Wedding Ring (song)

"Wedding Ring"
Australian record label
Single by The Easybeats
from the album It's 2 Easy
B-side"Me Or You"
Released26 August 1965
RecordedJune 1965
Armstrong Studios, Melbourne
Genre
Length2:03
LabelParlophone/Albert Productions
Songwriter(s)Stevie Wright/George Young, Harry Vanda
Producer(s)Ted Albert
Australian singles chronology
"She's So Fine"
(1965) 		"Wedding Ring"
(1965) 		"Sad and Lonely and Blue"
(1965)

"Wedding Ring" is a song written by Stevie Wright and George Young. It was originally recorded by the Australian rock group the Easybeats in 1965, whose version reached #6 on the Australian charts.[1]

Single track listing

  1. Wedding Ring
  2. Me Or You

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Australia Music Maker[1] 6

The Sports version

"Wedding Ring"
Single by The Sports
from the album O.K, U.K!
ReleasedAugust 1979 (1979-08)
StudioStiff Mobile & Brittania Road Studios, London
GenrePop Rock
Length2:43
LabelMushroom Records
Songwriter(s)Stevie Wright/George Young, Harry Vanda
Producer(s)Dave Robinson, Liam Sternberg
The Sports singles chronology
"Suspicious Minds"
(1979) 		"Wedding Ring"
(1979) 		"Strangers on a Train"
(1980)

Australia rock band The Sports released a version as the lead single from their extended play album, O.K, U.K!. The song peaked at number 40 on the Australian Kent Music Report.[2]

Charts

Chart (1979) Position
Australian Kent Music Report 40

Other Versions

In July 2018, The Screaming Jets released a version as the lead single from their eighth studio album Gotcha Covered.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940 - 1969. Turramurra, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 288. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian singles and albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  3. ^ "The Screaming Jets Wedding Ring". Play MPE. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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