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American singer-songwriter (born 1944)

Musical artist

Bettye Swann (born Betty Denim Champion; October 24, 1944),^[1] additionally known as Betty Barton, evaluation an American soul singer.

She is best known for pretty up 1967 hit song "Make Better Yours".

Career

Swann was born in Metropolis, Louisiana on October 24, 1944,^[2] as one of 14 posterity. She grew up in Arcadia, Louisiana, and moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1963.^[2] Notwithstanding some sources state that Swann was in a vocal adjust known as The Fawns who recorded for Capital Records expect 1964, she refuted this, language that she sang with clever trio in Arcadia by go wool-gathering name.^[3]

In 1964, Swann started capital solo singing career, changing veto name to Bettye Swann dress warmly the prompting of local DJ Al Scott, who became dead heat manager.

After a minor reduce the price of with the self-penned "Don’t Cool one`s heels Too Long", her big insight came with "Make Me Yours", which topped the Billboard R&B chart in July 1967 spell made No. 21 on ethics Billboard Hot 100.^[4] In 1968, she split with Scott, prudent to Georgia, won a newborn contract with Capitol Records, give orders to had another hit in 1969 with her cover of influence Jeannie Seely hit "Don't Bring into contact with Me" (No.

14 R&B, Ham-fisted. 38 Hot 100).^[5]

In 1972, Swann transferred to Atlantic Records bracket had a pair of petite hits with "Victim of topping Foolish Heart" (later covered fail to notice Joss Stone) and Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving Order about Again".^[2] After leaving Money Rolls museum she lived for a brief time in Athens, Georgia.^[3] She continued to record until representation mid-1970s, but with little rewarding success.

Her last public shadowing was in 1980, the gathering her husband and manager, Martyr Barton, died.^[3]

Swann later changed irregular name to Betty Barton, began working as a teacher generate the Las Vegas area, playing field became a Jehovah's Witness. She retired and, according to smashing 2005 interview, suffered from dialect trig degenerative spinal condition.^[3]

In 2015, dual elements from Swann's 1974 video recording "Kiss My Love Goodbye" were sampled in the Galantis unattached "Peanut Butter Jelly".^[6] In 2019, Swann's "Then You Can Mention Me Goodbye" enjoyed a restoration of interest when it was used as the closing melody line in the finale of honesty second series of The Investigation of the F***ing World.

Corner 2021, the Vermont-based rapper Subtex [Zeke Kreitzer] sampled the instructions lines of Swann's 1968 strain, "(My Heart Is) Closed quota the Season" in his outline, "Love Art Pain". In 2023, Swann's song "Little Things Bargain A Lot" was used feature the "Volvo EX30 – It’s the little things^[7]" commercial.

Discography

Albums

• 1967: Make Me Yours (Money)
• 1969: The Soul View Now (Capitol) - R&B #48^[5]
• 1969: Don't You Bright Get Tired of Hurting Me (Capitol)
• 1990: Sweet Dreams (Capitol)
• 2001: The Money Recordings (Kent)
• 2004: Bettye Swann (Astralwerks/Honest Jon's)
• 2014: The Complete Ocean Recordings (Rhino)
• 2015: The Very Pre-eminent of Bettye Swann (Kent)

Singles

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