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From '' Don't Be Cruel ''
Label: Metromedia Records – MM-201, MMS-201
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: Nov 1970
Tracklist
A Don't Be Cruel
Written-By – Otis Blackwell
B You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone
Written-By – Bill Taylor, Stan Kesler
Produced and Arranged by Scotty Moore.
Notes
Feauting Scotty Moore on guitar.
© 1970 © Metromedia Records™ a division of 43 North Broadway, LLC. WARNING: All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
℗ 1970 © Metromedia Records™ a division of 43 North Broadway, LLC. WARNING: All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" (sometimes called "You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone") is a song written by Bill Taylor and Stan Kesler, and originally recorded by Elvis Presley for Sun Records.
Released as a single in April 1955 (with "Baby Let's Play House" on the opposite side), the song made it into the top 10 of US Billboard's C&W Best Sellers in Stores chart.
Composition
The song was written by Bill Taylor and Stan Kesler, members of a Sun Records band called Snearly Ranch Boys.
Recording
The commercial (released) version was recorded by Elvis in February–March 1955 at Sun Records' Studio in Memphis.
The recording features Elvis on acoustic guitar and his regular sidemen Scotty Moore on electric guitar and Bill Black on bass.
Both are credited on the record's label (as Scotty & Bill).
Session drummer Jimmie Lott was "brought in" for this recording by Sam Phillips.
Description and critical analysis
The song's lyrics deal with a heartbreak, but in a humorous way.
The singer says to his friend that the friend was right in warning him that the girl would break his heart. But the singer still had to find out for himself if she was "the one" for him.
According to Susan M. Doll in her book Understanding Elvis, the song "features a common characteristic of country music — the passive acceptance of the singer's fate and the subsequent melancholy it brings", as the person who sings the song "passively resigns himself to the fact" that his girl is gone.
Musically, it is a rockabilly ballad.
Originally Elvis Presley recorded it in a blues arrangement, but the version that was released was "something of a novelty", which "was more in line with the commercial considerations of the day".
Mike Eder in his Elvis Music FAQ finds the recording too polished and too similar to other Elvis' songs of that time:
In the case of "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone," the rough edges should perhaps have been left on. It's unwise to place the blame for this totally on Sam [Phillips], since Elvis did after all willingly work on the completed master. Yet it's almost uncanny how close this flip side sounded, mood-wise, to "You're a Heartbreaker" before it and "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" after. That "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" has more of a sparkle to it than the other two titles shouldn't be overlooked, but upon hearing the outtake, one can't help but feel that some of the life was ultimately polished out of it.
At about the one-minute mark, the song features Elvis' "trademark hiccup vocal break".
Charts
Chart (1958) / Peak position
UK Singles (OCC) / 21
Giorgio Moroders' ''I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone''
Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte also wrote a song with the same title that is a totally different song!
Cover versions
1957
Joey Castell
1959
Johnny Cash
1961
The Rolling Stones (Unreleased recording)
1971
Hayden Thompson
1973
Jerry Lee Lewis
1974
Per Granberg and New Jordal Swingers
The Ropers
1976
Jussi & The Boys
1977
Carl Mann
Don Sawyer and Kevin Olson
Terry Cobb
1978
Michael Kroll
1979
Ral Donner
1980
Jussi Raittinen
Larry Donn
1981
Terry Ray Bradley
Henry Turtle
Ralph Carlson & Country Mile
1984
Friends
1987
Sun Cats (or Suncats)
1988
Barry Stanton
1990
The Sun Rhythm Section
1991
Charlie Feathers
1994
Jody Reynolds
1996
John Paul Young
The Silhouets
Denis Westmorland
1997
The Quarrymen (John Lennon's Original Quarrymen)
The Beatniks
1998
Terry Dene And The Dene Aces
The White Lines
1999
Tom Jones With James Dean Bradfield
Billy Swan (As part of his Sun Medley)
2000
Country Cattin'
2002
Billy Fury
Rhythm 55
2004
Huelyn Duvall And The Troublesome Three
2005
Chris Helbling
2007
Teddy Thompson
Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding
Adam Cotton And Howard Hughes
2008
Yuichi & The Hilltone Boys
2011
Jacen Bruce
2014
Daniele Stallone & His Loud Roll Shuffle
2016
Johnny Hallyday
Little Boy Blue And The Blue Boys
Biel Alimanya and The Folsom Rockers
Lolo & The Brigidas
2021
Chickenforce
unknown date
Manic Street Preachers feat. Tom Jones
The Golden Ring
Rocker's band
The Tri-County Bluegrass Boys
Danny Vernon
🔗 [LINKS]
Available on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/23JfZQQPRWWZJzN6C9kv5c
#elvispresleycover
#countrymusic
#imleftyourerightshesgone
#jerryfoster
From '' Don't Be Cruel ''
Label: Metromedia Records – MM-201, MMS-201
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: Nov 1970
Tracklist
A Don't Be Cruel
Written-By – Otis Blackwell
B You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone
Written-By – Bill Taylor, Stan Kesler
Produced and Arranged by Scotty Moore.
