Make Me Yours

"Make Me Yours" is a 1967 song written by Bettye Swann (Betty Jean Champion) and produced by Arthur Wright,[1] which became a crossover hit for the Louisiana-born Swann. The single went to number one on the Billboard "Hot R&B" chart for two weeks in July 1967 and also peaked at number twenty-one on the pop singles chart.[2]

Chart positions

Chart (1967) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 21
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 1
Preceded by
"I Was Made to Love Her" by Stevie Wonder		 Billboard Hot R&B Singles number one single
July 22 – 29, 1967		 Succeeded by
"Baby I Love You" by Aretha Franklin

Other versions

The song has been recorded as an album cut by Z.Z. Hill (A Whole Lot of Soul/ 1967), Mary Wells (Servin' Up Some Soul/ 1968), Ann Peebles (This is Ann Peebles/ 1969), Denise LaSalle (medley with ""Precious, Precious" and "Trapped by a Thing Called Love") (Unwrapped/ 1979), Vaneese Thomas (Soul Sister Vol 1/ 2009) and Syleena Johnson (Rebirth of Soul/ 2017).[3] "Make Me Yours" was also recorded by High Inergy for their 1980 album Hold On from which it was the sole single release peaking at #68 R&B.[4] The song had earlier served as a 1979 single release by Jackie Moore (#72 R&B).[5]

References

  1. ↑ White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 33.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 560.
  3. ↑ https://secondhandsongs.com/work/20586/versions#nav-entity
  4. ↑ http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Make+Me+Yours+by+High+Inergy&id=78769
  5. ↑ http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Make+Me+Yours+by+Jackie+Moore&id=134141


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