RIGHT OR WRONG
“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. (More from Wikipedia)
Wanda Jackson became the “queen of rockabilly” when Elvis Presley himself encouraged her to sing rockabilly when she toured with him in 1955-1956, but she began moving toward pure country when she had an early hit song with the title track “Right or Wrong” on her 1961 album Right or Wrong. Near the end of the arc of her rockabilly career, she recorded one of the songs on my All-Time Top Ten, the sublime “Funnel of Love” with her hot new band, the Party Timers that featured a young Roy Clark. This was yet another song that was introduced to me on a Born Bad CD.
(May 2011)
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In any case, “Funnel of Love” never appeared on any of Wanda Jackson’s studio albums; it was the “B” side of “Right or Wrong”, more of a pure country song that became Wanda’s first Top Ten country single.
(June 2013/2)
