My Big Iron Skillet Explained

My Big Iron Skillet
Type:single
Artist:Wanda Jackson
Album:Wanda Jackson Country!
B-Side:The Hunter
Released:September 1969
Recorded:March 29, 1969
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S[1]
Genre:Country
Label:Capitol
Producer:Ken Nelson
Prev Title:Everything's Leaving
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:Two Separate Bar Stools
Next Year:1969

"My Big Iron Skillet" is a song written by Bryan Creswell and Wilda Creswell. It was recorded and released as a single by American country, rock, and Christian artist, Wanda Jackson.

The song was recorded at the Columbia Recording Studio on March 29, 1969 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.[1] "My Big Iron Skillet" was officially released as a single in September 1969, peaking at number twenty on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart. It was her first top-twenty single since 1967. The song was issued on Jackson's 1970 studio album, Wanda Jackson Country!.[2]

Music journalist, Robert K. Oermann and anthropologist, Mary A. Bufwack called this song, "threatening" since Jackson threatens to kill the song's antagonist with a kitchen skillet.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wanda Jackson discography, part one. Praguefrank's Country Discographies. 17 December 2013.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. 2011. 978-0-89820-188-8.
  3. Book: Finding Her Voice: Women in Country Music. registration. 2002. Vanderbilt University Press. Nashville, TN. 0-8265-1432-4. 201–04.