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This Old Heart Of Mine by Bettye Swann
Bettye Swann
Artist Biography For Bettye Swann
Bettye Swann Born Betty Jean Champion October 24 1944 Shreveport Louisiana Is An American Soul Music Singer Best Known For Her 1967 Hit Song "Make Me Yours". She Grew Up In Arcadia Louisiana One Of 14 Children And Moved To Los Angeles California In 1963. Although Some Sources State That She Was In A Vocal Group Known As The Fawns Who Recorded For Money Records In 1964 She Has Refuted This Saying That She Sang With A Trio In Arcadia By That Name.
In 1964 She Started A Solo Singing Career As 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 Also 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 "Don't Touch Me" #14 R&B #38 Hot 100 .
In 1972 She Transferred To Atlantic Records And Had A Couple Of Minor Hits With "Victim Of A Foolish Heart" Later Revived 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. Her Last Public Performance As Bettye Swann Was In 2013 Live In Cleethorpes.
As Betty Barton She Then Worked In The Education Sector In The Las Vegas Nevada Area And Became A Jehovah's Witness. She Is Now Retired And According To A 2005 Interview Suffers From A Degenerative Spinal Condition. After Leaving Money Records She Lived For A Short Time In Athens Georgia.
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Biography - Bettye Swann
Bettye Swann Born Betty Jean Champion October 24 1944 Shreveport Louisiana Is An American Soul Music Singer Best Known For Her 1967 Hit Song "Make Me Yours". She Grew Up In Arcadia Louisiana One Of 14 Children And Moved To Los Angeles California In 1963. Although Some Sources State That She Was In A Vocal Group Known As The Fawns Who Recorded For Money Records In 1964 She Has Refuted This Saying That She Sang With A Trio In Arcadia By That Name.
In 1964 She Started A Solo Singing Career As 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 Also 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 "Don't Touch Me" #14 R&B #38 Hot 100 .
In 1972 She Transferred To Atlantic Records And Had A Couple Of Minor Hits With "Victim Of A Foolish Heart" Later Revived 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. Her Last Public Performance As Bettye Swann Was In 2013 Live In Cleethorpes.
As Betty Barton She Then Worked In The Education Sector In The Las Vegas Nevada Area And Became A Jehovah's Witness. She Is Now Retired And According To A 2005 Interview Suffers From A Degenerative Spinal Condition. After Leaving Money Records She Lived For A Short Time In Athens Georgia. read less
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In 1964 She Started A Solo Singing Career As 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 Also 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 "Don't Touch Me" #14 R&B #38 Hot 100 .
In 1972 She Transferred To Atlantic Records And Had A Couple Of Minor Hits With "Victim Of A Foolish Heart" Later Revived 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. Her Last Public Performance As Bettye Swann Was In 2013 Live In Cleethorpes.
As Betty Barton She Then Worked In The Education Sector In The Las Vegas Nevada Area And Became A Jehovah's Witness. She Is Now Retired And According To A 2005 Interview Suffers From A Degenerative Spinal Condition. After Leaving Money Records She Lived For A Short Time In Athens Georgia. read less
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