Is It Wrong (For Loving You)

"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 by a number of artists, including Sonny James in 1974. It was the final of twenty-three number ones on the country chart for James. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart.[1]

In the mid-1950s Mack recorded the song which in 1957, reached No. 9 on the Billboard country charts.

It was also covered by Webb Pierce in 1960, and made it at No. 11 on the country charts.

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

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 172.
Preceded by
"Things Aren't Funny Anymore"
by Merle Haggard
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

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