"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
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artist,
Wanda Jackson.
The song was recorded at the Columbia Recording Studio on March 29, 1969 in
Nashville, Tennessee,
United States.
"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!
''Wanda Jackson Country!'' is a studio album by American recording artist Wanda Jackson. It was released in February 1970 via Capitol Records and contained ten tracks. It was Jackson's fifteenth studio album released in her recording career and he ...
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Music journalist,
Robert K. Oermann
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Biog ...
and anthropologist, Mary A. Bufwack called this song, "threatening" since Jackson threatens to kill the song's antagonist with a kitchen skillet.
Chart performance
References
1969 singles
Wanda Jackson songs
Song recordings produced by Ken Nelson (American record producer)
1969 songs
Capitol Records singles
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