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

Other versions

The song has been recorded by several artists:

Z.Z. Hill recorded it as an album cut for his 1967 release, A Whole Lot of Soul
In 1968, Mary Wells, covered it on her album, Servin' Up Some Soul
Ann Peebles on 1969 album, This is Ann Peebles
In 1979, Denise LaSalle covered as part of a medley with ""Precious, Precious" and "Trapped by a Thing Called Love", on her album, Unwrapped
In 1979, Jackie Moore released it as single, peaking at #72 on the US, R&B chart^[3]
Motown group, High Inergy for their 1980 album Hold On from which it was the sole single release peaking at #68 R&B.^[4]
Vaneese Thomas on her Soul Sister Vol 1 CD in 2009
Syleena Johnson on herRebirth of Soul CD in 2017.^[5]

References

^ White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 33.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 560.
^ "Make Me Yours (Song by Jackie Moore) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
^ "Make Me Yours (Song by High Inergy) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
^ "Cover versions of Make Me Yours written by Bettye Swann | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.