '60s, Jackson was a consistent hitmaker with such country standards as "Why I'm Walkin'" (number six, 1960), "A Wound Time Can't Erase" (number three, 1962), and "I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water" (number eight, 1965). Jackson's second number one hit, "B.J. the D.J.," arrived in early 1964.
During the second half of the '60s, he reached the Top 40 less often, scoring only one Top Ten hit: 1967's "Stamp Out Loneliness." His Columbia albums of this period contained ornate wordplay from the pens of well-established Nashville writers like Vic McAlpin; songs such as "Ship in a Bottle" and "Nevermore Quote the Raven" applied literary virtuosity to traditional country themes. By 1970, however, Jackson wasn't even hitting the Top 40. He bounced back briefly in 1971 with a cover of Lobo's "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo." In 1973, he had his last hit with "Herman Schwartz," which reached number 41. After that, Jackson continued to appear regularly on the Opry and to record occasionally, releasing albums like the inspirational Make Me Like a Child Again. He also re-recorded versions of his old hits, and he privately published his autobiography, From the Bottom Up, in 1991. Stonewall Jackson died in Nashville on December 4, 2021 due to vascular dementia; he was 89 years old.
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The Essential Stonewall Jackson
Country - Released by Columbia Nashville Legacy on 8 Nov 2019
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Waterloo (Billboard Hot 100 - No. 04)
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Music Manager on 19 Dec 2018
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Trouble & Me
Country - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 12 Dec 2014
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Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
Country - Released by Columbia Nashville Legacy on 28 Jul 1971
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A Tribute to Hank Williams
Country - Released by Columbia Nashville on 30 Jul 1969
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The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson
Country - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 28 Jun 2019
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Greatest Hits
Country - Released by Legacy Recordings on 11 Jul 2014
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Stonewall Jackson Country
Country - Released by Columbia Nashville Legacy on 23 Oct 1967
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Recorded Live at The Grand Ole Opry (Live at the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, TN - November 1970)
Country - Released by Columbia Nashville Legacy on 3 Feb 1971
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The Great Old Songs
Country - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 23 Sep 1968
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Nothing Takes the Place of Loving You
Country - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 22 May 1968
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The Sadness In a Song
Country - Released by Columbia Nashville Legacy on 16 Apr 1962
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All's Fair in Love 'n' War
Country - Released by Columbia - Legacy on 5 Aug 2016
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The Real Thing
Country - Released by Columbia Nashville Legacy on 24 Aug 1970
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American Originals
Country - Released by Columbia on 19 Oct 1989
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The Lonesome In Me
Country - Released by Columbia Nashville Legacy on 30 Mar 1970
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Help Stamp Out Loneliness
Country - Released by Columbia Nashville Legacy on 24 Apr 1967
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The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson
Rockabilly - Released by Music Manager on 28 Jun 2019
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Smoke Along The Tracks / Waterloo
Country - Released by MEMORIAL on 31 Aug 2023
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