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Stonewall Jackson
Person · male · United States · Tabor City · born 1932 · died 2021 · recording since 1958
American country singer-songwriter
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Also known as 史東威爾·傑克森
Timeline
24 events▣ Album 21◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1930s
1950s
· Debut release
Debut release: Life To Go
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1960s
1970s
1980s
2020s
Biography
English biography709 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371404221
Biography
Stonewall Jackson (November 6, 1932 – December 4, 2021) was an American country music singer and musician who achieved his greatest fame during country's "golden" honky tonk era in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Early years
Born in Tabor City, North Carolina on November 6, 1932, Jackson was the youngest of three children. Stonewall is not a nickname; he was named after Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. His father believed himself to be a descendant of the general, a claim that was reproduced in some of Jackson's publicity, but that is unlikely.
When Stonewall was two, his father died after which his mother moved the family to Moultrie in South Georgia, where he grew up first working under his abusive sharecropper stepfather, and then under his uncle, who was also a sharecropper. Jackson lied about his age and enlisted in the Army at 16, but was soon discharged when his lie was discovered. He subsequently joined the Navy in 1950 and was discharged in 1954. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1956. Jackson later wrote a memoir From the Bottom Up: The Stonewall Jackson Story as Told in His Own Words about his childhood.
Recording career
After hearing Jackson's demo tape, Wesley Rose, president of Acuff-Rose Music, arranged for Jackson to audition for the Grand Ole Opry. Jackson became the first artist to join the Grand Ole Opry before obtaining a recording contract. He toured with Ernest Tubb, who became his mentor. Jackson signed with Columbia Records in 1957.
His breakthrough came in the country Top 40 in late 1958, with a song written by a young George Jones, "Life to GoLife To GoSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksALife To Go2:28BMisery Known As Heartache2:06". It peaked at No. 2 in early 1959 and his follow-up record, "WaterlooWaterlooSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Keep Off The GrassA2Love Gets All Over MeA3Lovin' The Fool Out Of MeA4Shake 'Em Up Roll 'EmA5Clean Your Own TablesB1I Can't Get Enough Of YouB2My Hero And The Plastic RadioB3Things To Talk AboutB4WaterlooB5I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water", was No. 1 for five weeks, and crossed over into the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it reached No. 4. The track also reached No. 24 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1959. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. The song was a haunting and catchy tune that states "Everybody has to meet his Waterloo", meaning their fate. The song 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 tragedy song trope, about an over-worked country music radio station disc jockey, who crashes his car in a rainstorm). In 1971, Jackson was the first artist to record a live album from the Grand Ole Opry with Recorded Live At The Grand Ole Opry. His other hit songs include "The Carpet on the Floor", "Why I'm Walkin'", "A Wound Time Can't Erase", and "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water". Jackson also recorded a cover version of Lobo's 1971 hit, "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
Me And You And A Dog Named BooSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracksA1Me And You And A Dog Named Boo2:36A2Nashville3:03A3Joy To The World2:33A4Waiting For A Train2:08A5Step Aside2:42A6Think I'll Go Somewhere And Cry Myself To Sleep2:54B1Push The Panic Button2:47B2Waitin' For Dawn Till Dawn2:54B3Crazy Heart2:12B4Please Help Me, I'm Falling2:23B5Half As Much2:22", which became Jackson's final top 10 hit.
From 1958 to 1971, Jackson had 35 Top 40 country hits.
Later years
In 2006, Jackson sued the Grand Ole Opry for $10 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages, claiming age discrimination. As a member of the Opry for over 50 years, Jackson believed management was sidelining him in favor of younger artists. In his court filing, Jackson claimed that Opry general manager Pete Fisher stated that he did not "want any gray hairs on that stage or in the audience, and before I'm done there won't be any." Fisher is also alleged to have told Jackson that he was "too old and too country". The lawsuit was settled on October 3, 2008 for an undisclosed amount and Jackson returned to performing on the show. He was a member of the Opry from 1956 until his death. He largely retired from performing by 2012, with his last public performance being at the funeral of his longtime friend George Jones.
Jackson lived on a farm in Brentwood, Tennessee, where his wife Juanita died on January 11, 2019. She was also his personal manager and operated his song publishing company, Turp Tunes. He has a son, Stonewall Jackson Jr.
He was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame on October 11, 2012.
