''Right or Wrong'' is a studio album by
country music and
rockabilly singer
Wanda Jackson. It was released in October 1961 by
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...
(catalog no. ST-1596). The album cover says that Jackson "pours sugar over six ballads and rocks around six big beat tunes." The album included Jackson's hit song "
Right or Wrong", which peaked at No. 9 on the country chart and No. 29 on the pop chart.
The album was recorded at the Bradley studio in Nashville on October 28, 1960. Jackson provided the lead vocals and played guitar. Backing musicians included
Buck Owens,
Roy Clark
Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) was an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted ''Hee Haw'', a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influen ...
, and
Marvin Hughes. Jazz Messengers called it a "quintessential release" and a "masterpiece."
gave the compact disc reissue of the album (including bonus tracks) a rating of two-and-a-half stars.
The compact disc includes four bonus tracks not included on the original album.
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Track listing
Side A
# " Right or Wrong" (Wanda Jackson) :37# "Why I'm Walkin'" ( Melvin Endsley, Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, considered one of the best-known Confederate commanders, after Robert E. Lee. He played a prominent role in nearl ...
)
# "So Soon" ( Mel Tillis, Wayne Walker)
# "The Last Letter" ( Rex Griffin)
# "I May Never Get to Heaven" (Bill Anderson, Buddy Killen)
# "The Window Up Above" ( George Jones)
Side B
# "Sticks and Stones" ( Titus Turner)
# "Stupid Cupid
"Stupid Cupid" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka which became a hit for Connie Francis in 1958.
Recording history
After almost three years of failure, Connie Francis finally had a hit in the spring of 1958 with a rock ballad ...
" ( Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield)
# "Slippin' and a Slidin'" (Albert Collins, Edwin Bocage
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, James Smith, Richard Penniman)
# "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" ( Chuck Berry)
# "Who Shot Sam" (Darrell Edwards, George Jones, Ray Jackson)
# "My Baby Left Me" (Arthur Crudup
Arthur William "Big Boy" Crudup (August 24, 1905 – March 28, 1974) was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known, outside blues circles, for his songs "That's All Right" (1946), "My Baby Left Me" and "So Gla ...
)
Compact disc bonus tracks
When the album was reissued on compact discs, it included three bonus tracks:
# "You Can't Have My Love"
# "In the Middle of a Heartache"
# "Let's Have a Party"
References
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1961 albums
Wanda Jackson albums
Capitol Records albums