Jacky Ward is an American country music artist. Playing guitar and singing, Ward gained some popularity in the late 70s in Nashville, Tennessee. Between 1972 and 1982 he released four albums with Mercury Records, and charted more than fifteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles. His highest-peaking single, "A Lover's Question", reached No. 3 on the charts in 1978. In Ward's career, he recorded three duets with Reba McEntire, including McEntire's first Top 40 country hit, "Three Sheets in the Wind".

 

He recorded mainly for Mercury Records, with notable songs including ‘Nobody’s Perfect’, ‘I Never Said It Would Be Easy’, ‘I Can’t Stand The Pain’, ‘Stealin’’, ‘Texas Angel’, ‘She Belongs To Me’, ‘A Lover’s Question’, ‘From Me To You’, ‘Rhythm Of The Rain’, and ‘That Makes Two Of Us’. Best known of Ward’s recordings is ‘Big Blue Diamonds’, with which he had a moderate success in 1972. This was backed by ‘Fools Fall In Love’ on its original release and he re-recorded it a little later. The song has been recorded many times by numerous artists although Ward’s version remains notable.

After leaving Mercury in the early 1980s, Ward briefly signed to Asylum Records, releasing a cover of Ricky Nelson's "Travelin' Man" that year. Although he released four singles for the label, Ward never issued an album on Asylum, and left the country music business in the late 1980s.

In the 1980s he also hosted a show on The Nashville Network called "Dancin' USA".

Jacky Ward left the country music industry in 1985. He has been a minister and teacher of the gospel for over 20 years. He is presently the interim pastor of West Corinth Baptist church in Corinth, MS.