Jackson died in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 4, 2021, at the age of 89, from complications of vascular dementia.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 30 | 90.4th |
| Studio albums | 22 | 97th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 24 | 95.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 47 | 88th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (30 release groups · 22 studio albums)
Albums · 22
1959 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:19
A1Waterloo2:27A2Smoke Along the Track2:37A3Life to Go2:33A4Run2:28A5The Carpet on the Floor2:25A6Man Has Cried2:40B1Uncle Sam and Big John Bull2:14B2Mary Don’t You Weep2:21B3Ward of Broken Hearts2:10B4Why I'm Walkin'2:18B5Let's Call It a Day2:38B6Black Sheep4:281962 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:10
A1The Sadness in a Song2:27A2One Look at Heaven2:30A3A Man Without a Home2:05A4Sweetheart of the Town2:35A5Hungry for Love2:31A6Greener Pastures1:57B1Second Choice2:41B2Lives Like Mine2:41B3Give in to the Blues2:52B4Everybody but Me2:37B5Sorrow’s Tearing Down the House2:22B6Leona2:521963 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:14
A1A Toast To The Bride2:20A2Don't Be Angry2:59A3The Water's So Cold2:35A4Wild Wild Wind2:52A5Pins And Needles (In My Heart)2:50A6Big House On The Corner2:22B1Picket Sign2:11B2No One Will Ever Know2:43B3East Of West Berlin2:08B4You Haven't Heard2:47B5B.J. The D.J.2:47B6A Wound Time Can't Erase2:401965 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 29:22
A1Old Showboat2:49A2It's Not Me2:23A3Not My Kind of People2:14A4Give It Back to the Indians2:28A5There’s a Limit2:30A6You Saw Me Off (But Will You See Me in)2:35B1I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water2:42B2I’ve Got to Change2:09B3Mama’s Bible2:33B4Stateside2:25B5Trouble & Me2:14B6I Could Have Gone Right (Just as Easy as I Went Wrong)2:201966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 28:31
A1The Minute Men (Are Turning In Their Graves)2:26A2I Wish I Had A Girl2:48A3Blues Plus Booze (Means I Lose)2:46A4Wedding Bells3:21A5All Together Now2:15A6Touch Me Not2:53B1Thankful For Your Love2:25B2This One Gets My Vote2:22B3Best I Have (Is Not Enough For You)2:35B4Still Awake2:30B5I Pawned My Past Today2:10The Exciting Stonewall Jackson
1966 · studio album
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A1Don’t Be AngryA2Tears on Her Bridal BouquetA3I’m Gonna Find YouA4(You’re Right) I Need You Real BadA5A Little Guy Called JoeB1A Broken Heart, a Wedding BandB2Grieving in My HeartB3Misery Known as HeartacheB4Wedding Bells for You and HimB5Knock Off Your Naggin’1967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 27:20
A1This World Holds Nothing (Since You're Gone)2:30A2If This House Could Talk2:36A3It's Such A Pretty World Today2:14A4I Threw Away The Rose2:38A5Gonna Find Me A Bluebird2:25A6Big Busy World1:59B1You're The Sad In My Songs2:41B2There's No Reason To Be Living (Since You're Gone)2:28B3I Can't Dry Your Tears2:21B4Only Lonely Me2:33B5I'll Go Get The Tool Box2:551967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
A1Help Stamp Out LonelinessA2She'll Still Be GoneA3You Can Check on MeA4The Wine Flowed FreelyA5Road to RecoveryA6We CouldB1Promises and HeartsB2If Teardrops Were PenniesB3The Fall That Pride Goes BeforeB4A Man Must Hide to CryB5Almost Hear the BluesNothing Takes the Place of Loving You
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 27:22
A1Nothing Takes the Place of Loving You2:34A2If Heartaches Were Wine2:19A3Mary Don't You Weep1:51A4Have I Told You Lately That I Love You2:47A5My Song2:49A6I Believe in Love2:07B1How Many Lies Can I Tell3:07B2The Past Is All the Future I See2:38B3Waltz of the Wind1:52B4Almost Hear the Blues2:36B5Drinking and Driving2:421968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 11:03
A1I’m Just Here to Get My Baby Out of JailA2Tragic RomanceA3Red River Valley2:18A4Shackles and Chains2:28A5Knoxville Girl3:08A6Ode to Cowboy JackB1Black SheepB2Mother the Queen of My HeartB3Soldier’s Last Letter3:09B4Letter Edged in BlackB5Wanderin’ Boy’s Last Letter1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 32:48
