Rockabilly Fever

Early in her career, Wanda Jackson became one of the first women to record Rockabilly (later known as rock and roll) and country music. She achieved commercial success in both fields with singles like "Fujiyama Mama", "Let's Have a Party", "Right or Wrong" and "The Box It Came In". She left her long-time record label in the 1970s to pursue gospel music and only occasionally performed secular concerts. In the 1980s, Rockabilly revived in Europe and Jackson's music from that era gained renewed interest from fans. In her autobiography, Jackson recalled receiving a phone call from Swedish businessman Harry Holmes in summer 1984. Holmes had started a record label and invited Jackson to record a rock album for him. With careful consideration Jackson and her husband agreed. ==Recording and songs==

In September 1984, Jackson traveled to Kumla, Sweden to record what would become Rockabilly Fever. She described the session musicians in her 2017 book as "Swedish rockabilly fanatics". She also recalled a pleasant surprise to record not only Rockabilly music, but also gospel music. but were re-recorded for Rockabilly Fever. Also included were several new cuts, including "Rock and Roll Away Your Blues", "Meet Me in Stockholm", "Sad Love Songs" and the gospel track "Ain't It the Gospel". ==Release and reception==

Rockabilly Fever was originally released in 1984 on Tab Records exclusively for the Scandinavian market. It was originally issued as a vinyl LP, containing six songs on either side of the record. The album was Jackson's thirtieth studio record in her career. In 1986, it was re-released for the American market under the Varrick label with 11 tracks instead of 12 ("Meet Me in Stockholm" was omitted). It was also issued as a vinyl LP, but had a different album cover than the original. In later decades, Rockabilly Fever was reissued as to digital and streaming markets. The American version received a three-star rating from AllMusic in later years. The original Scandinavian release spawned one single in 1985, which was "Meet Me in Stockholm". The song was backed on the B-side by the track "If I Could Take Sweden Home". ==Track listing==

Rockabilly Fever ''Rock 'n' Roll Away Your Blues'' Digital version ==Personnel==

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Rockabilly Fever and ''Rock 'n' Roll Away Your Blues''. Musical personnel • Per-Olof Ahslund – Electric guitar • Bjorn Alriksson – Harmonica • Stephan Berg – Piano, keyboards • Östen Eriksson – Double bass • Sven-Inge Neander – Bass • Wanda Jackson – Lead vocals • Per Erik Jonsson – Piano • Kenth Larsson – Steel guitar • Benny Lawin – Saxophone • Gunnar Norsten – Drums • Christer Olund – Accordion • Bert Östlund – Piano • Ann Persson – Acoustic guitar Technical personnel • Joann Bodenweber – Design • Mary Bufwack – Liner notes (1986 version) • Kenth Larsson – Producer • Thomas Ljungqvist – Photography ==Release history==