Wedding Ring (song)

"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]

"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)

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. 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 19701992. 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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