A1Jesus Hold My Hand3:36A2The Old Country Church2:37A3Where Could I Go but to the Lord2:56A4Something Got a Hold of Me4:00A5Kneel at the Cross2:11A6Save a Place for Me2:39B1Wait a Little Longer Please Jesus3:20B2The Tree for the Cross2:53B3Mama's Bible2:36B4Farther Along3:20B5What a Friend We Have in Jesus2:401969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 28:10
A1Here's to Hank5:06A2I'm So Lonesome I Could CryA3Lovesick Blues2:38A4Cold, Cold Heart3:04A5I Can't Help It2:26A6(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle2:19B1Your Cheatin' Heart2:31B2Take These Chains From My Heart2:36B3You Win Again2:39B4Mansion on the Hill2:33B5Let's Turn Back the Years2:181970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 28:25
A1Wings Of A Dove2:27A2I Started Loving You Again2:52A3Little Old Wine Drinker2:21A4Before I Met You2:25A5Cold Hard Facts Of Life3:23A6Plenty Of Everything But You2:20B1Oh,Lonesome Me2:40B2Why I'm Walkin'2:09B3Honky Tonk Girl2:15B4Born That Way2:43B5Blue Field2:501970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 28:12
A1Ship in the Bottle2:33A2Morals of a Man2:40A3I Miss You Most in the Winter Time2:14A4Better Days for Mama2:56A5The Lonesome in Me2:21A6Thoughts of a Lonely Man2:31B1'Never More" Quote the Raven1:56B2The Difference Between Going and Really Gone2:03B3Blues Plus Booze2:46B4The Harm You've Done2:49B5Somebody's Always Leaving3:23Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
1971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 28:34
A1Me And You And A Dog Named Boo2:36A2Nashville3:03A3Joy To The World2:33A4Waiting For A Train2:08A5Step Aside2:42A6Think I'll Go Somewhere And Cry Myself To Sleep2:54B1Push The Panic Button2:47B2Waitin' For Dawn Till Dawn2:54B3Crazy Heart2:12B4Please Help Me, I'm Falling2:23B5Half As Much2:221979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 29:52
A1My Favorite Sin3:23A2I Can't Sing A Love Song2:20A3The Pint Of No Return3:07A4Have Your Next Affair With Me2:18A5Spirits Of St. Louis2:58B1Alcohol Of Fame2:48B2Things That Lovers Do4:17B3We're The Kind Of People3:13B4Don't You Say Nothin' At All3:01B5Jesus Took The Outlaw Out Of Me2:271980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 29:04
A1My Favourite Sin3:21A2I Can't Song a Love Song2:17A3The Pint of No Return3:06A4Have Your Next Affair With Me2:18A5Spirits of St Louis2:56B1Alcohol of Fame2:47B2Things That Lovers Do4:16B3We're the Kind of People (That Make the Jukebox Play)3:11B4Don't You Say Nothin' at All2:28B5Jesus Took the Outlaw Out of Me2:241980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 45:15
1I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal2:462Full Moon Empty Pockets2:343There's No Short Cuts2:454Breaking Up Breakdown3:545Let the Sun Shine on the People2:516Don't Be Late2:017Herman Schwartz2:548Read Between Lines2:299Shake Em' Up Roll 'Em2:0810Clean Your Own Tables2:5511My Hero in the Plastic Radio2:2312Things to Talk About2:2113Ol' Blue2:4014Should I Go Home2:2315Keep Off the Grass3:0416Love Gets All Over Me2:4817Lovin' the Fool Out of Me2:191981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 29:30
A1I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal2:44A2Full Moon, Empty Pockets2:33A3There's No Shortcuts2:44A4Breaking Up Break Down3:52A5Let the Sun Shine on the People2:54B1Waterloo2:35B2Don't Be Angry2:58B3I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water3:43B4The Wound Time Can't Erase3:08B5Why I'm Walkin'2:191985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Keep Off The GrassA2Love Gets All Over MeA3Lovin' The Fool Out Of MeA4Shake 'Em Up Roll 'EmA5Clean Your Own TablesB1I Can't Get Enough Of YouB2My Hero And The Plastic RadioB3Things To Talk AboutB4WaterlooB5I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 26:16
1Smoke Along the Track2:392Life to Go2:303Don't Be Angry3:014A Wound Time Can't Erase2:415Waterloo2:296Me and You and a Dog Named Boo2:387Life of a Poor Boy2:228Mary Don't You Weep2:249Leona2:4810Blues Plus Booze (Means I Lose)2:44— · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 26:14
