Stonewall Jackson

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.

Biography 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. 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, He toured with Ernest Tubb, who became his mentor. Jackson signed with Columbia Records in 1957. 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, 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.

Jackson died in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 4, 2021, at the age of 89, from complications of vascular dementia.

Discography

Albums Year Album US Country Label 1959 The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson Columbia 1962 The Sadness in a Song 1963 I Love a Song 2 1965 Trouble & Me 15 The Exciting Stonewall Jackson Stonewall Jackson's Greatest Hits 20 1966 All's Fair in Love 'n' War 5 1967 Help Stamp Out Loneliness 36 Country 1968 Nothing Takes the Place of Loving You 34 The Great Old Songs 38 1969 Old Country Church Greatest Hits 2 Tribute to Hank Williams 1970 The Lonesome in Me The Real Thing 1971 Recorded Live at the Grand Ole Opry Me and You and a Dog Named Boo 1972 The World 1976 Greatest Hits GRT 1979 Platinum Country Little Darlin' Bad Ass 1981 Stars of the Grand Ole Opry 1st Generation 1983 Audiograph Live Audiograph

Singles

Year Single Chart Positions Album US Country US Cash Box Country US CAN Country 1958 "Life to Go" 2 1 The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson 1959 "Waterloo" 1 1 4 "Smoke Along the Track" 24 30 "Igmoo (The Pride of South Central High)" 29 16 95 single only 1960 "Mary Don't You Weep" 12 8 41 The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson "Why I'm Walkin'" 6 8 83 "Life of a Poor Boy" 15 22 singles only "A Little Guy Called Joe" 13 11 1961 "Greener Pastures" 26 14 The Sadness in a Song "Hungry for Love" 27 13 1962 "A Wound Time Can't Erase" 3 1 I Love a Song "Second Choice" 18 38 The Sadness in a Song "One Look at Heaven" 11 14 "Leona" 9 33 1963 "Can't Hang Up the Phone" 11 8 single only "Old Showboat" 8 11 Trouble & Me "Wild Wild Wind" 15 11 I Love a Song 1964 "B.J. the D.J." 1 2 "Not My Kind of People" 24 27 Trouble & Me "Don't Be Angry" 4 4 3 I Love a Song 1965 "I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water" 8 4 Trouble & Me "Trouble and Me" 30 35 "Lost in the Shuffle" 22 Stonewall Jackson's Greatest Hits "Poor Red Georgia Dirt" 44 singles only "If This House Could Talk" 24 18 1966 "The Minute Men (Are Turning in Their Graves)" 24 19 All's Fair in Love 'N' War "Blues Plus Booze (Means I Lose)" 12 21 1967 "Help Stamp Out Loneliness" 5 5 Help Stamp Out Loneliness "Promises and Hearts (Were Made to Break)" 15 13 "This World Holds Nothing (Since You're Gone)" 27 27 Country 1968 "Nothing Takes the Place of Loving You" 39 20 Nothing Takes the Place of Loving You "I Believe in Love" 31 35 "Angry Words" 16 15 13 Greatest Hits 2 1969 "Somebody's Always Leaving" 52 47 The Lonesome in Me "'Never More' Quote the Raven" 25 18 13 "Ship in the Bottle" 19 34 1970 "Better Days for Mama" 72 "Born That Way" 72 The Real Thing "Oh Lonesome Me" 63 52 1971 "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" 7 5 3 Me and You and a Dog Named Boo "Push the Panic Button" 1972 "That's All This World Needs" (w/ Brentwood Children's Choir) 51 50 The World "Torn from the Pages of Life" 71 52 singles only 1973 "I'm Not Strong Enough (To Build Another Dream)" 70 "True Love Is the Thing" "Herman Schwartz" 41 50 89 "Ol' Blue" 1974 "Don't Be Late" Greatest Hits 1978 "Spirit of Saint Louis" Bad Ass "Walk Out on Me (Before I Walk All Over You)" single only "My Favorite Sin" Bad Ass 1979 "Point of No Return" singles only "Listening to Johnny Paycheck" 1981 "Full Moon Empty Pockets" Stars of the Grand Ole Opry 1983 "Let the Sun Shine on the People" Audiograph Live