Is It Wrong (For Loving You)

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"Is It Wrong (For Loving You)"
Single by Sonny James
from the album When the Snow Is on the Roses
B-side Suddenly There's a Valley
Released February 1974
Format 7"
Recorded June 5, 1972
Genre Country
Length 3:03
Label Columbia 4-46003
Writer(s) Warner MacPherson
Producer(s) George Richey
Sonny James singles chronology
"If She Just Helps Me Get Over You"
(1973)
"Is It Wrong (For Loving You)"
(1974)
"A Mi Esposa Con Amor"
(1974)

"Is It Wrong (For Loving You)", written by Warner Mack, which was recorded the song which in 1957, reached No. 9 on the Billboard country charts and spent 36 weeks on the chart. [1]

Cover Versions

"Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" wasrecorded by a number of artists:

  • In 1960, it was covered by Webb Pierce and peaked at No. 11 on the country charts.
  • Sonny James recorderd it n 1974 and it was the final of twenty-three number ones on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart.[2]


Chart performance

Warner Mack

Chart (1958) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 61

Webb Pierce

Chart (1960) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 69

Sonny James

Chart (1974) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 75

References

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Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

May 11, 1974
Succeeded by
"Country Bumpkin"
by Cal Smith

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