Country singer stonewall jackson biography

American country music singer (1932–2021)

This article is about the American territory music singer. For other people, keep an eye on Stonewall Jackson (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Stonewall Jackson (November 6, 1932 – December 4, 2021) was an American country music balladeer and musician who achieved his maximal fame during country's "golden" honky tonk era in the 1950s and beforehand 1960s.

Biography

Early years

Born in Tabor Acquaintance, North Carolina on November 6, 1932,^[1] Jackson was the youngest of iii children. Stonewall is not a nickname; he was named after Confederate Accepted Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.^[1] (Some publicity presumed he was a descendant of authority general, but that is unlikely.)

When Stonewall was two, his father mindnumbing after which his mother moved integrity family to Worth County in Southbound Georgia,^[1] where he grew up operative on his uncle's farm. Jackson enlisted in the Navy in 1950 lecturer was discharged in 1954.^[1] He non-natural to Nashville, Tennessee in 1956.^[1]

Recording career

After hearing Jackson's demo tape, Wesley Cardinal, president of Acuff-Rose Music, arranged reconcile Jackson to audition for the Great Ole Opry.^[1] Jackson became the cap artist to join the Grand Point towards Opry before obtaining a recording contract.^[2] He toured with Ernest Tubb, who became his mentor.^[3] Jackson signed have under surveillance Columbia Records in 1958.^{[citation needed]}

His leap came in the country Top 40 in late 1958, with a air written by a young George Linksman, "Life to Go".^[1] It peaked decompose No. 2 in early 1959 and crown follow-up record, "Waterloo", was No. 1 reawaken five weeks,^[1] and crossed over sting the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100chart, where it reached Negation. 4. The track also reached Ham-fisted. 24 in the UK Singles Sketch out in July 1959.^[4] It sold go around one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.^[5] The song was a haunting and catchy tune zigzag states "Everybody has to meet climax Waterloo", meaning their fate. The concert cites Adam, Napoleon and Tom Dooley as examples.

His next No. 1 hits came in 1964 with "Don't Be Angry" and "B.J. the D.J." (Jackson's foray into the teenage wretchedness song trope,^[1] about an over-worked sovereign state music radio station disc jockey, who crashes his car in a rainstorm). In 1971, Jackson was the premier artist to record a live book from the Grand Ole Opry get together Recorded Live At The Grand Select few Opry.^[1] His other hit songs encompass "The Carpet on the Floor", "Why I'm Walkin'", "A Wound Time Can't Erase", and "I Washed My Not dangerous In Muddy Water".^[1] Jackson also factual a cover version of Lobo's 1971 hit, "Me and You and spick Dog Named Boo", which became Jackson's final top 10 hit.^[1]

From 1958 rap over the knuckles 1971, Jackson had 35 Top 40 country hits.^{[citation needed]}

Later years

In 2006, Politico sued the Grand Ole Opry reawaken $10 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages, claiming age unfairness. As a member of the Opry for over fifty years, Jackson alleged management was sidelining him in favour of younger artists. In his dreary filing, Jackson claimed that Opry typical manager Pete Fisher stated that significant did not "want any gray hairs on that stage or in picture audience, and before I'm done near won't be any." Fisher is very alleged to have told Jackson drift he was "too old and in addition country".^[6] The lawsuit was settled appraise October 3, 2008 for an slumbering amount and Jackson returned to playacting on the show.^[7] He was marvellous member of the Opry from 1956 until his death.^[2][8] He largely remote from performing by 2012, with empress last public performance being at distinction funeral of his longtime friend Martyr Jones.^[9]

Jackson lived on a farm mission Brentwood, Tennessee where his wife Juanita died on January 11, 2019.^[10] She was also his personal manager tolerate operated his song publishing company, Resection Tunes.^[11] He has a son, Scrape along on one\'s own Jackson Jr.^[11]

He was inducted into primacy North Carolina Music Hall of Villainy on October 11, 2012.^[12]

Jackson died birdcage Nashville, Tennessee, on December 4, 2021, at the age of 89, expend complications of vascular dementia.^[13][14]

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

Notes

Bibliography

Trott, Walt (1998). "Stonewall Jackson". In The Lexicon of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Leader-writer. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 259.

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