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She began working with Elvis who was a very known name at this time. It was become of him that she began singing Rock and Roll. Although she seemed to herself as a country singer, Elvis encouraged her to take this leap. He told her that he thought is was going to be the next big thing in music. And as we all know now, he was aboutly right. In Dante's work Virgil is presented as human reason/ and Beatrice is presented as divine knowledge. Wanda Jackson is still an active musician who started her career in 1952. She joined a band and recorded her first country hit called “You Can’t Have My Love” with Billy gray. In 1954 she began her journey with Capitol Records, which lasted for 18 years. She was first known for Rockabilly. She used sexuality in a time period that was not accepting or thought of.

For many years,  in the limelight, stood men performers. Women also sang, but strictly as backup performers. The sang for the men, but never took front stage. It wasn’t heard of for women to take the lead. As time went on and women fought through  their struggle, they eventually took front stage. It didn’t come very easy, but many fought for this extraordinary role in the music industry.

She began working with Elvis. Which was a very known name at this time. It was become of him that she began singing Rock and Roll. Although she seemed to herself as a country singer, Elvis encouraged her to take this leap. He told her that he thought is was going to be the next big thing in music. And as we all know now, he was aboutly right.

.Wanda Jackson is still an active musician who started her career in 1952. She joined a band and recorded her first country hit called “You Can’t Have My Love” with Billy gray. In 1954 she began her journey with Capitol Records, which lasted for 18 years. She was first known for Rockabilly. She used sexuality in a time period that was not accepting or thought of. Her story starts as a young girl whose father was a musician. Her parents took her to swing concerts. She states that these shows always had women back up singers and she would attentively listen to them. She thought to become one of these lady performers she would first have to learn to yodel. And she did. She was also fascinated by the guitar. “A tender teen living in a decade defined by white domesticity, as well as by conformity, Jackson was never one for complacent.” (Maria Sherman) Her and her dad would often play together. Her on the guitar, barely fitting her hands around the neck, and her dad was the fiddle player. At the age of fourteen, she entered and won a talent contest. The prize was a fifteen minute radio show. Someone very important to her was listening that day. The man, who happened to be her idol, Hank Thompson, had a couple radio shows of his own that he featured her on. And eventually started taking her on tours with him. At this time Wanda is still a teenager, so her dad accompanied her. Since she is still a teenager, Capitol Records wouldn’t sign her on. Hank got her a deal with a label company that one of his band members was involved with, Decca Records.