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Bettye Swann Songs

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Betty Barton (born Betty Jean Champion, October 24, 1944), better known by the stage name Bettye Swann, is a retired American soul singer. She is best known for her 1967 hit song "Make Me Yours". In 1964, Swann started a solo singing career, changing her name to Bettye Swann at the prompting of local DJ Al Scott, who became her manager. After a minor hit with the self-penned "Don't Wait Too Long", her big breakthrough came with "Make Me Yours", which topped the Billboard R&B charts in July 1967 and made #21 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1968, she split with Scott, moved to Georgia, won a new contract with Capitol Records, and had another hit in 1969 with her cover of the Jeannie Seely hit "Don't Touch Me" (#14 R&B, #38 Hot 100). In 1972, Swann transferred to Atlantic Records and had a pair of minor hits with "Victim of a Foolish Heart" (later covered by Joss Stone) and Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again". She continued to record until the mid-1970s, but with little commercial success.

Below is a list of Bettye Swann songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Money 126
chart position: RandB #1, US #21
written by: Bettye Swann
album: Make Me Yours
comments: [northern soul]
Bettye Swann Make Me Yours
1967 Money
2 record label: Capitol 2382
chart position: RandB #14, US #38
written by: Hank Cochran
album: The Soul View Now!
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Bettye Swann Don't Touch Me
1969 Capitol
3 record label: Atlantic 2869
chart position: RandB #16, US #63
written by: George Jackson and Mickey Buckins
Bettye Swann Victim of a Foolish Heart
1972 Atlantic
4 record label: Atlantic 2921
chart position: RandB #26, US #46
written by: Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens
Bettye Swann Today I Started Loving You Again
1973 Atlantic
5 record label: Money 108
chart position: RandB #27, US #131
written by: Bettye Swann
Bettye Swann Don't Wait Too Long
1965 Money
6 record label: Money 129
chart position: RandB #36, US #67
written by: Bettye Swann
Bettye Swann Fall in Love with Me
1967 Money
7 record label: Capitol 2515
chart position: Cashbox R&B #28, US #109
written by: Chip Taylor
Bettye Swann Angel of the Morning
1969 Capitol
8 record label: Atlantic 453019
chart position: RandB #71
written by: Phil Hurtt and Anthony Bell
Bettye Swann The Boy Next Door
1974 Atlantic
9 record label: Atlantic 453262
chart position: RandB #83
written by: Curly Putman and Red Lane
Bettye Swann All the Way in or All the Way Out
1976 Atlantic
10 record label: Atlantic 452950
chart position: RandB #88
written by: Larry Henley and Red Lane
Bettye Swann Till I Get It Right
1973 Atlantic
11 record label: Capitol 2606
chart position: US #102
written by: Hank Cochran
album: Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)
Bettye Swann Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)
1969 Capitol
12 record label: Capitol 2723
chart position: US #114
written by: Edith Lindeman and Carl Stutz
album: Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me
Bettye Swann Little Things Mean a Lot
1970 Capitol
13 record label: Fame 1479
chart position: Cashbox R&B #59
written by: G. Jackson, M. Buckins
comments: [ballad]
Bettye Swann I'm Just Living A Lie
1971 Fame
14 record label: Big Tree 16054
chart position: RandB #84
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Chip Taylor, Billy Vera
Sam Dees & Bettye Swann Storybook Children
1976 Big Tree
-- record label: Atlantic 2921
written by: B. Foster, E. Jordan
Bettye Swann I'd Rather Go Blind
1972 Atlantic
-- record label: Money 113
written by: Bettye Swann, Huey Harris
Bettye Swann The Man That Said No
1965 Money
-- record label: Money 118
written by: Bettye Swann
Bettye Swann The Heartache Is Gone
1966 Money
-- record label: Money 136
written by: B. Swann
album: Make Me Yours
Bettye Swann I Think I'm Falling In Love
1967 Money
-- record label: Money 135
written by: Robinson, White
album: Make Me Yours
Bettye Swann Don't Look Back
1967 Money
-- record label: Capitol 2850
written by: W. Robinson, W. Moore, M. Tarplin, R. Rogers
album: Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me?
Bettye Swann Ain't That Peculiar
1970 Capitol
-- record label: Atlantic
written by: Banks and Hampton
album: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
comments: [previously unreleased ballad]
Bettye Swann Either You Love Me Or Leave Me
1975 Atlantic
-- record label: Atlantic
written by: Holland-Dozier-Holland, Sylvia Moy
album: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
comments: [previously unreleased ballad]
Bettye Swann This Old Heart Of Mine
1975 Atlantic
-- record label: Atlantic 3352
written by: Paige, Punch
comments: [ballad]
Bettye Swann Heading In The Right Direction
1976 Atlantic
-- record label: Atlantic 3019
written by: P. Hurtt, A. Bell
Bettye Swann Kiss My Love Goodbye
1974 Atlantic
-- record label: Capitol 270
written by: John D. Loudermilk
album: Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me?
comments: [album cut]
Bettye Swann You're Up To Your Same Old Tricks Again
1969 Capitol
-- record label: Capitol 270
written by: Merle Haggard
album: Don\'t You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me?
comments: [album cut]
Bettye Swann Today I Started Loving You Again
1969 Capitol
-- record label: Capitol 270
written by: Merle Haggard
album: Don\'t You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me?
comments: [album cut]
Bettye Swann Just Because You Can't Be Mine
1969 Capitol
-- record label: Capitol 270
written by: B. Buie, E. Gordy, J. Cobb
album: Don\'t You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me?
comments: [album cut]
Bettye Swann Traces
1969 Capitol
-- record label: Capitol 270
written by: Otis Redding
album: Don\'t You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me?
comments: [album cut]
Bettye Swann Chained and Bound
1969 Capitol
-- record label: Capitol 270
written by: Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette
album: Don\'t You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me?
comments: [album cut]
Bettye Swann Stand By Your Man
1969 Capitol
-- record label: Capitol 270
written by: Tony Joe White
album: Don\'t You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me?
comments: [album cut]
Bettye Swann Willie and Laura Mae Jones
1969 Capitol
-- record label: Atlantic 3211
written by: T. Bell, P. Hurtt
Bettye Swann Time To Say Goodbye
1974 Atlantic
-- record label: Atlantic 3352
written by: P. Mitchell, B. Clements
comments: [deep soul]
Bettye Swann Be Strong Enough to Hold On
1976 Atlantic
-- record label: Capitol 2850
written by: Bettye Swann
Bettye Swann Don't Let It Happen To Us
1970 Capitol
-- record label: Atlantic
written by: Bob Morrison
album: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
Bettye Swann I Want Sunday Back Again
1975 Atlantic
-- record label: Capitol 2263
written by: Bettye Swann
Bettye Swann (My Heart Is) Closed For The Season
1968 Capitol
-- record label: Atlantic 2869
written by: Clayton Ivey, Mickey Buckins
Bettye Swann Cold Day (In Hell)
1972 Atlantic




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