<P> `` Have I the Right ? '' was the début single and biggest hit of British band The Honeycombs . It was composed by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley , who had made contact with The Honeycombs , a London - based group , then playing under the name of The Sheratons , in the Mildmay Tavern in the Balls Pond Road in Islington , where they played a date . Howard and Blaikley were impressed by the group 's lead vocalist , Dennis D'Ell , and the fact that they had a female drummer , Ann ( ' Honey ' ) Lantree . The group were looking for material to play for an audition with record producer Joe Meek , and they played the songs Howard and Blaikley had just given them . Meek decided to record one of them , `` Have I the Right ? '' , there and then . Meek himself provided the B - side , `` Please Do n't Pretend Again '' . </P>
<P> `` Have I the Right ? '' was the début single and biggest hit of British band The Honeycombs . It was composed by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley , who had made contact with The Honeycombs , a London - based group , then playing under the name of The Sheratons , in the Mildmay Tavern in the Balls Pond Road in Islington , where they played a date . Howard and Blaikley were impressed by the group 's lead vocalist , Dennis D'Ell , and the fact that they had a female drummer , Ann ( ' Honey ' ) Lantree . The group were looking for material to play for an audition with record producer Joe Meek , and they played the songs Howard and Blaikley had just given them . Meek decided to record one of them , `` Have I the Right ? '' , there and then . Meek himself provided the B - side , `` Please Do n't Pretend Again '' . </P>
who sang the song have i the right
who sang the song have i the right
The Honeycombs
The Honeycombs