You Can't Have My Love Explained

You Can't Have My Love
Type:single
Artist:Wanda Jackson with Billy Gray
B-Side:Lovin' Country Style
Released:May 1954
Recorded:March 24, 1954
Hollywood[1]
Genre:Country
Label:Decca
Producer:Tom Mack
Chronology:Wanda Jackson
Next Title:The Right to Love
Next Year:1954

"You Can't Have My Love" is a song written by Billy Gray, Chuck Hardin, Marty Roberts, and Mark Thompson. It was recorded by American musician Wanda Jackson and American country musician Billy Gray.

The song was Jackson's first single released for Decca Records and it was released when she was only a teenager.[2] Released as a single in May 1954, "You Can't Have My Love" became a national top-ten hit on the Billboard Magazine Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes chart, peaking at number eight. It would be the first of a string of charting country and pop hits for Jackson. In addition, it would be Gray's only charting single.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Country Music Discographies: Wanda Jackson, Part One. Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies. December 17, 2013.
  2. Web site: Wanda Jackson Biography. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. December 17, 2013.
  3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research.