THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
124-Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood-Jackson.
1967-Number 11 single.
Best Bit-At 2.10.It was the misheard lyric,’hotter than a pepper sprout’ that gave one of the great bands of the 1980’s,Prefab Sprout their name.(See also best songs 718.)
‘Jackson’ was written by Billy Edd Wheeler and Jerry Leiber and originally recorded by Wheeler in 1963,as a songwriter Wheeler’s greatest success came when Kenny Rogers recorded his co-written song with Roger Bowling ‘Coward of the County’ which reached Number 1 in the UK in 1980.Jerry Leiber(1933-2011) is one of the most celebrated songwriters of the 20th Century who wrote or co-wrote over 70 chart hits(see also best songs 954 and 804.)
As well as this version by Sinatra and Hazlewood(see also best songs 978 and 367) there is also the recording by Johnny Cash and June Carter from 1967 which is every bit as good.
The song tells of the fiery relationship between a husband and wife,while arguing he threatens to go to Jackson where he feels he will be more appreciated,in turn she also feels that if she went she would also receive plenty of attention.
‘When I breeze into that city people gonna stoop and bow,all them women gonna make me teach em’ what they don’t know how.’
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