Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett honored Wanda Jackson today with the proclamation of “Wanda Jackson Day” at this morning’s city council meeting.
“For a long, long time, this woman has put a powerful voice in the world of country and rock music, and she has represented Oklahoma City every single day,” Cornett said prior to the reading of the proclamation. “And we are so proud that she has chosen to make Oklahoma City her home and proudly tells people wherever she goes where she’s from.
Jackson will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 4, along with 2009 inductees Run-DMC, Metallica, Jeff Beck, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Bobby Womack, and sidemen Bill Black, DJ Fontana and Spooner Oldham.
Jackson, who attended the city council meeting with her husband and manager Wendell Goodman, is working on songs for a new album. She said she will perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, but has not been told who will induct her.
“I don’t know that,” Jackson said. “I’m just planning on not fainting — I’m going to hold on to somebody.”
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