"Right or Wrong" | ||||
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Single by Wanda Jackson | ||||
from the album Right or Wrong | ||||
B-side | "Funnel of Love" | |||
Released | April 1961 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Recorded | October 28, 1960 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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Genre | Country, Nashville Sound | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Writer(s) | Wanda Jackson | |||
Producer(s) | Ken Nelson | |||
Wanda Jackson singles chronology | ||||
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"Right or Wrong" | ||||
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Single by Ronnie Dove | ||||
from the album Right or Wrong | ||||
B-side | "Baby, Put Your Arms Around Me" | |||
Released | October 1964 | |||
Recorded | September 1964 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Diamond | |||
Producer(s) | Phil Kahl, Ray Vernon | |||
Ronnie Dove singles chronology | ||||
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"Right or Wrong" or "Right or Wrong (I'll Be with You)" is a song written and originally recorded by Wanda Jackson, an American country, rock, and Christian music artist. Originally, the song was a major country and pop hit for Jackson in 1961. A second version was released in 1964 that became popular by American Bubblegum pop artist, Ronnie Dove.
The song was recorded at the Bradley Film and Recording Studio on October 28, 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States and was produced by Ken Nelson. It was one of Jackson's first recording sessions in Nashville. "Right or Wrong" was officially issued as a single in April 1961, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country and Western Sides chart. It also reached number twenty nine on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her second top-forty single on that list. Thirdly, the single peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, her first entry on to the chart. "Right or Wrong" became the second top-ten country single of Jackson's career.
"Right or Wrong" is associated with Wanda Jackson's "comeback" into mainstream country music. After a series of rock and roll-styled singles during the late 1950s, Jackson ultimately reverted to country and claimed to have lost her "rock" audience. She explained her reasoning to this switch in the book, Finding Her Voice: Women in Country Music, stating, "Then country music began comin' back, and I had written a ballad called 'Right or Wrong' and it became a big hit...I think that when I went back to country I lost my rock and roll fans."
In 1964, American bubblegum pop performer, Ronnie Dove, recorded Jackson's composition. The song was recorded at the Fred Foster Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States in September 1964. Also included on the recording session was Dove's minor hit, "Hello Pretty Girl".