"[1] Kirkland moved around during his youth, but one classification of blues singers' heritages places him in the Alabama part of the "Eastern Piney Woods" region.

[7] One book on mental health challenges uses the song as an example of rejection sensitivity, and suggests that a subsequent verse, in which the singer says "Gonna find me a new doctor, maybe my luck will change", indicates the value of psychotherapy.

[4] Besides Kirkland on vocals and guitar, the lineup consisted of Joe Dooms on piano, Jimmy Parner on drums, and Johnny Hooks on tenor saxophone.

[5] The Elmore James session that recorded the song was held at Beltone Studios in New York City, likely beginning the night of May 23, 1960, and running into the next day.

Other players likely included Homesick James on bass guitar, Belton Evans on drums, Johnny Acey on piano, and Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams on baritone saxophone.

[5] The work of Elmore James inspired a number of mid-1960s rock artists from Great Britain, and from North America as part of the "British Invasion",[10] including the Yardbirds.

[10] One of the first tracks recorded by them with Jeff Beck on guitar, "I Ain't Done Wrong" appeared during the summer of 1965 on the For Your Love album in the United States and the Five Yardbirds EP in Britain.

[11] Although the sole writing credit for this track was given to the group's lead singer and harmonica player, Keith Relf,[11] it was based on Kirkland's "I Must Have Done Somebody Wrong".

[12] Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty later stated that "I Ain't Done Wrong" was "little more than a mildly revised version of an Elmore James number", and suggested that the credit to Relf was motivated by the group desiring to be more involved in doing their own songwriting and thus less dependent upon outside writers like Graham Gouldman.

This is an old true story ..."[23] Unlike some white rockers capitalizing on old blues tunes, the Allman Brothers were known for shouting out the names of artists who preceded them.

The first solo is from Thom Doucette,[23] a blues harp player who frequently joined the Allman Brothers and played on several of the Fillmore East numbers.

[23] Indeed, writer Scott Freeman has said that Duane Allman's slide playing on this performance illustrated that he had gone well beyond whatever Elmore James and other blues masters had ever envisioned for the instrument.

[20] From the Fillmore shows on, "Done Somebody Wrong" became a part of the Allman Brothers' regular setlists,[23] and performances of it have appeared on several historical releases from later in 1971, culminating with The Final Note.

[29] The original vinyl double LP of At Fillmore East listed four writers for "Done Somebody Wrong": David C. Thomas, Clarence Lewis, Elmore James, and Morgan Robinson.

In later years, the song credits being used for "Done Somebody Wrong" changed again: James and Lewis remained, but Clayton-Thomas was dropped and Robinson was replaced by record company mogul Morris Levy.