1Don't Be Angry2:582A Wound Time Can't Erase2:383Waterloo2:264Shake 'Em Up, Roll 'Em2:095Lover Gets All Over Me2:496Lovin' The Fool Out Of Me2:207I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water2:478Why I'm Walkin'2:219B.J. The D.J.2:5510Herman Schwartz2:51
Single · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1958 | Life To GoSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 4:34ALife To Go2:28 BMisery Known As Heartache2:06 | 1958 | ||
| 1959 | Waterloo / Smoke Along the TrackSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:02AWaterloo2:27 BSmoke Along the Track2:35 | 1959 |
Album · 6
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1985 | Here to StaySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 38:37A1I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water3:25 A2Don’t Be Angry3:04 A3Waterloo2:35 A4The Would Time Cannot Erase3:07 A5Why I’m Walkin’2:18 A6Charlie’s Shoes2:26 A7Cross the Brazos at Waco2:55 B1She Don’t Make Me Cry2:42 B2Till I Drink Milwaukee Dry3:11 B3Gone2:23 B4Wings of a Dove2:19 B5I Feel Better All Over2:19 B6Fallen Star2:55 B7Good Ole Country Music’s Here to Stay2:58 | Compilation | 1985 | |
| 1993 | Waterloo: 19 Great Country SongsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 50:071Waterloo2:31 2Why I'm Walkin'2:20 3A Little Guy Named Joe2:42 4A Wound Time Can't Erase2:48 5Don't Be Angry3:10 6I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water2:43 7I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal2:52 8Full Moon Empty Pockets2:38 9There's No Short Cuts (To Get Me Over You)2:50 10Breaking Up Breakdown3:57 11Let the Sun Shine on the People3:00 12Tears on Her Bridal Bouquet2:26 13I'm Gonna Find You2:34 14I Need You Real Bad2:31 15A Broken Heart, a Wedding Band2:38 16Grieving in My Heart2:19 17Misery Known as Heartache2:11 18Wedding Bells for You and Him1:45 19Knock Off Your Naggin'2:12 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 2002 | Best OfSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 1:01:571Life to Go2:32 2Waterloo2:30 3Smoke Along the Tracks2:42 4Mary Don't You Weep2:30 5Why I'm Walkin'2:11 6Life of a Poor Boy2:22 7A Little Guy Called Joe2:41 8A Wound Time Can't Erase2:41 9Leona2:47 10One Look at Heaven2:43 11I Can't Hang Up the Phone2:04 12Old Showboat2:50 13Wild, Wild Wind2:53 14B.J. the D.J.2:49 15Don't Be Angry3:01 16I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water2:42 17The Minute Men Are Turning in Their Graves2:33 18Blues Plus Booze Means I Lose2:46 19Help Stamp Out Loneliness2:39 20Promises & Hearts Were Made to Break2:16 21Angry Words2:37 22Never More Theraven1:56 23Me & You & A Dog Named Boo2:38 24Torn From the Pages of Life2:34 | Compilation | 2 August 2002 | |
| 2003 | WaterlooSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 32:331Read Between the Lines2:35 2Waterloo2:31 3Old Chunk of Coal2:51 4BJ The DJ2:50 5Washed My Hands in Muddy Water2:43 6Wound Time Can't Erase2:44 7Don't Be Angry3:02 8Got An Angel on My Mind2:19 9A Life To Go2:25 10Keep off the Grass3:12 11Loving the Fool out of Me2:26 12Herman Schwartz2:55 | Compilation | 2003 | |
| 2004 | WaterlooSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | 30 August 2004 | |
| 2005 | Waterloo: The Best of Stonewall JacksonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 21:131Waterloo2:28 2Don't Be Angry2:44 3Life To Go2:40 4A Wound Time Can't Erase2:42 5Why I'm Walkin'2:12 6I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water2:40 7B.J. The D.J.3:01 8Me And You And A Dog Named Boo2:46 | Compilation | 2005 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Stonewall Jackson head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 30 | 90.4th |
| Studio albums | 22 | 97th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 24 | 95.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 47 | 88th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2c89b70f-6ccc-4f9d-8229-d8c404a042f0discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2c89b70f-6ccc-4f9d-8229-d8c404a042f0core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson_%28singer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Wikidata: Q323492 · MusicBrainz: 2c89b70f-6ccc-4f9d-8229-d8c404a042f0
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