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Show Me the Way to Calvary - Wikipedia

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Show Me the Way to Calvary

Studio album by

Wanda Jackson

Released

1981

Recorded

1981

Studio

Associated Recording Studio

Genre

Gospel^[1]

Label

Christian World

Producer

Don Johnson

Wanda Jackson chronology

Good Times
(1980)

Show Me the Way to Calvary
(1981)

Let's Have a Party
(1982)

Show Me the Way to Calvary is a studio album by American recording artist Wanda Jackson. It was released in 1981 via Christian World Incorporated and contained a total of ten tracks. It was the twenty seventh studio album released in Jackson's music career and her first to be released with the Christian World label. It would later be re-released in the United Kingdom.

Background, content and release

Wanda Jackson became commercially successful through a series of Rockabilly and country music recordings in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. This included songs like "Let's Have a Party (1960), "In the Middle of a Heartache" (1962) and "Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine" (1967). She later recorded gospel music for the Word and Myrrh labels in the 1970s.^[2]

After gospel recording contract ended, Jackson retreated temporarily into domestic life before resuming her career in 1979. During this period she released a series of gospel and country albums on independent labels, which included Show Me the Way to Calvary.^[3] The project was recorded in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the Associated Recording Studio in 1981. The sessions for the project were produced by Don Johnson.^[1]

The album comprises ten tracks.^[4] It is a collection of gospel recordings, including a cover version of Dottie Rambo's "I Go to the Rock" and Jackson's own composition named "My Testimony". The album was first released in 1981 on the Christian World label as a vinyl LP.^[1] It was re-issued in the United Kingdom on Word Records in 1982 under the title My Testimony. It was also issued as a vinyl LP with an identical track listing to the original release.^[5]^[4]

Track listing

Side one^[1]^[5]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Show Me the Way to Calvary"	C. Aaron Wilburn	2:54
2.	"Holy Ghost Baptizer"	Gary S. Paxton Maury Randolph Pigg	2:59
3.	"Walking on the Water"	P. McMahn	2:56
4.	"I Go to the Rock"	Dottie Rambo	3:21
5.	"He's Still Working on Me"	J. Hemphill	2:34

Side two^[1]^[5]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hey Devil"	Ike Davis Herman Michner	2:33
2.	"Come Morning"	Gaskins	3:46
3.	"Let Me Touch Him"	V. Ellis	3:06
4.	"Jesus, I Believe What You Said"	Bill Gaither	3:06
5.	"My Testimony"	Wanda Jackson	2:10

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Show Me the Way to Calvary.^[1]

Musical personnel

Terry Blankenship – Bass
Paul Bowman – Drums
Rocky Gribble – Acoustic guitar, lead guitar
Jerry Hall – Steel guitar
Wanda Jackson – Lead vocals
Don Johnson – Piano
Linda Matheson – Background vocals
Carolyn McCoy – Background vocals
Dale McCoy – Background vocals

Technical personnel

Laura Chance – Production
Melanie Harlan – Hair stylist
Don Johnson – Conductor, producer
David Powell – String and brass arrangements
Mark Stevens – Production
Carl Warren – Engineer
Debbie Wray – Art direction

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
United States	1981	Vinyl	Christian World Inc.	^[1]
United Kingdom	1982	Vinyl	Word Records	^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Jackson, Wanda (1981). "Show Me the Way to Calvary (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". Christian World, Inc. CW-5002.
^ Wolff, Kurt. "Wanda Jackson: Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ Bomar, Scott; Jackson, Wanda (2017). Every night is Saturday night : a country girl's journey to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. United States: BMG. ISBN 9781947026070.
^ ^a ^b "My Testimony: Wanda Jackson: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Jackson, Wanda (1982). "My Testimony (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". Word Records. WST-9619.

v t e Wanda Jackson
Albums Singles
Studio albums	Wanda Jackson (1958) There's a Party Goin' On (1961) Right or Wrong (1961) Wonderful Wanda (1962) Love Me Forever (1963) Two Sides of Wanda (1964) Blues in My Heart (1965) Wanda Jackson Sings Country Songs (1965) Wanda Jackson Salutes the Country Music Hall of Fame (1966) Reckless Love Affair (1967) You'll Always Have My Love (1967) Cream of the Crop (1968) The Many Moods of Wanda Jackson (1968) The Happy Side of Wanda (1969) Wanda Jackson Country! (1970) A Woman Lives for Love (1970) I've Gotta Sing (1971) Praise the Lord (1972) I Wouldn't Want You Any Other Way (1972) Country Gospel (1973) Country Keepsakes (1973) When It's Time to Fall in Love Again (1974) Now I Have Everything (1975) Make Me Like a Child Again (1976) Closer to Jesus (1977) Good Times (1980) Show Me the Way to Calvary (1981) Let's Have a Party (1982) My Kind of Gospel (1983) Rockabilly Fever (1984) Teach Me to Love (1984) Let's Have a Party in Prague (1987) (with Karel Zich) Classy Country (1988) Encore (1988) Don't Worry Be Happy (1989) Goin' on with My Jesus (1991) Rock & Roll-ra Hívlak! (with Dolly Roll) (1992) Generations (Of Gospel Music) (1993) Let's Have a Party (1995) The Queen of Rock' a 'Billy (1997) Heart Trouble (2003) I Remember Elvis (2006) The Party Ain't Over (2011) Unfinished Business (2012) Encore (2021)
Compilation albums	Rockin' with Wanda (1960) Made in Germany (1967) The Best of Wanda Jackson (1968) I'll Still Love You (1976)
Live albums	Wanda Jackson in Person (1969) Live in Scandinavia (1989) The Wanda Jackson Show: Live and Still Kickin' (2003) Wanda Live! at Third Man Records (2011)
Songs	"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" "You Can't Have My Love" "I Gotta Know" "Fujiyama Mama" "Riot in Cell Block Number 9" "Hard Headed Woman" "Let's Have a Party" "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" "Right or Wrong" "Funnel of Love" "In the Middle of a Heartache" "A Little Bitty Tear" "If I Cried Every Time You Hurt Me" "Santo Domingo" "The Box It Came In" "Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine" "If I Had a Hammer" "My Big Iron Skillet" "Two Separate Bar Stools "A Woman Lives for Love" "Fancy Satin Pillows" "Where Do I Put His Memory" "I'll Still Love You" "Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" "Good Rockin' Tonight" "You Know I'm No Good" "Thunder on the Mountain" "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'"

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