The Happy Side of Wanda is a
studio album by American recording artist
Wanda Jackson. It was released in July 1969 via
Capitol Records and contained 11 tracks. It was Jackson's fourteenth studio record released in her career and the fourteenth released on the Capitol label. The project included one single release titled "Your Tender Love".
Background and content
In the 1960s, Wanda Jackson made the successful transition from Rockabilly to Country music with two chart hits: "
Right or Wrong" and "
In the Middle of a Heartache". She became more identified with the Country genre throughout the decade with further album and single releases. In the mid 1960s, she had further country chart singles with "
The Box It Came In" and "
Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine".[2]The Happy Side of Wanda was among the studio releases that followed and was also targeted towards the country market. The project was produced by Kelso Herston and
Ken Nelson. It was the third album co-produced by Herston. It was recorded between December 1967 and March 1969 at the Columbia Studio.[3]
The Happy Side of Wanda was originally released in July 1969 on Capitol Records. It was Jackson's fourteenth studio album issued in her career and her fourteenth with Capitol. It was originally distributed as a
vinyl LP, containing six songs on "side one" and five songs on "side two".[3] In later decades the album was re-released on
Capitol Records Nashville to digital and streaming markets, which included
Apple Music.[4]Billboard named the original LP among its "popular new album releases" in their July 1969 issue of the magazine.[5] The project included one single, which was "Your Tender Love". It was released as a single via Capitol Records in April 1969.[6]