Notes
Feauting Scotty Moore on guitar.
© 1970 © Metromedia Records™ a division of 43 North Broadway, LLC. WARNING: All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
℗ 1970 © Metromedia Records™ a division of 43 North Broadway, LLC. WARNING: All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" (sometimes called "You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone") is a song written by Bill Taylor and Stan Kesler, and originally recorded by Elvis Presley for Sun Records.
Released as a single in April 1955 (with "Baby Let's Play House" on the opposite side), the song made it into the top 10 of US Billboard's C&W Best Sellers in Stores chart.
Composition
The song was written by Bill Taylor and Stan Kesler, members of a Sun Records band called Snearly Ranch Boys.
Recording
The commercial (released) version was recorded by Elvis in February–March 1955 at Sun Records' Studio in Memphis.
The recording features Elvis on acoustic guitar and his regular sidemen Scotty Moore on electric guitar and Bill Black on bass.
Both are credited on the record's label (as Scotty & Bill).
Session drummer Jimmie Lott was "brought in" for this recording by Sam Phillips.
Description and critical analysis
The song's lyrics deal with a heartbreak, but in a humorous way.
The singer says to his friend that the friend was right in warning him that the girl would break his heart. But the singer still had to find out for himself if she was "the one" for him.
According to Susan M. Doll in her book Understanding Elvis, the song "features a common characteristic of country music — the passive acceptance of the singer's fate and the subsequent melancholy it brings", as the person who sings the song "passively resigns himself to the fact" that his girl is gone.
Musically, it is a rockabilly ballad.
Originally Elvis Presley recorded it in a blues arrangement, but the version that was released was "something of a novelty", which "was more in line with the commercial considerations of the day".
Mike Eder in his Elvis Music FAQ finds the recording too polished and too similar to other Elvis' songs of that time:
In the case of "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone," the rough edges should perhaps have been left on. It's unwise to place the blame for this totally on Sam [Phillips], since Elvis did after all willingly work on the completed master. Yet it's almost uncanny how close this flip side sounded, mood-wise, to "You're a Heartbreaker" before it and "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" after. That "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" has more of a sparkle to it than the other two titles shouldn't be overlooked, but upon hearing the outtake, one can't help but feel that some of the life was ultimately polished out of it.
At about the one-minute mark, the song features Elvis' "trademark hiccup vocal break".
Charts
Chart (1958) / Peak position
UK Singles (OCC) / 21
Giorgio Moroders' ''I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone''
Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte also wrote a song with the same title that is a totally different song!
Cover versions
1957
Joey Castell
1959
Johnny Cash
1961
The Rolling Stones (Unreleased recording)
1971
Hayden Thompson
1973
Jerry Lee Lewis
1974
Per Granberg and New Jordal Swingers
The Ropers
1976
Jussi & The Boys
1977
Carl Mann
Don Sawyer and Kevin Olson
Terry Cobb
1978
Michael Kroll
1979
Ral Donner
1980
Jussi Raittinen
Larry Donn
1981
Terry Ray Bradley
Henry Turtle
Ralph Carlson & Country Mile
1984
Friends
1987
Sun Cats (or Suncats)
1988
Barry Stanton
1990
The Sun Rhythm Section
1991
Charlie Feathers
1994
Jody Reynolds
1996
John Paul Young
The Silhouets
Denis Westmorland
1997
The Quarrymen (John Lennon's Original Quarrymen)
The Beatniks
1998
Terry Dene And The Dene Aces
The White Lines
1999
Tom Jones With James Dean Bradfield
Billy Swan (As part of his Sun Medley)
2000
Country Cattin'
2002
Billy Fury
Rhythm 55
2004
Huelyn Duvall And The Troublesome Three
2005
Chris Helbling
2007
Teddy Thompson
Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding
Adam Cotton And Howard Hughes
2008
Yuichi & The Hilltone Boys
2011
Jacen Bruce
2014
Daniele Stallone & His Loud Roll Shuffle
2016
Johnny Hallyday
Little Boy Blue And The Blue Boys
Biel Alimanya and The Folsom Rockers
Lolo & The Brigidas
2021
Chickenforce
unknown date
Manic Street Preachers feat. Tom Jones
The Golden Ring
Rocker's band
The Tri-County Bluegrass Boys
Danny Vernon
🔗 [LINKS]
Available on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/23JfZQQPRWWZJzN6C9kv5c
#elvispresleycover
#countrymusic
#imleftyourerightshesgone
#jerryfoster
