"Treat Her Right" is a soul music song, with a standard twelve-bar-blues structure. Written by Roy Head and Gene Kurtz, it was recorded by Roy Head and The Traits and released on the Back Beat label in 1965. The song reached number two in the United States on both the Billboard pop and R&B charts.[1] The Beatles' "Yesterday" kept "Treat Her Right" from the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
It was independently recorded in 1971 by country singers, Billy "Crash" Craddock and Barbara Mandrell (although Mandrell's version was recorded under the title "Treat Him Right"). The song was also covered by Roy Buchanan on his Second Album in 1973. In 1988, George Thorogood recorded the song on the album, Born to Be Bad. The most recent recording was by Los Straitjackets on their 2001 album, Sing Along with Los Straitjackets, featuring Mark Lindsay on lead vocal.
The song was referenced in The Commitments and performed on the film's soundtrack album.