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"
ReleasedFebruary 1974
RecordedJune 5, 1972
Genre Country
Length3:03
Label Columbia 4-46003
Songwriter(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)" is a song written by Warner Mack. Mack recorded the song in 1957, and reached No. 9 on the Billboard country charts and spent 36 weeks on the chart. [1]

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

Chart performance

Warner Mack

Chart (1958)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] 61

Webb Pierce

Chart (1960)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [4] 69

Sonny James

Chart (1974)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks75

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  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 172.
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